台座には大阪鋳匠の慶寺丹長と明石石匠の7代目石六の銘がありますが、これは当初(昭和3年頃)のもので、戦時中の金属供出で像は無くなりました。現在のものは足元に「昭和29年健康優良児記念贈高雄弘文」と刻まれています。
23.The second statue of Ninomiya Kinjiro
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.
明石ヘリテージマップ『人丸』2018