Kiyoshi Tanimoto
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was a Methodist minister famous for his work for the Hiroshima Maidens
. He was one of the six Hiroshima survivors whose experiences of the bomb and later life are portrayed in John Hersey
's book Hiroshima.
After the war he went on extensive speaking tours of the USA, raising funds for his project of a Hiroshima peace centre, and for the Hiroshima Maidens
. He appeared on the popular television
program This Is Your Life
where he and his family were placed in the uncomfortable position of meeting with Captain Robert A. Lewis
, copilot of the Enola Gay
, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
. Due to these public activities he developed an unwanted reputation as a publicity seeker and attracted the attention of the US and Japanese authorities as a potential trouble maker.
The annual Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize is named after him.
Hiroshima Maidens
The Hiroshima Maidens are a group of twenty-five Japanese women who were young when they were seriously disfigured as a result of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on the morning of August 6, 1945....
. He was one of the six Hiroshima survivors whose experiences of the bomb and later life are portrayed in John Hersey
John Hersey
John Richard Hersey was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer and journalist considered one of the earliest practitioners of the so-called New Journalism, in which storytelling devices of the novel are fused with non-fiction reportage...
's book Hiroshima.
After the war he went on extensive speaking tours of the USA, raising funds for his project of a Hiroshima peace centre, and for the Hiroshima Maidens
Hiroshima Maidens
The Hiroshima Maidens are a group of twenty-five Japanese women who were young when they were seriously disfigured as a result of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima on the morning of August 6, 1945....
. He appeared on the popular television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
program This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience including friends and family.Edwards...
where he and his family were placed in the uncomfortable position of meeting with Captain Robert A. Lewis
Robert A. Lewis
Robert A. Lewis was a United States Army Air Forces Officer serving in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.Lewis grew up in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey and attended Ridgefield Park High School there, graduating in 1937....
, copilot of the Enola Gay
Enola Gay
Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the pilot, then-Colonel Paul Tibbets. On August 6, 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war...
, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M...
. Due to these public activities he developed an unwanted reputation as a publicity seeker and attracted the attention of the US and Japanese authorities as a potential trouble maker.
The annual Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize is named after him.