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Ueno Park is a major public park in [[Tokyo]]. Located on the former grounds of the [[Tokugawa clan]] patron temple of [[Kan'ei-ji]], it served as a major site of national ceremonies, expositions, and events in the [[Meiji period]], and is today home to a number of major national institutions, including the [[Tokyo National Museum]], Ueno Zoo, [[Tokyo University of the Arts]], Museum of Western Art, and so forth.
Ueno Park is a major public park in [[Tokyo]]. Located on the former grounds of the [[Tokugawa clan]] patron temple of [[Kan'ei-ji]], it served as a major site of national ceremonies, expositions, and events in the [[Meiji period]], and is today home to a number of major national institutions, including the [[Tokyo National Museum]], Ueno Zoo, [[Tokyo University of the Arts]], Museum of Western Art, and so forth.
Other notable sights in the park include a statue of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] designed by [[Takamura Koun|Takamura Kôun]] and unveiled in [[1898]], and a gravesite for the [[Shogitai|Shôgitai]], established in [[1869]] and expanded in [[1874]].
==History==
A grand reception for [[Ulysses S. Grant]], held in [[1879]], was one of the first major public events held in the park. After that, it became the site for a number of major expositions and events, including the first modern museum-style exhibition of the works of [[Hokusai]], in 1900,
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