had to be destroyed, The City of Tokyo replaced them and presented 3020 cherry tree saplings to the City of Washington, D.C. in 1912. Since that time, Washington's annual display of blooming cherry blossoms can be seen in West Potomac Park surrounding the Tidal Basin, a result of Ozaki's persistence in furthering this project during a time when he was mayor of Tokyo. These flowering trees were the genesis of the continuing National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. and in other states as well. Ozaki's pen name was Ozaki Gakudo until he relinquished it in 1946 in exchange for "So-tsuō" (meaning "grand old man of 90"), simply because he had attained the age of 90. Starting in 1996, a yearly Gakudo Award has been "presented to individuals or organizations active in issues including the promotion of democracy, disarmament and human rights". Honors Order of the Rising Sun Fifty years as Member of the Diet Honorary Member of the Diet Honorary Citizen of Tokyo Special Resolution of the United States Senate Notes See also Peace Preservation Law Rikken Kaishintō Jokichi Takamine References Ozaki, Yei Theodora. (1909). Warriors of Old Japan And Other Stories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Ozaki, Yukio. (2001). The Autobiography of Ozaki Yukio: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in Japan (translated by Fujiko Hara). Princeton: Princeton University Press. Ozaki, Yukio. (1955). Ozak Gakudō Zenshū. Tokyo: Kōronsha. External links National Conference of State Societies (US) – see 1910 photo of Mr. and Mrs. Ozaki + 2007 photo of their daughter, Mrs. Yukika Sohma, speaking in Washington, D.C. Ohio dogwoods to Tokyo in 2000 mirrors Tokyo's gift of cherry trees to Washington, D.C. (1908–1912) Yukio Ozaki Memorial Foundation (JPN) 1859 births 1954 deaths People from Sagamihara Education ministers of Japan Ministers of Justice of Japan Members of the House of Representatives (Japan) Mayors of Tokyo English-language writers from Japan Liberalism in Japan Japanese racehorse owners and breeders Keio University alumni University of Tokyo alumni Members of the House of Representatives (Empire of Japan)