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Subway Mercury
When I visited the subway museum attached to Kasai Station in January, there was a statue of Mercury near the entrance. There was a guide like this.
Mercury Statue: It is the roots of subway information signs, and was made by Sueo Kasagi in 1951. The motif is the expression of the moment the athlete of the Berlin Olympic 100m race starts.
In addition, the statue states, "In 1951, it was installed at the entrance of Ginza Station and became a symbol of the subway. "Marcury" means the commercial god of Roman mythology."
Mercury (English: Mercury) = Roman mythology Mercrius (Latin: Mercurius), identical to Greek mythology Hermes (Hermes). He is the guardian deity of merchants and travelers, but is also called the thief guardian angel.
The design was designed by sculptor Sueo Kasagi, and was designed with the motif of "Marcury" as "I want to express the emotions that burned in the hopes of post-war reconstruction and growing young people."
Mercury at Ginza Station
In Chuo-ku, there are four Mercury statues at Ginza Station and one at Nihombashi Station. Let me tell you that you have actually seen where it is.
There are two at Ginza Station on the Ginza Line, one behind the Mitsukoshi Ginza Exhibition, and one on the Ginza Place side.
Ginza Station on the Hibiya Line is one.
If you exit the ticket gate and go up to the ground, "HERMES" Ginza store is right in front of you.
There is also one ticket gate at Ginza Station on the Marunouchi Line.
Mercury at Nihombashi Station
There is one at Nihombashi Station under the Nihonbashi intersection.
Here, the back of the Mercury statue was a broom place. Is the guardian deity of cleaning tools also doing it?
In addition, there are also Mercury statues at Ueno, Otemachi, Ikebukuro, and Ueno Tokyo Metro headquarters.
Sueo Kasagi's work at the Takashimaya Nihonbashi store
The author, Sueo Kasagi, is a leading post-war sculptor, and the monument on the side of Nihonbashi Sakura-dori St. at Takashimaya Nihonbashi is also a work of Sueo Kasagi.
This is a photo taken when I visited Shinobazu Gallery before.
It's pretty.
Mercury in Mitsukoshi
There is also a Mercury statue in Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi.
It was set up in the hope of Mitsukoshi's business prosperity, wearing a petasos (a round travel cap with wings) on the head, and Kadukeus on the left (a wing with wings on the top and two snakes entangled) ) And tararia (golden sandals with wings) on the feet.
These costumes represent the power and ability of Mercury.
TOKYO METRO Women's Ekiden Tokyo Metro Mercury
Tokyo Metro has the Women's Ekiden Club, and its nickname is "Tokyo Metro Mercury" as a result of an in-house recruitment.
Mercury, which is suitable as a nickname for the sports team owned by Tokyo Metro, which provides safety and security to customers, and is attached to the company, has been adopted as a team nickname.
"Team Philosophy will be the power to run Tokyo."
It's significant that the attached name continues in a row.