Shimonoseki City Museum of History

Shimonoseki City Museum of History (下関市立歴史博物館, Shimonoseki Shiritsu Rekishi Hakubutsukan) is a public museum that opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 2016.

Shimonoseki City Museum of History
下関市立歴史博物館
Former Shimonoseki City Chōfu Museum
Main Building (1933)
(Registered Tangible Cultural Property)[1]
General information
Address2-2-27 Chōfukawabata
Town or cityShimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates33°59′45″N 130°59′03″E
Opened18 November 2016[2]
Website
Official website

History

In 1933 the Former Nagato Sonjōdō (旧長門尊攘堂), inspired by the Sonjōdō (尊攘堂) in Kyōto, was completed in the grounds of Kōzan-ji, in reinforced concrete dressed with stone and with a double tile roof reminiscent of the nearby temple hall; the twentieth-century building is now a registered Tangible Cultural Property.[1] This subsequently became the private Chōfu Museum (長府博物館), then from 1 April 1980, with the donation of both the facilities and the collection, the Shimonoseki City Chōfu Museum (下関市立長府博物館), before reopening nearby in new buildings in 2016 under its current name.[2][3]

Collection

The collection focuses on the history and folkways of Shimonoseki and its environs,[3] and includes the Kofun period Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property Excavated Artefacts from Shinkōji Kofun,[4] Nara period Important Cultural Property Nagato Province Coin Remains,[5] roof tiles from Nagato Kokubun-ji, the Takehisa Family Documents (武久家文書)[6] and Ōuchi clan administrative documents known as Ōuchi Kabegaki (大内家壁書),[7] both Prefectural Tangible Cultural Properties, and materials relating to the Joseon missions to Japan,[8] Tagami Kikusha,[8] Sakamoto Ryōma, Takasugi Shinsaku, the Kiheitai, and the Shimonoseki campaign and Chōshū expeditions.[8]

See also

References
  1. 下関市立長府博物館本館（旧長門尊攘堂） [Shimonoseki City Chōfu Museum Honkan (Former Nagato Sonjōdō)] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  2. 下関市立歴史博物館（旧長府博物館） [Shomonoseki City Museum of History (Former Chōfu Museum)] (in Japanese). Shimonoseki City. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. 下関市立長府博物館 [Shimonoseki City Chōfu Museum] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. 心光寺古墳出土品 [Excavated Artefacts from Shinkōji Kofun] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  5. 長門国鋳銭遺物 [Nagato Province Coin Remains] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  6. 武久家文書 [Takehisa Family Documents] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  7. 大内家壁書 [Ōuchi Kabegaki] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  8. 下関市立長府博物館 [Shimonoseki City Chōfu Museum] (in Japanese). Shimonoseki City. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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