San Marino. The exhibition “Nagasaki Beyond – Absolute Peace” was inaugurated yesterday at the Museum of the City of Rimini
The photographic exhibition “Nagasaki Beyond – Absolute Peace” inaugurated yesterday evening at the Museum of the City of Rimini.
Introduce the Secretary of State for Culture to the ribbon cutting Andrea Belluzzithe commissioner of Rimini Cristiano Gianfreda and the Director of the HBS Museum in Kyoto Seijun Nagamatsu. The Ambassador of Japan to Italy, HE Oe Hiroshi, did not return to attend, sent words of appreciation and a warm wish “full of all the hopes for a peace that can truly be absolute”.
Set up for the first time in 2015 at the Buddhist museum in Kyoto and, later, in 2018 and 2019 in San Marino, the exhibition traces the tragic effects of the atomic bombings on Japan, with shots with a strong emotional impact, captured by the American military photographer Joe O’Donnell in the rubble of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Of these black and white images the most iconic and famous is the one that portrays a child from Nagasaki with his brother who died in the bombing on his shoulder, waiting for his turn to have him cremated. This is the same image that Pope Francis chose in 2018 to convey a message of peace and remind everyone of “… the fruit of war”.
The “NAGASAKI BEYOND” exhibition is part of a series of events and initiatives planned for the “Nippon Matsuri Festival”. A cultural event that for five editions has now been committed to promoting friendship between San Marino and Japan and which in 2022 expanded the reference territory thanks to the collaboration between the ISSHO-NI San Marino & Japan and Cartoon Club – Rimini Comix associations.
Andrea Belluzzi (State Secretary for Education and Culture): “The exhibition contains many messages, first of all the one aimed at peace. A concept that today has an even greater value for all of us and which also represents a cultural bridge between the state of San Marino, the city of Rimini and Japan. I hope that projects like these will continue to grow in the coming years, thanks to a greater involvement of all institutions. “
The exhibition, with free admission, will remain open to the public until August 31, from 10.00 to 19.00.
For held, we report the words of Seijun Nagamatsu (Director of the HBS Museum in Kyoto) who rejoices in the renewed opportunity to offer these photographs to the public: “I am so happy to have this exhibition in this magnificent city. I hope that many citizens can come and visit the exhibition to hear and understand the message of peace that we want to convey. We pray for peace in Ukraine and Russia. We must basically overcome we are between friends and enemies.