Hiroshima peace bell

by Lyl Dil Creations

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Hiroshima peace bell

Artist

Lyl Dil Creations

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Photograph - Photograph

Description

At first glance, this modest, gray-colored dome-shaped bell in the middle of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park doesn’t inspire, but the genius is in the details. Completed in September of 1964 by bronze and metals artist Masahiko Katori, the peace bell is intricately etched, and can only be appreciated if standing directly under the bell. The dome covering the bell was intended, according to Katori, to represent the universe.

The shell of the bell, on the outside, shows a map of a boundary-less world that would have made John Lennon nod with approval. As you ring the bell, that haunting, broad echo is one of a list of hundred sounds that, since 1996, Japan has made a goal to preserve.

If you look closely, you’ll notice inside the bell a picture of the atomic symbol of energy—a design meant to symbolize the eventual end of atomic weapons in the world. Around the bell is a pond outlined with lotus flowers. These same lotus flowers were used to staunch the bleeding of the victims on that fateful day of August 6th.

Masahiko Katori, who passed away in 1988, would have been pleased with the way his bell has remained a focal point of the Hiroshima Peace Park for the last half-century. Another bell of his can be found in San Diego, California, known as the Yokohama Friendship Bell.

Photograph honored by features in the FAA/Pixels groups:

- 10 Plus on November 16th, 2020
- Just perfect on November 5th, 2020
- ABC Group on March 7th, 2022

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December 18th, 2019

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