This is possibly the most heart rending painting I've ever seen. Yamashita Masato created his nightmarish artwork based upon what he witnessed on August 9th in Hiroshima. In his own words he stated: "With no one to help her, a girl died leaning on the bank of the Enko river."

The thought of this poor girl - her eyes burned out and her body lacerated and scorched - trembling alone in pain and fear... is simply unbearable.

More than any other picture I know of, this artwork sums up the utter horror and futility of war.