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Made over eight years by Teru Ando, sculptor of the loyal dog Hachiko, to mark 50 years since Saigo's death. Finished in 1937, it stands eight metres with its plinth.
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A bronze statue of Saigo Takamori on Mt. Shiroyama in Kagoshima. The sculptor Ando Teru (from Kagoshima, creator of the Chuken Hachiko statue in Shibuya) took 8 years to make it, and it was completed on May 23, 1937 (Showa 12). Depicted in the uniform of Japan's first army general, it is 8 m tall. At the photo spot across the road, his beloved dog's statue can also be photographed together.
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