Statues of Shonan Yokoi and Ishin

Yokoi Shonan and other heroes

This is the monument of Yokoi Shonan, a Kumamoto-born hero at the end of Edo Period, and related persons. All of these personalities made a great contribution to the advent of the Meiji Restoration.

Thinking Depth

Original Text

In the small park of Takahashi near the walls of the Kumamoto castle, this complex of statues of Japanese thinkers and state figures of the Edo period (16031868): Yokoi Komari, Matsudayra Haruna and Ho ...

Kosuke Yokoi from Kumamoto in the center

Original Text

　Takahashi Park is located between Kumamoto Castle and the Tsuboi River that flows east. This park was created to commemorate a man named Morio Yokoi, who once served as mayor of Kumamoto and laid the foundation for the town of Kumamoto. There was a statue called "Yokoi Kokusu and the Ishin Gunzo" in this park. The person standing in the center is Kokusu Yokoi, a thinker from Kumamoto. It seems that he follows Ryoma Sakamoto and Kaishu Katsu next to him. There is an explanation board on the pedestal under the statue, and "Kosuke Yokoi aims at the disturbance period at the end of the Edo period ｢ the cause to the world ...

Kosuke Yokoi, a thinker from Kumamoto

Original Text

　On the banks of the Tsuboi River, which flows to the east of Kumamoto Castle, there is Takahashi Park created to commemorate Morio Takahashi, the former mayor of Kumamoto. There were several statues in the park, but the most prominent of them was this "Yokoi Kokusu and the Ishin Gunzo". A person named Kokusu Yokoi is a thinker from Kumamoto and has interacted with Ryoma Sakamoto and Shoin Yoshida. With such a background, Kosuke Yokoi stood in the center, and Ryoma Sakamoto, Katsukai ..., who had a close relationship with him, lined up.

Shishi of the Meiji Restoration

Original Text

Gaoqiao Park には, Samoshi の Hengjing Xiaoqi のほか, Pi と In-laws のあった Sakamoto Longma, Shenghaizhou, Songping Chunyue, Asahikawa Hujiu といった Meiji Renovation の Gongqian reached の Bronze Statue が Construction ち and んでいます.