A series of Japanese paintings mainly depicting the misery of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima will be displayed at a gallery in Australia this year, the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
The set of 15 works titled “The Hiroshima Panels” by the late artists Iri and Toshi Maruki was produced between 1950 and 1982 based on the couple’s experience of seeing Hiroshima just days after the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing.
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