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[[File:Hisamitsu.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Statue of [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]] at Tanshôen]]
*''Japanese'': 探勝園 ''(tanshouen)''

Tanshôen is a public park & garden in [[Kagoshima]], located adjacent to [[Terukuni Shrine]], and just below the foot of Shiroyama (the former site of [[Kagoshima castle]]). 

Originally established as a ''daimyô'' garden within the ''ni-no-maru'' outer precincts of [[Kagoshima castle]], the garden was famous for its hillside waterfall, stone bridge, and lake. In [[1857]], it became the site of the first Morse code [[telegraph]] message ever sent in Japan on Japanese-made equipment, as a message was sent from the garden to the inner precincts of the castle, over 600 meters away.

In 1917, monumental bronze statues of [[Shimazu Nariakira]], [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], and [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]], designed by [[Asakura Fumio]], were erected in the garden.

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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Tanshôen.

[[Category:Historic Buildings]]