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Original drawings from "Barefoot Gen" show horrors of war

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - Photo taken July 23, 2014, shows copies of the comic book "Barefoot Gen," translated into 17 languages. The books are exhibited at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama in the suburb of Tokyo.

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Restoration of artworks depicting tragedy of Hiroshima

The first part of a series of artworks known as the "Atomic Bomb Diagram" is temporarily leaving Maruki Gallery for the Atomic Bomb in the Saitama Prefecture city of Higashimatsuyama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 16, 2021, for restoration work about 70 years after its release. The 15-part works were drawn by ink painter Iri Maruki and his wife and oil painter Toshi soon after Hiroshima was hit by the U.S. atomic bombing but they have been damaged severely due to worm eating and exposure to ultraviolet rays.

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Restoration of artworks depicting tragedy of Hiroshima

The first part of a series of artworks known as the "Atomic Bomb Diagram" is temporarily leaving Maruki Gallery for the Atomic Bomb in the Saitama Prefecture city of Higashimatsuyama, eastern Japan, on Dec. 16, 2021, for restoration work about 70 years after its release. The 15-part works were drawn by ink painter Iri Maruki and his wife and oil painter Toshi soon after Hiroshima was hit by the U.S. atomic bombing but they have been damaged severely due to worm eating and exposure to ultraviolet rays.

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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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A-bomb exhibition in Washington

A woman views on June 13, 2015, renowned atomic bomb paintings by Japanese husband and wife artists Iri and Toshi Maruki displayed at the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington. The first exhibition on the theme in the U.S. capital in two decades began that day and will run through August 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st A-bomb exhibition in 20 years in Washington begins

Visitors view the so-called Hiroshima Panels, renowned atomic bomb paintings by Japanese husband and wife artists Iri and Toshi Maruki, at the Atomic Bomb Exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington on June 13, 2015. The exhibition, which began for the first time in 20 years in the U.S. capital the same day, will run through Aug. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb paintings to be exhibited in Washington

Photo taken June 11, 2015, at American University in Washington shows renowned atomic bomb paintings, called "Hiroshima Panels," by Japanese husband and wife artists Iri and Toshi Maruki. The paintings will be open to the public from June 13 as the first exhibition in the U.S. capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Special exhibition of A-bomb paintings held at Maruki Gallery

A visitor looks at one of the nine paintings by Japanese artists Iri Maruki and his wife Toshi at a special exhibition at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on June 3, 2015. The nine paintings are on loan from other places in Japan and are less commonly known than the deceased couple's 15-panel Hiroshima Panels depicting the consequences of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as nuclear-related mishaps. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Special exhibition of A-bomb paintings held at Maruki Gallery

A visitor looks at some of the nine paintings by Japanese artists Iri Maruki and his wife Toshi at a special exhibition at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on June 3, 2015. The nine paintings are on loan from other places in Japan and are less commonly known than the deceased couple's 15-panel Hiroshima Panels depicting the consequences of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as nuclear-related mishaps. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paintings by Maruki couple to be exhibited in Saitama Pref.

A painting depicting Urakami Cathedral after the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, created by the late Iri and Toshi Maruki after their visit to Nagasaki in 1953, is exhibited at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum on May 22, 2015. Their artworks including the painting will be displayed at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, from June 3. The couple was based in that eastern Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paintings by Maruki couple to be exhibited in Saitama Pref.

A painting by the late Iri and Toshi Maruki created in the motif of an arms factory after their visit to Nagasaki in 1953 is seen exhibited at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in the southwestern Japanese city on May 22, 2015. Their artworks including the painting will be displayed at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, from June 3. The couple was based in that eastern Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gallery of Hiroshima Panels raising funds for new facility

Yukinori Okamura, a curator for the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels, points at a damaged part of the Hiroshima Panels on April 27, 2017, at the gallery in Higashimatsuyama, north of Tokyo. The gallery has launched a fund-raising campaign to preserve the panels depicting the horrors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as they have been damaged by insects, ultraviolet rays, as well as grit and dust. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa museum gives historical perspective to U.S. base issue, WWII

Michio Sakima, director of Sakima Art Museum, poses for a photo in front of panels of paintings depicting the 1945 Battle of Okinawa by the late couple, Iri and Toshi Maruki, at the museum in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture on June 20, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Curator shows video of painter couple drawing "Hiroshima Panels"

Yukinori Okamura, a curator at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels, shows a video depicting Iri Maruki and his wife Toshi drawing scenes of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the museum in Matsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FOCUS: Renowned A-bomb paintings head to U.S. to spark nuke rethink

A visitor looks at one of 15 large folding-screen panels on the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan, drawn by Iri and Toshi Maruki, at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, near Tokyo, on May 31, 2015. The panel, called "Death of American Prisoners of War," and five other five panels from the collection will be showcased as part of the Atomic Bomb Exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington from June 13 to Aug. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FOCUS: Renowned A-bomb paintings head to U.S. to spark nuke rethink

Visitors look at one of 15 large folding-screen panels on the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan, drawn by Iri and Toshi Maruki, at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama, near Tokyo, on May 31, 2015. The panel, called "Fire," and five other panels from the collection will be showcased as part of the Atomic Bomb Exhibition at the American University Museum in Washington from June 13 to Aug. 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panels on A-bombings to be exhibited in U.S. capital

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - A mother and son view a painting on a folding screen depicting the horrors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels on Aug. 14, 2014. The painting, entitled "Fire," is part of a series of 15 panels. The gallery plans to exhibit six of the panels in the United States next year to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the attacks. (Kyodo)

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Original drawings from "Barefoot Gen" show horrors of war

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - Photo taken July 23, 2014, shows copies of the comic book "Barefoot Gen," translated into 17 languages. The books are exhibited at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama in the suburb of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Original drawings from "Barefoot Gen" show horrors of war

HIGASHIMATSUYAMA, Japan - People view original drawings from the comic book "Barefoot Gen" at the Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels in Higashimatsuyama in the suburb of Tokyo on July 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Renowned painter Maruki dies at 87

URAWA, Japan - This is a file photo of internationally renowned Japanese painter Toshi Maruki (L), who died on Jan. 13 of pneumonia and blood poisoning at a hospital in Saitama Prefecture. She was 87. This photo shows Maruki working on a painting with her husband, Iri. Among her works are such prominent pieces as ''Gembaku no Zu (Hiroshima Murals)'' and ''Auschwitz no Zu (A Picture of Auschwitz),'' both of which address the tragedy and inhumanity of war.