Future Memory - Tricycle

Shinichi Tetsutani (3 years, 11 months) was riding his tricycle when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima at 08:15 on August 6th 1945. Shinichi’s mother found him near his tricycle, suffering from severe burns and other injuries. He died that night.

Shinichi’s two sisters - Michiko (7) and Yoko (1) - had been trapped under their house and burned to death, so his parents could not face cremating him and decided to bury him with his tricycle in their garden, so he could ride it even after his death. 40 years later his father decided to move... read more →

Future Memory – Tricycle, is a collaborative artwork by Akira Fujimoto and Cannon Hersey of "Shinichi’s Tricycle," one of the best-known artifacts on display at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

Future Memory is an art project using 3D technology to create a multidimensional and sensorial record of objects, simultaneously preserving and presenting these artifacts in virtual perpetuity. The artworks resulted from over 30 journeys to Hiroshima, dialogues with survivors, reflections of history and writer John Hersey’s legacy. The collaboration has evolved over 8 years, with the partnership of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

Future Memory - Tricycle was cast bronze at... read more →

Shinichi’s tricycle is a sobering reminder of the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and a powerful call to action - to the public, decision-makers and diplomats – to rid the world of nuclear weapons once and for all. 

Future Memory - Tricycle was donated to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum and the City of Geneva by ICAN in partnership with the 1Future/Future Memory project as a tribute to the victims of the atomic bombings of 1945 and to the work of civil society and other members of the international community,... read more →