− | Ôkuma Ujihiro was among the first Japanese sculptors to work in the Western style, in bronze and stone. He is known in particular for a statue of [[Omura Masujiro|Ômura Masujirô]] at [[Yasukuni Shrine]], the first Western-style public bronze sculpture in Japan. Ôkuma also produced three sculptures of [[Goto Shinpei|Gotô Shinpei]], 3rd [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)|Chief of Home Affairs]] on [[Taiwan]], installed in [[1911]]-[[1912]] in the cities of [[Taipei]], [[Taichung]], and [[Tainan]]. | + | Ôkuma Ujihiro was among the first Japanese sculptors to work in the Western style, in bronze and stone. He is known in particular for a statue of [[Omura Masujiro|Ômura Masujirô]] at [[Yasukuni Shrine]], the first Western-style bronze sculpture of a national hero to be erected in [[Tokyo]]. Ôkuma also produced three sculptures of [[Goto Shinpei|Gotô Shinpei]], 3rd [[Chief of Home Affairs (Taiwan)|Chief of Home Affairs]] on [[Taiwan]], installed in [[1911]]-[[1912]] in the cities of [[Taipei]], [[Taichung]], and [[Tainan]]. |