ヒロシマ・ノート

aka Hiroshima nōto

Hiroshima Notes

Author

Kenzaburō Ōe

Language

Japanese

Year

1965

Country

Japan

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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Hiroshima Notes is a 1965 collection of essays by Japanese writer Kenzaburō Ōe based on his visits to Hiroshima between 1963 and 1964. The work is a seminal text in atomic bomb literature, blending reportage, philosophical reflection, and existential inquiry.