Teishun Park is located in Ueno Chayamoto, a semi-mountainous area in Mifune Town. It was built in 1913 by residents of the former Nanataki Village in remembrance of Miyabe Teizo, and his younger brother, Shunzo. Teizo was the leader of the Higo Loyalist Party and a past intellect from Mifune. This memorial park features a vast, stunning view of Mt. Aso’s outer rim and Oyanohara, and it got its name, Teishun, by taking one character from the first names of the two siblings. It is especially beautiful around the time when the azaleas bloom, making it a place of relaxation for locals. In the center of the park is a giant, approximately five-meter-high monument commemorating Teizo. Constructed to pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of Teizo’s martyrdom during the 1864 Ikedaya Incident in Kyoto, it features an epigraph written by Hosokawa Morishige, with words chosen by Takezoe Seisei. Takezoe was a diplomat born in Higo and a brilliant scholar of Chinese literature and culture. On either side of the monument stand monuments erected in 1943 inscribed with poems composed by the two brothers. The stones piled up at the base of the monuments were used in the Miyabe residence’s foundation.
It was built in 1913 by residents of the former Nanataki Village in remembrance of Miyabe Teizo, and his younger brother, Shunzo. Teizo was the leader of the Higo Loyalist Party and a past intellect from Mifune.
This memorial park features a vast, stunning view of Mt. Aso’s outer rim and Oyanohara, and it got its name, Teishun, by taking one character from the first names of the two siblings. It is especially beautiful around the time when the azaleas bloom, making it a place of relaxation for locals.
In the center of the park is a giant, approximately five-meter-high monument commemorating Teizo. Constructed to pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of Teizo’s martyrdom during the 1864 Ikedaya Incident in Kyoto, it features an epigraph written by Hosokawa Morishige, with words chosen by Takezoe Seisei. Takezoe was a diplomat born in Higo and a brilliant scholar of Chinese literature and culture. On either side of the monument stand monuments erected in 1943 inscribed with poems composed by the two brothers. The stones piled up at the base of the monuments were used in the Miyabe residence’s foundation.