Museum displays bronze carving found after 1995 quake

Museum displays bronze carving found after 1995 quake

KOBE, Japan - Visitors to the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe on Nov. 22, 2014, look at a bronze sculpture discovered after the Great Hanshin Earthquake that hit the western Japan prefecture in January 1995. The sculpture, produced in 1915 by the late Shikai Kitamura, is on display ahead of the 20th anniversary of the disaster next year.

Takaaki Kato

Takaaki Kato

Born Jan. 3, 1860 and died Jan. 28, 1926. Kato served as Japan's 24th prime minister, from June 11, 1924 to Jan. 28, 1926. When serving as foreign minister in the cabinet of Shigenobu Okuma in January 1915, Kato sent the so-called ''21 demands'' to China, arousing fierce opposition both at home and abroad over Japan's attempt to secure hegemony over China. Kato's cabinet achieved the passage of the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law in April 1925, which granted the vote to all male citizens over the age of 25.

Treaty - Battle of Lushun - Anatoly Stessel, Nogi Maresuke

Treaty - Battle of Lushun - Anatoly Stessel, Nogi Maresuke

The Shuishiying in Lushunkou District, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, where the cease fire treaty of the Battle of Lushun was signed between Anatoly Stessel (1848-1915) and Count Nogi Maresuke (1849-1912), representing Russia and Japan respectively, on 5th January 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War depicted in this postcard. Shuishiying were camp sites (or office buildings) of the Naval forces during the later days of the Qing Dynasty in China. Date: 1905

Museum displays bronze carving found after 1995 quake

Museum displays bronze carving found after 1995 quake

KOBE, Japan - Visitors to the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe on Nov. 22, 2014, look at a bronze sculpture discovered after the Great Hanshin Earthquake that hit the western Japan prefecture in January 1995. The sculpture, produced in 1915 by the late Shikai Kitamura, is on display ahead of the 20th anniversary of the disaster next year. (Kyodo)