奥田邦男先生
８月６日、広島大学名誉教授の奥田邦男先生が、フェイスブックに次のような文を載せてくださいました。奥田先生のことを思いながら、何度も読ませていただきました。「６８年前の広島・長崎」を風化させることなく、一人ひとりが「自分のこと」として考えていくことが求められています。
この貴重なお話を、一人でも多くの方に読んでいただきたいと思い、先生にホームページへの掲載をお願いいたしました。奥田先生、快く許可してくださいましたことを感謝いたします。
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今日８月６日は６８年前に広島に原子爆弾が落とされた日です。当時、私は２歳上の兄と、旧広島県山県郡八重町寺原に疎開、八重国民小学校の４年生でした。教室で授業を受けていましたが、ピカーッと閃光が走り、今のは何だろうとと言っているとしばらくしてドーン！と言う大音響で教室がグラグラッと揺れ、机の下にもぐりました。直線距離は約５０キロ位でしょうか。広島市内で被爆した人達は「ピカドン」と表現します。母は旧広島大学前にある日赤病院の横で爆弾の延焼を防ぐため建物疎開（家を壊して道路を拡げる）の作業をしていました。夏の暑いときなので簡単な服装でしは。爆心地から距離は１.５キロ、閃光で顔の左側、左肩、左腕、左足首と左半身に大火傷を負いました。それでも気が立っていたので、父が働いていた大手町の印刷会社に行き、「倒壊した建物の下に夫がいるから救い出して」と近くにいた兵隊さんに頼んで屋根瓦を取り除き助けてもらいました。幸い印刷機の間の空間に身体が沈んだので、目の下と胸に切り傷を負っただけでした。父母はそこから旧広大工学部近くに辿り着き夜を過ごしました。翌日母は火傷のため動けず、倒壊を免れた皆実町の知人の家に辿り着きました。私たちが寺原で兄弟で疎開していた家は、母の弟の連れ合いの実家の三川家でした。三川の長男の琢巳さんは当時国鉄バスに勤務、末娘の八重子さんは進徳女学校の生徒でした。琢巳さんは八重子さんを探しに車で市内に入りましたが八重子さんは消息不明、３日後に皆実町にいた父母を探し出して、トラックに載せて寺原に帰って来ました。父は母の火傷の治療を献身的にしましたが、薬はなく、油を塗ったガーゼを毎日貼っては剝がす事を繰り返していました。火傷した皮膚のガーゼを剝がす時、痛い、痛いと声を上げていました。火傷の臭いはかなりきついものでしたが、毎日ガーゼを取り替えた事が体内の悪い物を結果的には取り除いたと思います。
翌昭和２１年（１９４６年）３月、兄が広島県立第一中学校に通う事になり、家族全員千田町に戻りました。私は広島市立千田国民学校５年生。校舎は全焼、しばらくの間は青空教室でした。兄が東大に、私が広大に進むため、両親は家を改築して簡易旅館「おくだ」の経営を始めました。私の広大の友人達も何人も広大受験のため泊まっていきました。家のまわりの焼け跡には、馬の白骨の頭蓋骨とか曲がってくっついた瓶や茶碗等がころがっていました。鉛の水道管や銅の電線等を集めて、小遣い稼ぎをしたり、進駐軍のジープの後を追いかけて、「ギブミーチョコレート！」と叫んだりしたものです。河童さんの「少年H」の世界ですねー。毎年９月２３日の秋分の日に千田小学校の同窓会を開きますが、原爆で家族をなくして夜間中学に通った人、旧満州から目を覆うような状況の中やっと広島にたどり着いた人等、皆、焼け野原の広島で苦労した中で、両親が揃っていた私は幸せなほうでした。父は私が大学３年の時５７歳、狭心症で亡くなりましたが原爆の影響があったかどうかは判りません。母は８８歳の長寿を全うしました。今朝の広島平和記念の式典を観ながら”NO MORE HIROSHIMAS, NO MORE HIBAKUSHAS”と言う思いを強く
翌昭和２１年（１９４６年）３月、兄が広島県立第一中学校に通う事になり、家族全員千田町に戻りました。私は広島市立千田国民学校５年生。校舎は全焼、しばらくの間は青空教室でした。兄が東大に、私が広大に進むため、両親は家を改築して簡易旅館「おくだ」の経営を始めました。私の広大の友人達も何人も広大受験のため泊まっていきました。家のまわりの焼け跡には、馬の白骨の頭蓋骨とか曲がってくっついた瓶や茶碗等がころがっていました。鉛の水道管や銅の電線等を集めて、小遣い稼ぎをしたり、進駐軍のジープの後を追いかけて、「ギブミーチョコレート！」と叫んだりしたものです。河童さんの「少年H」の世界ですねー。毎年９月２３日の秋分の日に千田小学校の同窓会を開きますが、原爆で家族をなくして夜間中学に通った人、旧満州から目を覆うような状況の中やっと広島にたどり着いた人等、皆、焼け野原の広島で苦労した中で、両親が揃っていた私は幸せなほうでした。父は私が大学３年の時５７歳、狭心症で亡くなりましたが原爆の影響があったかどうかは判りません。母は８８歳の長寿を全うしました。今朝の広島平和記念の式典を観ながら”NO MORE HIROSHIMAS, NO MORE HIBAKUSHAS”と言う思いを強く
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68 years ago today, an A-bomb was dropped over Hiroshima. My elder brother and I were evacuated to a relative’s house in the country side to avoid daily bombing all over Japan. I was ten years old then (4th grader) and studying at our elementary school. Suddenly we saw a bright flash! What’s that?!, shouted everyone.
