禎子 佐々木 (1943 - 1955)

Born 7 Jan 1943 in 日本広島県広島市

Ancestors

Died 25 Oct 1955 at age 12 in 日本広島県広島市

Biography

禎子 佐々木 died young.

禎子 佐々木 is Notable.

Sasaki Sadako was born in Hiroshima, Japan, on 7 January 1943. She was the daughter of Sasaki Shigeo and Yamamoto Fujiko. She was one of the hibakusha when an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

Sadako became widely known for folding one thousand origami cranes before her death. According to a popular story by Eleanor Coerr, she folded only 644, and her classmates completed 1,000 for her.^[1] However, according to an exhibit in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Sadako completed 1,000 and folded more cranes.^[2]

She died from leukemia resulting from the atomic bombing in Hiroshima at 9:57 a.m. local time on 25 October 1955. She was cremated with her paper cranes.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Coerr, Eleanor. Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes. New York: Puffin Books, 1977.
2. ↑ "[http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/virtual/VirtualMuseum_e/exhibit_e/exh0107_e/exh01071_e.html A Young Girl's Death from the A-bomb---Sadako Sasaki, 12 Years of Age]." Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Accessed 16 Apr 2019.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/228881912/sadako-sasaki : accessed 15 February 2022), memorial page for Sadako Sasaki (7 Jan 1943–25 Oct 1955), Find A Grave: Memorial #228881912 Maintained by Find a Grave Cremated

See also:

• Wikipedia: Sadako Sasaki
• Wikidata: Item Q231997, en:Wikipedia