Tuesday, August 3, 2021

(2419) One of us

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In front of an izakaya in Ueno, a doll of Saigo Takamori (西鄕 隆盛, 1828-1877), the actual "last samurai" who is something like a national hero in Ueno since his most famous statue in Japan, also depicted with a little dog is in the eastern side of the hill/park, overlooking the whole area. And Tokyo.

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).


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