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*''Born: [[1819]]''
*''Died: [[1871]]''
*''Other Names: Tadamasa, Yoshichika''
Môri Takachika was a late [[Edo period]] lord of [[Choshu han|Chôshû domain]]. A statue of him erected in April [[1900]] was the first modern-style equestrian statue erected in Japan, having been put up one month before the famous statue of [[Kusunoki Masashige]] at the [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]].
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==References==
*Sven Saaler, "Public Statuary and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary Japan," ''Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus'' 15:20:3 (Oct 15, 2017), 3.
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