Ishikawa Modern Literature Museum

The Ishikawa Modern Literature Museum is a literary museum in Hirosaka housed in stone buildings that displays original manuscripts, writing drafts, and personal objects from notable Japanese writers. The collections showcase the working lives and creative output of authors from the 20th century through their papers and belongings.

The museum was founded in 1968 and uses the former book storage building of a school memorial museum in Ishikawa. This transformation shows how the region chose to preserve its literary heritage by converting existing structures.

The museum honors three local writers through their manuscripts and personal possessions, showing how these authors lived and worked in their time. Their collections reveal the literary world of early modern Japan through everyday objects and creative works.

The museum is easy to visit on most days and provides straightforward access for exploring the collections on display. Plan enough time to look carefully at the manuscripts and objects since these delicate documents deserve close attention.

The museum preserves an engraved manuscript of Tokuda Shūsei on a stone monument at Mount Utatsu, an unusual way to honor a writer's work. Murō Saisei's first poetry collection also holds a special place in the collection here.

Location: Hirosaka

Official opening: 1968

Part of: Fourth High School Memorial Museum of Cultural Exchange, Ishikawa

Website: http://pref.ishikawa.jp/shiko-kinbun/info/m-literature.html

GPS coordinates: 36.56250,136.65578

Latest update: December 13, 2025 12:24