People memorial hall In Miyagi Prefecture
| 1．Ishinomori Manga Museum | ||||||
| Ishinomori Manga Museum (石ノ森萬画館, Ishinomori Mangakan), also known as the Ishinomaki Mangattan Museum, is a museum in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It opened in 2001 to commemorate the works of manga artist and author Shotaro Ishinomori, who was born in what would become the present day Ishinomaki City. It sits on the bay facing the Pacific Ocean and Tashirojima, a.k.a. "Manga Island". | ||||||
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People memorial hall In Yamagata Prefecture
| 2．Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum | ||||||
| The Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum (最上義光歴史館, Mogami Yoshiaki Rekishikan) is a museum in the city of Yamagata in northern Japan just outside the reconstructed Great Eastern Gate of Yamagata Castle. It focuses on the place in history of Mogami Yoshiaki and his role in building the foundations of present-day Yamagata.[1] The museum opened on 1 December 1989[2] in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of modern Yamagata City.[3] Its purpose is to preserve and study, display and make accessible to the public historical items from Yoshiaki's time (1546- 1614) when the Yamagata Domain was the fifth largest feudal domain in Japan. Armory, swords and firearms from the historic battles of the 16th century and later are exhibited, along with art works, old maps of the castle town and official documents connected with the Mogami clan and its history. Among the museum's most prized items exhibited are the large standing screen of the Battle of Hasedo, and Mogami Yoshiaki's helmet and battle command baton. There are also special exhibitions of old and modern swords. The museum has English information on the exhibits available. Admission is free. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and is closed Mondays. | ||||||
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People memorial hall In Tokyo
| 3．Mitsuo Aida | ||||||
| Mitsuo Aida (相田みつを, Aida Mitsuo, 20 May 1924 – 17 December 1991) was a Japanese poet and calligrapher known as The Poet of Zen.[1] His work was influenced by Zen Buddhism and he is known for his works, Ningen damono (Because I'm Human), Okagesan (Our Debt to Others), and Inochi ippai (Live a Full Live).[2] | ||||||
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| 4．Kodansha Noma Memorial Museum | ||||||
| Kodansha Noma Memorial Museum (講談社野間記念館, Kōdansha noma kinenkan) is located in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. Its collection includes fine Japanese art objects. The museum was opened in April 2000, in order to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Japan's largest publishing company, Kodansha Publishing Company. It was the residence of the former Kodansha president Sawako Noma, the grand daughter of its founder, Seiji Noma. One of the museum's exhibits is the Noma Japanese Art Collection, art objects collected by Seiji Noma in the early part of the 20th century. Featured artists include Kawai Gyokudō, Uemura Shōen, Kiyokata Kaburagi, and more. The Noma collection includes works by Yokoyama Taikan and other modern Japanese and Western artists, sculpture and ceramics. There are also 6,000 shikishi (decorated Japanese paper or silk used originally for artistic prose, etc) received directly from the artists. The collection reflects an overview of the trends in the history of modern Japanese art. The Museum also displays the Publication Culture Collection, which presents valuable cultural treasures that have been collected from the Meiji Era to the Heisei Era. | ||||||
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| 5．Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum | ||||||
| The Hasegawa Machiko Art Museum (長谷川町子美術館, Hasegawa Machiko Bijutsukan) is an art museum in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan.[1] From 1946 until 1974, Machiko Hasegawa drew the comic strip Sazae-san about an ordinary Japanese family led by a good-natured mother and wife, Sazae. The strip was a huge success and for most of its run appeared daily in the Asahi Shimbun.[1] While entirely original and thoroughly Japanese, Sazae-san's popularity in Japan is comparable to the American strip Peanuts. Hasegawa was also an art collector, and her collection along with additions by her sister Mariko is housed in the museum.[2] | ||||||
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People memorial hall In Ishikawa Prefecture
| 6．D. T. Suzuki Museum | ||||||
| The D. T. Suzuki Museum (鈴木大拙館, Suzuki Daisetsu Kan) opened in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan in 2011. Dedicated to the life, writings, and ideas of Kanazawa-born Buddhist philosopher D. T. Suzuki, the facility, designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, includes a contemplative space overlooking the Water Mirror Garden.[1][2] | ||||||
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People memorial hall In Gifu Prefecture
| 7．Tōson Memorial Museum | ||||||
| Tōson Memorial Museum (藤村記念館, Tōson Kinenkan) is a museum in Magome-juku, Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan dedicated to the life and works of Shimazaki Tōson. The writer was born in the former Honjin in 1872, but his birthplace and childhood home was mostly destroyed in the conflagration of 1895. Rebuilt to designs by Taniguchi Yoshirō in 1947, the museum opened in 1952. The core of the collection comprises some 5,000 items donated by Shimazaki Tōson's eldest son.[1][2][3][4] | ||||||
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People memorial hall In Osaka Prefecture
| 8．Konosuke Matsushita Museum | ||||||
| The Konosuke Matsushita Museum (松下幸之助歴史館, kōnosuke matsushita rekishikan, Konosuke Matsushita History Museum) is a corporate museum operated by Panasonic in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. Until September 2008, the museum was called the Matsushita Electric Industrial History Museum (松下電器歴史館, matsushita denki rekishikan), but it was changed to its current name on October 1, 2008, to coordinate with the renaming of the company to Panasonic. The museum was temporarily closed in October 2017 and reopened in March 2018. It was revived as the Panasonic Museum (パナソニック ミュージアム, panasonikku myūjiamu), with the former history museum renovated into the Hall of Manufacturing Ingenuity (ものづくりイズム館, monozukuri-izumu-kan, craftmanship museum).[1] | ||||||
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People memorial hall In Kochi Prefecture
| 9．Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum | ||||||
| The Sakamoto Ryōma Memorial Museum (高知県立坂本龍馬記念館, Kōchi kenritsu Sakamoto Ryōma kinenkan) opened in the grounds of the former Urado Castle in Katsurahama, Kōchi, Japan on 15 November 1991.[1] The collection includes correspondence and other documents by Sakamoto Ryōma and his contemporaries and there is also a library of over two thousand books relating to the Meiji Restoration.[2] | ||||||
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| 10．Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum | ||||||
| Ryōma's Birthplace Memorial Museum (高知市立龍馬の生まれたまち記念館, Kōchi Shiritsu Ryōma no Umareta Machi Kinenkan) opened in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan in 2004. It is dedicated to the life and times of Sakamoto Ryōma and to the local area of Kami-machi and Kōchi more generally during the Bakumatsu period.[1][2][3] | ||||||
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People memorial hall In Nagasaki Prefecture
| 11．Siebold Memorial Museum | ||||||
| Siebold Memorial Museum (シーボルト記念館, Shīboruto Kinenkan) was opened in Nagasaki city in 1989 in honour of Philipp Franz von Siebold's great contributions to the development of modern science in Japan. The building is modeled on his former house in Leiden and is located next to the site of his original clinic and boarding school known as Narutaki Juku. | ||||||
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