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Japanese Pagoda, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Japanese), sculptor. Title:  Japanese Pagoda, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Oct. 1940. Medium:  Sculpture: granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 23 ft. x 43 in. x 43 in.; Base: approx. 15 x 53 x 54 in. (14 tons). Inscription:  (Incised on base, south:) In memory of JAPANESE AMBASSADOR HIROSI SAITO who died in/Washington on February 26, 1939 and whose remains were by order of/President Franklin D. Roosevelt, conveyed on board the U.S.S. Astoria/to his native land, and in grateful appreciation of American sympathy/and courtesy, this pagoda was presented by his wife and children to/the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, in October 1940. (There is text in Sanskrit on the north face of the base) Description:  Pagoda is patterned after a typical pagoda of the Fujiwara period, 8th and 9th centuries. It has a two-tiered base, pedestal and thirteen horizontal forms, graduated in size as they progress upward. The pagoda is topped with a columnic form and a ball. On each side of the pedestal are incised circular designs with Sanskrit characters. These characters represent the four Buddhas and are oriented to the four cardinal points of the compass. Subject:  Architecture -- Religious -- Pagoda Ethnic -- Japanese Homage -- Saito, Hirosi Occupation -- Political -- Diplomat Religion -- Buddhism Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Annapolis Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland Located United States Naval Academy, Luce Hall, Annapolis, Maryland Remarks:  Gift of the wife and family of Ambassador Hirosi Saito, Japanese ambassador to the United States who died in 1939. IAS files include text of Sanskrit inscription on the base. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MD000503   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MD000503 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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