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The Tokyo Air Raids in the Words of Those Who Survived

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Bret Fisk
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Description: Bret Fisk provides a brief description of the types of first-person accounts that exist in Japanese regarding the civilian experience of the Tokyo air raids. Examples of such accounts are given under the headings: “Complete Personal Narratives,” “Incomplete Episodes and Incidents,” and “Sites of Mass Suffering.”

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Research Article
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , January 2011 , e3
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References

Works cited:

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All details regarding air raid survivor experiences in this paper are taken from: Daikushu, Tokyo o Kai, Kiroku Suru (The Association to Record the Tokyo Air Raids), eds. Tokyo Daikushu -Sensaishi (“Great Tokyo Air Raid—War Damage Documentation”), vol. 1, Tokyo Daikushu o Kiroku Suru Kai, 1973.Google Scholar
See the following articles included in this special issue: That Unforgettable Day–The Great Tokyo Air Raid through Drawings · あの日を忘れない・描 かれた東京大空襲.Google Scholar
Katsumoto, Saotome, Reconciliation and Peace through Remembering History: Preserving the Memory of the Great Tokyo Air Raid 「歴史の記憶」から和解と平和へ東京大空襲を語りついで.Google Scholar
Masahiko, Yamabe, Thinking Now about the Great Tokyo Air Raid 今、東京大空襲を考える.Google Scholar
Karacas, Cary, Fire Bombings and Forgotten Civilians: The Lawsuit Seeking Compensation for Victims of the Tokyo Air Raids 焼夷弾空襲と忘れられた被災市民―東京大空襲犠牲者による損害賠償請求訴訟.Google Scholar