7. Bronze statue of E.H. ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品 (part 1)

From the entrance of the Nanko head office, make your way to the elevator hall and you will find a bronze statue of E.H. ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品. The pedestal bears a plaque inscribed Hitachi Zosen. The 60-centimeter-tall statue depicts ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品 in a standing pose, wearing a frock coat, and extending his right hand outward and his left foot slightly forward. The figure is placed on a granite pedestal. The back of the pedestal reveals this was "Produced at Chikkou Works, June 1969." It is a replica of the bronze statue that was erected in front of the Sakurajima head office.
Osaka Iron Works was reorganized as a joint stock company in March 1914. Juntaro Yamaoka from Osaka Shosen Kaisha(OSK Lines) was appointed as president, and ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品's eldest son, Ryutaro, as director. The bronze statue of ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品 was erected to coincide with the relocation of the head office to Sakurajima on October 1, 1916. "Our company owes its presence today to ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品's foresight and founding abilities"—as this excerpt from the E.H. ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品 Bronze Statue Construction Magazine(1) says, the statue was built in homage to ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品 by Osaka Iron Works Ltd., which had inherited management from the founder.

According to the Hundred Year History, the statue was "a standing figure dressed in a frock coat, measuring 3.6 meters tall. This was placed on a three-tier pedestal measuring 3.9 meters in height. The cornerstone measured 0.6 meters in height and 3 square meters in area, and was made of 12 pieces of rock, namely select high-grade granite produced in Oshima Island, Ehime Prefecture."(2) This would suggest that the sculpture stood over 8 meters tall from the cornerstone to the top of ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品's head. Design and supervision was commissioned to Sotokichi Aoki, a graduate of the Tokyo Fine Arts School.
The unveiling ceremony took place at two in the afternoon on November 25. The guests included ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品's family and relatives starting with his wife, Aiko, and his son Ryutaro and his wife; and ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品's closest friends such as Seijuro Akizuki and his wife. Attendees on the host's side comprised Osaka Iron Works Ltd. Chairman Yamaoka and all officers and employees. Unfortunately, ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品 himself was not present, as he was feeling unwell. This was six months before he passed away.
In his address, Chairman Yamaoka said that the purpose of the statue was to express reverence for ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品 as well as to present to future workers at the company an image for "admiring ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品's noble character and emulating it in carrying out their work." ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品's grandson Ryuhei then pulled the cord and unveiled the statue. Akizuki made a congratulatory speech, saying that ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品 has made indefatigable efforts to overcome a multitude of difficulties, and offering the encouragement that "the company should continue developing into the future and eventually outperform the shipyards of industrialized countries in the West." The bronze statue was meant to serve as a lasting reminder of ドラクエ 7 カジノ 景品's pioneering spirit.
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- 2『日立造船百年史』昭和60年、日立造船株式会社、75p
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