Hokage Rock

The is a mountain overlooking Konohagakure that has all the faces of the Hokage carved into the stone. It was envisioned by Hashirama Senju as a symbol that the Hokage would always watch over the village.Naruto chapter 625, page 9 The Hokage Rock is easily the most identifiable feature in the village, such that when the village is destroyed during Pain's Assault, only the presence of the Hokage Rock (undamaged by the destruction) confirms to others that the rubble was once Konoha.Naruto chapter 430 Being such an icon makes it a prime target for pranks, with both Naruto UzumakiNaruto chapter 1, pages 5-7 and, years later, Boruto Uzumaki defacing it in order to gain attention.Naruto chapter 700, page 13
Adding a Hokage's face to the monument apparently takes time, as the Fifth Hokage's face is not added until some time during the timeskip.Naruto chapter 245 The anime suggests it doesn't actually take too long, as the Stone Carver adds first Danzō Shimura's face and then Kakashi Hatake's face to the monument prematurely, in turn forcing him to remove their faces once they are not officially given the position.Naruto: Shippūden episode 219 In Kakashi Hiden, the Sixth Hokage's face is added to the Hokage Rock before he even agrees to accept the responsibilities of the office, something that Naruto complains is confusing. In Boruto: Two Blue Vortex, in turn, it is suggested that the face of the candidate for the position will not be carved into the Hokage Rock until they are officially inaugurated.
For the first few decades of the village's history, the Hokage Rock is left mostly untouched, being used only to house the village's archivesNaruto chapter 456 and protect its villagers during times of attack.Naruto chapter 126, page 12 In the years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, Konoha expands to the plateau above the monument, with the village's new skyscrapers seen towering above it.Naruto chapter 700 At some unspecified future point, the Hokage Rock is badly damaged.Boruto chapter 1
== Trivia ==
* The monument is similar to Mount Rushmore, which features sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents.
* Despite the increasing number of faces, the Hokage Residence is always right in the middle underneath them.
* Scenes set during earlier periods of Konoha's history sometimes erroneously depict more faces on the Hokage Rock than existed at that point in time.Naruto chapter 599Naruto: Shippūden episode 187
* During the Konoha Crush, the Third Hokage's face cracks, giving those who see it a bad omen. The damage is apparently later repaired.
* The Fourth Hokage seems to have marked his head on the monument for the Flying Thunder God Technique, as he teleports to its location on two separate occasions.Naruto chapter 502, page 5Naruto chapter 677, page 16
* In Boruto episode 114, Iwabee Yuino adds Shino Aburame's face just above the Hokage Rock using Earth Release, and Metal Lee adds Rock Lee's in order to raise the value of their Extreme: Shinobi Picture Scrolls cards; they are removed shortly afterwards.
* In episode 161, when Naruto spilled a whole barrel of manure, the stone faces are shown making disgusted grimaces and the monument of the Fourth holds his nose.
** In Shippūden 376, when Tsunade demands that Naruto not to return to the village until he can defeat Mecha-Naruto, the stone faces are shown to make flabbergasted face faults.
* In early episodes of the anime, the Fourth Hokage's hair is depicted as flat. This is corrected in later episodes of Shippūden. Similarly, the Sixth Hokage was depicted without a forehead protector in The Last: Naruto the Movie.
* Shikamaru's face has not been added since becoming the Eighth Hokage due to him not yet being officially appointed to the position.
== References ==
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