Statue of Wake no Kiyomaro

The eyes staring at the distance with a statue full of elegance 々 Do hall 々 were full of dignity and style.

Original Text

We will disseminate information about "Wake Kiyomaro Statue" in Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku. I visited "Wake Kiyomaro Statue" on August 1, 2023. To access the "Wake Kiyomaro Statue", you can find the "Otemori Ryokuchi" on your left as soon as you exit Exit 2 of "Takehashi Station" on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line, and the "Wake Kiyomaro Statue" is in it. "Waki kiyomaro" was a court retainer who served the imperial court at the end of the Nara Dynasty, and was from a local gozoku (local ruling family), and in the 'Fujiwara no nakamaro war' (the war of Fujiwara no nakamaro), he was uhyoe no Jo (captain of the right division of inner palace guards) in 765.

Big and splendid

Original Text

After the period that was not visible due to construction, you can enjoy the scenery where the magnificent statue stands as usual. From Tokyo Metro Takehashi Station, exit 2 is the Otemori Greenland, which looks like a small triangular park protruding into the moat, and the moat continues on the right and left, while you can feel the size. You can see it with the earthquake ginkgo.

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Original Text

This is just outside Exit 2 of Takehashi Station. I stood in front of Otemori and the earthquake Icho 々.

Nara Times の Yusa Yasaka Shento Incident の Main Service

Original Text

It is very close to the Imperial Palace onimon and Takehashi Station. He is a historical figure famous for the Usahachiman Oracle incident that prevented the emperor from passing the throne to the priest Dokyo in the late Nara period when Emperor Shotoku, the female emperor, tried to give the throne to the priest Dokyo. Since he is a loyal retainer of the king, he has been used as a portrait of banknotes many times. There is also a shrine that enshrines Wake Kiyomaro opposite the Kyoto Imperial Palace and the Toad Gate.

Loyalty

Original Text

Immediately after getting off Tokyo Metro Takebashi Station, it is located in a park near the moat called Kiyomaro Park. Wake Kiyomaro is a nobleman in the Nara period ～ Heian period and serves the imperial family. That loyalty is highly evaluated, and in this way a statue can be erected near the Imperial Palace. It was a good opportunity to study.