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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Model for the Memorial to the Dead of Hiroshima ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Noguchi&#039;s planned model for the bomb atomic memorial for Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which was rejected for a variety of reasons. Noguchi took inspirations from Japanese traditional ceramics and maternal symbolisms for his cenotaph. He claimed that the shape of his planned cenotaph was based on Japanese &quot;haniwa&quot;, prehistoric Japanese pottery figurines. The shape and design of the cenotaph also convey some maternal messages, as the underground chamber underneath the cenotaph represent a womb while the legs of cenotaph is roughly shaped like maternal thighs. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[野口　勇 (Noguchi Isamu)]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[Shōwa 27 (1952)]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[N.A]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[unrealized model (black granite and concrete intended)]]></dcterms:type>
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