A 4-year-old girl was exposed to the Hiroshima atomic bomb in Fukushima-minami, Hiroshima, approximately 2 km from the hypocenter. The girl, who was 16 years old when she was exposed to the bomb, underwent skin grafting at the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Surgery Hospital on October 21, 1957, to form the aftereffects of a scar with residual keloids.

　　A 4-year-old girl was exposed to the Hiroshima atomic bomb in Fukushima South, Hiroshima, approximately 2 km from the hypocenter. She was left with burns and keloid sequelae on her left face and both hands. The girl, who turned 16 years old after the bombing, was admitted to Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Hospital on May 12, 1957, to form the aftereffects of the remaining scars.

　The 16-year-old girl, nicknamed Ms. Kintoki, was exposed to the Hiroshima atomic bomb when she was 4 years old and suffered severe burns on her face, neck, and elbows. Keloids subsequently appeared from the burned skin, and by the time she was 16 years old, she had undergone nine surgeries at Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Hospital to remove the keloids, rip off the unscarred skin, and have skin grafts. on October 21, 1957, skin graft surgery was performed to remove a scarred keloid on the left side of her face on one side of her cheek. The wound was stretched over the skin that had been removed and grafted from both thighs and stitched together with black thread.

　On the night of the surgery, Kintoki-san was always in pain and gasping. It was customary for his fellow inpatients to gather together and tie him to the bed with a belt strap while he was still under anesthesia. After the surgery, he was required to rest absolutely still. On the day of surgery, before Kintoki-san went to the operating room, he asked his fellow inpatients in the same room in a pitiful voice, "I can't be aborted tonight, so don't tie me up. However, that night, as usual, Kintoki-san fumbled in pain on the bed. Partially unable to rest, he was left with a bleeding spot on his left cheek.

　In July 1957, photographer Ken Domon made his first visit to Hiroshima 12 years after the atomic bombing, and he remained in the city for a total of 36 days until November 1957. He photo-documented the tragic "devil's claw marks" of the A-bomb survivors, including patients at the Atomic Bomb Hospital, on approximately 7,800 frames of film. His photo book "Hiroshima" (Kenkosha) was published in 1958 and received an international response.