Mori Takachika
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Môri Takachika was a late Edo period lord of 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.
References
- Sven Saaler, "Public Statuary and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary Japan," Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 15:20:3 (Oct 15, 2017), 3.
