Dr Tomi Koura
Dr Tomi Koura, Japan’s first psychologist, to commemorate the spatial memory of her first meeting with Rabindranath, a bronze bust commemorating the poet’s 120th birth anniversary was erected: a Memorial statue in 1981 at the foothills of the Asama Mountains on the outskirts of the town of Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture.
At that time she was 85 years old. She Named the statue “Jinrui Fuchen” or “Warless Mankind” in honour of Rabindranath Tagore.
In this context, she wrote in her autobiography:
“I have set up this sculpture as the president of the Tagore Association with the help of the classmates of Japan Women’s University. The alphabet Jinrui Fuchen is engraved on the chest of this sculpture. Rabindranath has appealed for a non-violent world all his life. Now we must hold fast to his word. It is not easy to prevent making money by killing people, to stop countless people trying to gain power. Greed for power is an evil force that is deeply rooted in humanity. This is not to say who or what this force is unless all human beings work together to stop this evil force. The fight for non-violence is in politics, in art, or in culture–wherever life is at stake. This fight is the fight of all mankind.”