Hotta Masayoshi Statue

the roju who promoted the opening of the country.

Original Text

He is a roju who led the opening of the country at the end of the Edo period. Since he signed an unequal treaty later, he is a person who is told various things. Still, it may be unavoidable at that time. It is located at the ruins of Sakura Castle.

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Original Text

It was a statue that conveys the strength of the will, such as the nose muscle that passes through the long eyes, and the hands that grips lightly on the fist. The real thing may have been more different, but I think it's a statue that captures the character of the person well.

I didn't know it until I came to Sakura Castle Ruins Park.

Original Text

Actually, I didn't know at all until I came to Sakura Castle Ruins Park. I learned that Masamune Hotta's life was a life that was struggling to conclude the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and the United States. He also advocated the theory of opening the country while he had the title of daimyo and roju Shuza.

Sakura City と Putian Zhengmu

Original Text

Until he visited Sakura, he did not know that masamune Hotta, roju (Senior councilor), who left his name in the end of the Edo period, was the Lord of Sakura Jo castle. It was understood that the history of the Hotta family governed Sakura for the longest time and reached the end of the Edo period, and that Sakura produced so many roju (Senior councilor) was related to the fact that Sakura Jo castle was the key to the East for the Tokugawa Shogunate.

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Original Text

When the hydrangea was in bloom, I went to the castle ruins park. The water lilies in Tsugaike were in full bloom, the iris was about to end, and I took a walk in the park at the site of seeing the surrounding hydrangeas. There was a statue of Masamune Hotta at the entrance of the road to the ruins of the Honmaru, and I learned that he worked for the opening country at the Roju at the end of the Edo period. It is built to pair with the statue of Townsend Harris, a diplomat who is negotiating partner.