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Imperial Palace Plaza
(Chiyoda-ku 千代田区)

楠木正成

Kusunoki Masashige

1294-1336
Samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in his attempt to wrest rulership of Japan away from the Kamakura shogunate.
(Wikipedia)

Various sculptors
1897

Description

Equestrian statue.

Inscription(s)

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Annotation

Koun Takamura was the head of the project, but sculpted himself mainly the head part, the body was sculpted by Kisai Yamada and Koumei Ishikawa and the horse by Sadayuki Goto. The wooden model was finished in 1893, the bronze in 1897.

Old Postcard(s)

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Sculptors

Sadayuki Goto (1850 - 1903), Japanese sculptor (Wikipedia Japanese).
Koumei Ishikawa - 石川光明 (1852-1913), Japanese sculptor (Wikipedia Japanese).
Kōun Takamura - 高村光雲 (1852-1934) (Portraits of Modern Japanese historical figures).
Kisai Yamada - 山田鬼斎 (1864 - 1901), Japanese sculptor.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, 楠木正成 ; Kusunoki Masashige
Taiheiki (A Chronicle of Great Peace)
Imperial Meiji.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 35°40'40" - E 139°45'30") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: jp007; Photograph: 31 January 2008
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