As part of the 80th anniversary of the Postwar Non-Nuclear Peace Project, the 29th Hatsukaichi Peace Art Exhibition Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki: The Hiroshima Panels – Passing on the Experience of the Atomic Bombings will be held at the Hatsukaichi Art Gallery in Hatsukaichi city, Hiroshima from the 27th of July to the 17th of August. Open every day during the exhibition period. Admission is free. In conjunction with the exhibition, there will also be a panel display on the devastation caused by the massive typhoon that struck the Ono Army Hospital after the atomic bombing

The exhibition will feature works including Ghosts and Rainbow of the Hiroshima Panels, as well as sketches for the series by Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki, and a painting of the atomic bombing by Suma Maruki. Archival materials such as posters and flyers from the national touring exhibitions in the 1950s will also be showcased. Additionally, newly discovered materials earlier this year will be publicly exhibited, including early documents Hiroshima Tsūshin from the Hiroshima Victims’ Association and correspondences from Sankichi Tōge and Chihiro Iwasaki.

Exhibition Period: 27 July – 17 August 2025
Opening Hours: 10:00 – 18:00 (Last entry: 17:30)
Admission: Free
Venue: Hatsukaichi Art Gallery
Organisers: The 80th Anniversary of the Postwar Non-Nuclear Peace Project , Hatsukaichi Peace Festival Committee, Hatsukaichi Cultural Promotion Foundation, Hatsukaichi City, Hatsukaichi City Board of Education, Chugoku Shimbun
Cooperations: Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels, Ono Historical Guide
Curator : Yukinori Okamura (Curator and Management Director, Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels)