Although the monument had originally been near the main gate of existing Konan High School, but was relocated in 1930 when the schoolhouse was rebuilt with ferroconcrete in the time of The Second Kagoshima Junior High School, the predecessor of Konan High School.
当初は現在の甲南高正門付近にあったが、1930年の甲南高の前身・鹿児島二中時代、校舎鉄筋改築の際に移築したもの。