Monument of Prayer

Monument of Prayer

The Monument of Prayer was completed on August 15, 1960, on the fifteenth anniversary of the end of the war, by the Committee to Carry out a National Festival of Prayers for Peace to Comfort the Spirits of the Dead, sponsored by the New Japan Association.  This monument is dedicated to peace and to comforting those who died for their country in various crises including the Second World War.  The monument has the figures of a young couple on a pedestal holding their child in their arms.  It was designed by Yoshizumi Yokoe, a sculptor.  Just to the right in front of the monument is a stone engraved with a poem by Hirshima-born poet Atsuko Oki entitled, “Praying for Peace and the Peaceful Repose of the Departed Souls.”

Submitted by

Bryan Arnold

@nanowhiskers