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*''Other Names: Tadamasa, Yoshichika''

*''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]].

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]]. The statue was one of five statues of Môri clan ''daimyô'' unveiled simultaneously in Kameyama Park in [[Yamaguchi City]]. The impetus to have these erected was largely due to the efforts of [[Meiji government|national government]] figures [[Ito Hirobumi|Itô Hirobumi]] and [[Hayashi Tomoyuki]]; a sixth statue was added in [[1906]], on the initiative of [[Katsura Taro|Katsura Tarô]].

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==References==

==References==

*Sven Saaler, "Public Statuary and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary Japan," ''Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus'' 15:20:3 (Oct 15, 2017), 3.

*Sven Saaler, "Public Statuary and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary Japan," ''Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus'' 15:20:3 (Oct 15, 2017), 3, 5.

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[[Category:Samurai]]

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