摘要
Among the certainties of history,there is the case of Iwane Matsu,the Japanese general held responsible for the Rape of Nanjing and hanged as a Class-A war criminal in 1948.But among the less certain narratives,the following has been recorded:It is said that after the Rape,he retreated to his hometown,ashamed.He helped erect a large statue of Kannon,the Buddhist goddess of mercy,facing Nanjing.
A mong the certainties of history, there is the case of Iwane Matsu, the Japanese general held responsible for the Rape of Nanjing and hanged as a Class-A war criminal in 1948. But among the less certain narratives, the following has been recorded： It is said that after the Rape, he retreated to his hometown, ashamed. He helped erect a large statue of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy, facing Nanjing.
