A portrait bust of a famous Japanese naval hero, this bronze will be of significant interest to the collectors of works of art associated with crucial moments of a nation's history.It shows Admiral Heihachiro Togo in full dress uniform, collar chain, breast stars, neck badge and medals. Inscribed on the front:Togo Gensai and on the back:Keiji. Admiral Togo(1847-1934), born into a Samurai family in Kagoshima, he was a great admirer of the British naval tradition and although his birth place h ...click for details
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