A bronze statue

日米修好通商条約など安政の五カ国条約を調印し､桜田門外で暗殺された､幕末の大老井伊直弼の衣冠束帯姿の像｡彦根で撮影されており､藤田文蔵･岡崎雪声が製作し､明治43年(1910)彦根招魂社に建立された銅像であろう｡この像は金属回収で供出されたが､彦根城二の丸公園内に再建されている｡This is the statue of Ii Naosuke in ceremonial dress. Ii signed the five amity and commerce treaties with the U.S.A. and other countries in 1858 but was later assassinated in Tokyo. The copper statue was made by Fujita Bunzo and Okazaki Sessei and placed at Shokonsha in Hikone in 1910. The original statue shown in this photograph was donated to the country for scrap metal during World War II. It was rebuilt in Ninomaru Park at Hikone Castle