This bust of Beethoven was sculpted by Ryumon Yasuda (1891-1965).

After having been exposed in the “12th in-ten”, the statue was given to the National University of Music at Tokyo, in 1938…

Thanks to Kuno Takuya for this information…

Here is another Beethoven statue in Japan.

It is situated next to Germany House in Naruto City. This town is on the island of Shikoku, the smallest fo the four principal Japanese islands…