Curator of A-bomb painting gallery speaks before U.S. exhibit

Yukinori Okamura, a curator at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, northwest of Tokyo, speaks at the museum on June 3, 2015, in front of one of paintings depicting the misery of atomic bombings. A deceased Japanese couple, Iri and Toshi Maruki, jointly painted a series of pictures to depict the aftermath of the 1945 A-bombing of Hiroshima and some of the works are exhibited at American University in Washington from June 13 through Aug. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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