Liberty Enlightening the World

Japanese: Liberty Enlightening the World(英語表記)LibertyEnlighteningtheWorld
Liberty Enlightening the World

...To celebrate the 100th anniversary of American independence, French historian É. de Rabelais proposed donating a statue of the goddess to America for the sake of friendship between France and the United States. With donations from the French people, sculptor FA Bartholdi (1834-1904) designed the statue, which was made by G. Eiffel and has an iron frame covered with copper plates, and was erected on Liberty Island in 1886. The official name of the statue is "Liberty Enlightening the World," and it holds a torch of liberty in its right hand and the Declaration of Independence with the date July 4, 1776, in its left hand. The statue is 46 meters (152 feet) tall, and 93 meters (305 feet) tall including the pedestal. ...

*Some of the terminology mentioned in "Liberty Enlightening the World" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメリカの独立100年祭を祝い,フランス,アメリカ両国の友好のために,フランス人の歴史家É.deラブレーが女神像のアメリカへの寄贈を提案,フランス民衆の募金をもとに彫刻家バルトルディF.A.Bartholdi(1834‐1904)が設計,G.エッフェルの製作した鉄製の骨組みを銅板でおおった女神像が,1886年リバティ島に建てられた。像の正式の名称は〈世界を照らす自由Liberty Enlightening the World〉で,右手に自由のたいまつを掲げ,左手には1776年7月4日と記した独立宣言書を抱えている。像高は46m(152フィート),台座部を含めると93m(305フィート)。…

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