The other day, I went to the lunch buffet at the Royal Park Hotel.
(Click here for the article at that time → /archive/2017/04/post-4276.html)
While chatting with a friend I went with, walk close to her workplace.
It's a great deal, so I don't usually go in a nearby park.
I thought I would let my daughter, Azuki play ...
I came to Hakozaki Park.
There are a lot of koinobori, so I feel the season.
A child who is just small in time is a nap time? Because it was
There weren't many children of the same age, and they were all-you-can-play on the slide.
・・'- I found it
Here you. It's a statue of Shoin Yoshida.
"Is it in my head?" Yeah.
I thought, "The place related to Mr. Matsukage is Jisshi Park in Kodemmacho?"
The prison house in Kodemmacho is the last place.
There are several monuments in Jisshi Park on the site of the site.
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(↑ It has also been featured in articles by senior correspondents in past.)
Why are you here? ？ I thought there was an explanation board next to it.
According to that.
At the end of Showa 12 (1937), a sixth grader at Hakozaki Hirone Elementary School in this area.
Mitsuko Iwai died of illness.
Mitsuko, who has excellent grades, is particularly impressed by Yoshida Shoin's way of life.
Before he died, he told his parents to build a statue of Yoshida Shoin in school with his savings.
It may have been in such an era.
It may be an idea that children at this time do not come out easily. )
The parents realized this wish even though their lives were difficult, and on March 22, 1938 (1938).
The unveiling ceremony was held grandly.
At that time, this story was awarded by the Tokyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun as an "educational beauty story".
The unveiling ceremony was attended by the Minister of Education at the time and officials from Tokyo City.
The statue was produced by Ranzan Takeyama, and the word "Mr. Matsukage" was impressed by this story.
It was written by the Minister of Naval Sankichi Takahashi.
In 1944, elementary schools were closed after evacuation to escape the war.
However, this statue has been watching Hakozaki-cho in this area all the time.
As a mother
"Mitsuko-chan, I'm sorry. My mother would have been hard."
That's what I think first.
I hope that her thoughts will protect the children of this area.
I couldn't help but wish.
