Bronze Statute of the Founding President Kenjiro Yamakawa

This bust was donated by the city of Aizu-Wakamatsu (Fukushima Prefecture), the hometown of the university’s first president. The plinth is engraved with a phrase from his inaugural address in 1911, which sums up the spirit of Kyushu University's founding: "You cannot describe yourself as a perfect gentleman unless you have cultivated a broad outlook."

(Ito Campus)