The overall size, not including the mounting rollers, is approximately 205cm x 61cm. Overall, it is yellowed, with tears and what appears to be graffiti. Haseba Born in Kushikino Village, Hioki District, Satsuma Province (present-day Ichikikushikino City, Kagoshima Prefecture). His father was a goshi (country samurai) of the Kagoshima Domain. He went to Tokyo in 1871. In 1872, he became a police officer (patrolman) in the Metropolitan Police Department and advanced to the rank of assistant inspector. In 1877, he returned to his hometown and entered the Shigakkō (private school). He participated in the Satsuma Rebellion on the side of Saigō Takamori and was sentenced to imprisonment (3 years for a political offense). He was released from prison in 1879 "due to illness." After his release, he was involved in the movement to establish a national assembly. From 1885 to 1887, he was a member of the Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly, and from 1887 to 1890, he served as the district head of four districts in Kagoshima. He was elected from Kagoshima Prefecture in the first general election for the House of Representatives in 1890 and was subsequently elected 11 consecutive times. Later, he was involved in the establishment of the Rikken Seiyūkai (Friends of Constitutional Government Party). He served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives for the first time from 1908 to 1911. He also served as the Minister of Education in the 2nd Saionji Cabinet in 1911, but resigned the following year due to illness. In 1914, he was appointed Speaker of the House of Representatives for the second time. He managed the proceedings of the Diet amidst the confusion of the Siemens scandal, but died suddenly of a ruptured aneurysm just nine days after taking office.