Lot of 2 - Tokyo Japan 1920's-1930's, M. Kusunoki & T. Saigo Memorial Statues

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Lot of 2 - Tokyo Japan 1920's-1930's, M. Kusunoki & T. Saigo Memorial Statues
A lot of two (2)
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Tokyo, Japan
......Two 1924-c.1930's issued photo postcards that show people
viewing the memorial statues of
Masashige Kusunoki and Takamori Saigo Memorial Statues.
...
The Bronze Statue of Masashige Kusunoki
,
"Great Patriot
", stands across from the Imperial Palace......
“Kusunoki Masashige was a 14th-century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in his attempt to wrest rulership of Japan away from the Kamakura shogunate and is remembered as the ideal of samurai loyalty.
"
The
Statue of Saigo Takamori is located in Ueno Park
...
......
“Saigo Takamori was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era. He has been dubbed the last true samurai. During the Boshin War, Saigō led the Imperial forces at the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, and then led the Imperial army toward Edo, where he accepted the surrender of Edo Castle from Katsu Kaishu.
A decade after the Restoration, it was Saigo who would reluctantly lead an unsuccessful insurrection — the Satsuma Rebellion — against the very same Imperial government he had previously championed. The Satsuma rebels numbered around 40,000, dwindling to about 400 at their final stand at the Battle of Shiroyama in September, 1877. Saigo died of injuries suffered in battle.
“A statue of Saigo was, nonetheless, commissioned in 1893 by the Meiji government and cast in bronze for this populist figure in modern Japanese history."
The cards are in
very fine conditions, not posted
......
See scans for a closer look.
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