Shimonoseki City Museum of History
Japanese museum
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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 | |
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下関市立歴史博物館 | |
Shimonoseki City Museum of History | |
  Location within Yamaguchi Prefecture  Location within Japan | |
General information | |
| Location | 2-2-27 Chōfukawabata, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Coordinates | 33°59′45″N 130°59′03″E |
| Opened | 18 November 2016[1] |
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Main Building (1933)
(Registered Tangible Cultural Property)[2]
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.[2] 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.[1][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
