There are two signatures of Keiji Tancho belonged to Osaka Chusho, casting studio, and the 7th Sekiroku belonged to Akashi Sekisho, stonemason, on the pedestal. The first statue of Ninomiya Kinjiro was made by them in about 1928, but it disappeared because of delivery of metal products during World War Ⅱ. The sentence “presented by Takao Hirobumi as commemoration of the child in excellent health, Showa 29, the year of 1954” was carved at its feet.
Akashi heritage-map “Hitomaru” 2018
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