The Hiroshima Panels, Higashimatsuyama

Name: The Hiroshima Panels
Address: 1401, Shimogarako, Higashimatsuyama, Japan
Telephone: +81 493-22-3266

#2 among attractions in Higashimatsuyama

Art museum, Museum

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The Hiroshima Panels are a series of fifteen painted folding panels by the collaborative husband and wife artists Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi completed over a span of thirty-two years. The Panels depict the consequences of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as other nuclear disasters of the 20th century. Each panel stands 1.8 metres x 7.2 metres. ()

Local name: 原爆の図丸木美術館Coordinates: 36°1'42"N, 139°21'7"E

Address

1401, ShimogarakoHigashimatsuyama Japan

Contact

+81 493-22-3266

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The Hiroshima Panels – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Yoshimi Hundred Caves, Seitenkyū, Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park, Shimozato-Aoyama Stele Production Site.

3.9 miE
Historical place, Archaeological site
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Huge, art-filled Taoist temple
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4.1 miN
Park
Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park, Higashimatsuyama
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5.4 miW
Archaeological site
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5.6 miSW
Cemetery, Observation decks and towers, Memorial
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2.6 miE
36°2'4"N • 139°23'53"E
Yakyu Inari Shrine, Higashimatsuyama
67 min walk • Sacred and religious sites, Temple
2.3 miSE
36°0'0"N • 139°22'30"E
Saitama Children's Zoo, Higashimatsuyama
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Forts and castles
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1.9 miS
Temple
Yan dian guan yin
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1.8 miW
Forts and castles
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5.1 miE
Temple
Ji jian guan yin
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