This photo was taken on October 8, 1945, approximately two months after the Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped, at the Fukuromachi Relief Hospital, where outpatients exposed to the bomb were treated. The Fukuromachi National School, located at a close distance of approximately 460 meters southeast of the hypocenter, played an important role in the relief efforts immediately after the atomic bomb was dropped.

    A patient being treated at the Fukuromachi Relief Hospital on October 8, 1945, about two months after the Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped (Shunkichi Kikuchi). The Fukuromachi National School, located at a close distance of approximately 460 meters southeast of the hypocenter of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, played an important role in the relief efforts immediately after the bombing; the school building was completely destroyed by the Hiroshima atomic bomb after being expanded in 1937. The reinforced concrete buildings of the newly built West School survived with their outer shells intact. Of the approximately 160 children who remained at Fukuromachi Elementary School, which had not been evacuated, 157 died as a result of the atomic bombing, and 16 teachers and staff were also killed by the bomb. 3 children were exposed to the bomb inside the west school building and later evacuated to the basement, where they survived.

    On August 7, the day after the Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped and exploded on August 6, the school was converted to a temporary relief station. On October 5, 1945, about two months later, the relief organization was changed and the Fukuromachi Relief Hospital was established as the Japan Medical Association Hospital. The number of relief stations in Hiroshima City was also reorganized into seven. By this time, the number of residents in Hiroshima had decreased and the number of outpatients had reached a critical point. As of October 5, there were 11 temporary first-aid stations in Hiroshima City, with approximately 500 inpatients and 1,200 outpatients exposed to the atomic bombing.

　Shunkichi Kikuchi took vivid photographs of the devastation in Hiroshima immediately after the bombing. The negative film of his photography survives in good condition and was kept by his wife Tokuko, who lives in Nerima Ward, Tokyo. The total number of A-bomb documentary photographs taken by a single photographer reached 783, the largest number ever recorded by a single photographer. He accompanied the documentary film production team of the "Special Committee for Investigation and Research on the Atomic Bomb Disaster," organized by the former Ministry of Education, and was in charge of taking still photographs from October 1 to October 20, 1945. He captured vivid scenes of the immediate aftermath of the atomic bombing, including patients with burns and radiation injuries receiving treatment at Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital and Hiroshima Telecommunications Hospital, and parents and children dying at Oshiba National School and Fukuromachi National School, which served as relief hospitals.