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| Nyoko-do Hermitage |
This small house near Nagasaki Peace Park is the former residence of Dr. Takashi Nagai (永井 隆), who treated many patients suffering from the atomic bomb explosion. Dr. Nagai was a famous radiologist from Nagasaki, hailing from a family of medical doctors. Although he was a successful student, a disease attacking his right ear rendered him partly deaf, and this is when he turned from his original path of medicine practice to radiology research.
On August 9th, 1945, Dr. Nagai was working in the radiology department of Nagasaki Medical College Hospital when the bomb dropped. He survived with serious injuries and joined others in attending to the severely wounded, but on August 11th, he found his house destroyed and the charred remains of his wife. Himself suffering from radiation sickness and leukemia even before the bomb, he remained bedridden for the last few years of his life in this hermitage, where he wrote many books and essays. The hermitage was built from pieces of his old house and named “Nyoko-do”, literally “As Yourself Hall”, after the famous words of Jesus Christ: “Love your neighbour as yourself”. Himself a devout Catholic, many of Nagai's books are inspired by his faith, as was the name of the hermitage. This site is a great place to visit as it demonstrates one persons experience of the atomic bomb in Nagasaki.
For Social Studies teachers the following Social Studies 20-1 and 20-2 outcomes are covered by this site:
For Social Studies teachers the following Social Studies 20-1 and 20-2 outcomes are covered by this site:
"2.2 appreciate that the pursuit of national
interest has positive and negative consequences
2.3 appreciate
multiple perspectives related to the pursuit of national interest
2.7 analyze nationalism and ultranationalism during
times of conflict
3.2 appreciate the impacts of nation and state
involvement in regional and global affairs on individual
and collective
identities"
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| Dr. Takashi Nagai |
Websites: http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/travel/nagasaki_nyoko-do_hermitage.htm, http://www.gojapango.com/travel/nagasaki_nyoko-do_hermitage.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Nagai, http://www.sufferingwithjoy.com/2010/02/26/a-song-for-nagasaki-by-paul-glynn-s-m/
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