"My mother, me and my sister were exposed to the atomic bomb in Kako-machi, 900 meters below the explosion center. we once evacuated to Miyajima, but we were told that it was dangerous there and ran away to Akiota Town. I was taken out of the room with the idea of a relative who didn't want me to meet the death of my mother and sister. When I called my mother, she replied at first, but no matter how much I shouted with my mother, mother, and mother, there was no reply. I think she died around that time. I didn't see death and didn't attend the funeral, because of the relative. It was on September 4th and 5th. My father was killed in the war in Okinawa before that time. "( Kunihiko Iida)
Picture by Sonosuke Imada
「母と姉と爆心地下900メートルの加古町で被爆した。一旦宮島に避難したが、そこでは危ないと言われ安芸太田町へ逃げた。死に目に合わせないという親戚の考えで、部屋の外に出された。お母ちゃんと呼ぶと、くにちゃんと返事していたが、お母ちゃん、お母ちゃん、お母ちゃんといくら叫んでも返事がなくなった。その頃亡くなったんだと思う。死に目にも合わず、葬式にも出席しなかった。9月4日と5日の事だった。その前に父は沖縄で戦死していた。(飯田國彦)」
絵・今田颯之介
