Hiroshima Appeals
Date
1983
Credits
Format
- Poster 2856
- Illustration 451
Type of Work
- Finished work 5674
Techniques
- printing 1033
Locations Made
- Japan 682
This is the first poster from the series Hiroshima Appeals, a collaborative poster campaign created by JAGDA and the Hiroshima International Cultural Foundation. It was intended to convey hope for peace after the devastating bombing of Hiroshima. This series continued until 1990, resulting in a total of 21 posters. Through the use of vividly colored burning wings, Kamekura Yūsaku captures the moment of catching fire, alluding to the sudden blast that enveloped Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, one of two atomic bombings at the end of the second world war
