"A Mother Horse and Her Colt"                By Sculptor, Mr. Toshio Ogino, of Shobu, Japan

In commemoration of the 5th anniversary of the Sister City bond between Shobu, Japan and Roseburg, Oregon, a sculpture was presented to the City of Roseburg by Mayor Junji Endo of Shobu, on July 12, 1997.  The sculpture was entitled "A Mother Horse and Her Colt".  Present at that presentation was the sculptor, Mr. Toshio Ogino, also of Shobu, Japan.  This sculpture was gifted to Roseburg as a gesture of friendship and good will from the citizens of Shobu.  Mr. Ogino was able to explain the message the horses are meant to convey to the people of Roseburg translated into English by Mrs. Yuki Taylor of Roseburg: 

"In the past the horse was needed by man to do a lot of his work. There became a unique bond between horse and man. I consider the horse to be a noble beast. The mare and colt depict a strong bond, such as the horse and man had. The love between the mare and colt represents the love that is spawned by cultural exchange. The horse and humans have been intertwined throughout history. The bonding of the mare and colt is the same sort of bonding that should be obtained by the family, by friends, the neighborhood, and eventually by the world. It also represents the bonding of the two cities of Shobu and Roseburg."

In addition to the Roseburg sculpture, identical "Mother and Colt" sculptures are found in Shobu, Japan and two other sister cities of Shobu in Japan."