🇯🇵 [Ehime Prefecture] A bronze statue of Saihei Hirose, who established the foundation for the development of the Sumitomo zaibatsu! (^^)

🇯🇵 [Ehime Prefecture] Bronze statue of Hirose Saihei, who established the foundation for the development of the Sumitomo Zaibatsu! (^^) Like the bronze statue of Kusunoki in front of the Imperial Palace, it was commissioned by Sumitomo and made by Takamura Koun of Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo University of the Arts), but it was donated during the war and only the pedestal remains (^^) After that, in 2003, the bronze statue of Hirose Saihei was restored. The wooden model of the bronze statue was kept at Tokyo University of the Arts, so four sisters, descendants of Hirose Saihei, provided funds and commissioned Tokyo University of the Arts to create it, which was completed and donated to Niihama City (^^) #0 yen trip January 2025