About two minutes later, we heard a big bang! and the school building trembled an…d I ducked under the desk. Our school was about 30 miles away from where the bomb was dropped.
At that time my mother was gathered to remove houses to expand roads fires won’t spread. She was about a mile away from the center of the blast. It was a very hot summer day and she was wearing a very simple dress. The flash came from her left side and it burnt left side of her body, face, shoulder. arm and ankle. Although she was heavily injured, she went to where my father was working. He was working for a printing company and the building had been collapsed. She asked a near-by soldier and asked him to rescue my father. He removed the roofings of the building and pulled out my father. My father was buried between printing machines and suffered only a few cuts.
They spent the night near Hiroshima university but my mother was unable to move next morning. My father took her to a friend’s house in the southern part of Hiroshima where houses were not destroyed.
In the mean time, my aunt’s brother, Takumi-san who was a bus driver then, went to Hiroshima to look for his youngest sister, who was a girl’s high school student. He couldn’t find her but found my parents and brought back to where we were. My father treated my mother using oil and gauze, no medicine of course.
Next spring, my brother cleared to go to the Hiroshima First junior high school, so we all went back to where we were living before.
I became a fifth grader, no school buildings so we had classes outside. I used to collect read water pipes and copper lines to make money and chased after American jeeps shout ing “Gimme chocolate!” What a life! My brother was going to the University of Tokyo and me to Hiroshima University, so my parents remodeled our house and started a simple inn for university students.
My father passed away by heart attack at the age of 57, when I was a junior student. My mother, however, enjoyed her longevity and she passed away at 88. She was so happy when I became a professor of Hiroshima university. I used to bring her a dish or two of what I cooked to thank her for what she did for us.
The American ambassador Mr. Stevens and the movie director Mr.Oliver Stone attended the Peace Memorial Ceremony this morning. Watching the ceremony on TV, I prayed for NO MORE HIROSHIMAS, NO MORE A-BOMB VICTIMS, and world Peace.Thank you.
About two minutes later, we heard a big bang! and the school building trembled an…d I ducked under the desk. Our school was about 30 miles away from where the bomb was dropped.
At that time my mother was gathered to remove houses to expand roads fires won’t spread. She was about a mile away from the center of the blast. It was a very hot summer day and she was wearing a very simple dress. The flash came from her left side and it burnt left side of her body, face, shoulder. arm and ankle. Although she was heavily injured, she went to where my father was working. He was working for a printing company and the building had been collapsed. She asked a near-by soldier and asked him to rescue my father. He removed the roofings of the building and pulled out my father. My father was buried between printing machines and suffered only a few cuts.
They spent the night near Hiroshima university but my mother was unable to move next morning. My father took her to a friend’s house in the southern part of Hiroshima where houses were not destroyed.
In the mean time, my aunt’s brother, Takumi-san who was a bus driver then, went to Hiroshima to look for his youngest sister, who was a girl’s high school student. He couldn’t find her but found my parents and brought back to where we were. My father treated my mother using oil and gauze, no medicine of course.
Next spring, my brother cleared to go to the Hiroshima First junior high school, so we all went back to where we were living before.
I became a fifth grader, no school buildings so we had classes outside. I used to collect read water pipes and copper lines to make money and chased after American jeeps shout ing “Gimme chocolate!” What a life! My brother was going to the University of Tokyo and me to Hiroshima University, so my parents remodeled our house and started a simple inn for university students.
My father passed away by heart attack at the age of 57, when I was a junior student. My mother, however, enjoyed her longevity and she passed away at 88. She was so happy when I became a professor of Hiroshima university. I used to bring her a dish or two of what I cooked to thank her for what she did for us.
The American ambassador Mr. Stevens and the movie director Mr.Oliver Stone attended the Peace Memorial Ceremony this morning. Watching the ceremony on TV, I prayed for NO MORE HIROSHIMAS, NO MORE A-BOMB VICTIMS, and world Peace.Thank you.
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