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The Map
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- Description
- "A dozen years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, out of nowhere a giant black 'stain' appeared above the basement ceiling of the Atomic Bomb Dome. Each night the 'stain'--which I had seen myself--filled my dreams with a sense of horror ... one early summer evening, I sneaked into the seemingly isolated Atomic Bomb Dome all by myself. I could not take my eyes off the crack above the dark, damp basement ceiling ... One part of the ceiling contained a whirlpool of calligraphy which fully absorbed black magic. It was there that I first saw the raw image of the atomic bomb for myself ... The images in my book 'The Map' might not be suggestive or promising, but within the monochrome pictures doesn't the 'stain' provoke the imagination and amplify voices which no longer exist?"--From introduction.
- Publication date
- [2005]
- Call number
- 653097
- Creator
- Kawada, Kikuji (1933-)
