Neither the dropping of the bombs nor the aftermath is shown in Oppenheimer. But it is Japanese art and media that provide an audit of the bomb s devastation
Sketching Hiroshima: US website highlights Japanese artist known for message against A-bomb
January 3, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
This Oct. 18, 2020 image shows a section explaining street posters designed by Goro Shikoku, on a special website introducing the life and works of the late Japanese artist. (Mainichi/Akihiro Nakajima) HIROSHIMA A special English website introducing the life and works of Japanese artist Goro Shikoku, who devoted himself to brazen anti-war and cultural movements in postwar Hiroshima, has been set up by a U.S. college professor. Goro Shikoku (1924-2014) is known for his illustrations and poetry on the theme of the atomic bomb. He began his career after learning that his younger brother died due to radiation from the atomic bombing after returning to Japan, barely alive, following his detainment in Siberia. The artist s hope was that a war like this will never happen ever again.