It was erected as a 400 year anniversary since the arrival of Xavier in 1949 on the remains of Ihiuji-jo Castle in Ijuin where the party of Xavier had an audience with Takahisa SHIMAZU.
-1949年、ザビエル来航400年を記念して、ザビエル一行が島津貴久に謁見したとされる伊集院一宇治城跡に設置。