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Yaizu, 1955
Yaizu (name of a port) is the 9th of the Hiroshima murals painted by the Marukis. They also provided the following text:
"The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, followed by a second bomb on Nagasaki.
Then, in 1954, a hydrogen bomb was exploded in Bikini atoll. Aikishi Kuboyam, a Japanese fisherman from Yaizu, died soon after from radiation. Three times the Japanese have fallen victim to nuclear weapons.
Micronesians on nearby atolls also dusted with the deadly ashes of the hydrogen bomb. Entire islands were polluted.
Those who had fled returned to their native Bikini, only to contract cancer and leukemia from the residual radiation. Many suffer still.
Bikini and Yaizu—a shared fate."
From: Dower, John W. and John Junkerman (Eds.), The Hiroshima Murals: The Art of Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki. New York: Kodansha International Ltd., 1985.
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