Ishikawa Modern Literature Museum, Literary museum in Hirosaka, Japan.
The Ishikawa Modern Literature Museum occupies the right half of the former Fourth Higher School building in Hirosaka, Kanazawa, sharing it with the free Fourth Higher School Memorial Hall since the April 26, 2008 renewal. Its rooms comprise two guidance rooms, five permanent exhibition rooms, a literature salon and a special exhibition room. The salon reconstructs the study of Murō Saisei from Magome, Tokyo.
The museum opened in 1968 in the former library stack building of the Fourth Higher School, with Shimbō Chiyoko, a researcher of Murō Saisei, as its first director; it was Japan's second general literature museum after the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature. In 1986 it moved into the former Fourth Higher School building when the prefectural local history museum relocated to Honda-no-Mori Park. A 2008 renewal split the building: the left half became the free Fourth Higher School Memorial Hall, the right half the paid literature museum.
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 occupies the right half of the former Fourth High School building as seen from the front; the left half is the free Fourth High School Memorial Hall. Opening hours are 9:00 to 17:00, with last entry at 16:30, and the museum closes from 29 December to 3 January. Access details are shared with the Fourth High School Memorial Cultural Exchange Hall.
The museum opened in 1968 as Japan's second general literature museum, after the Nihon Kindai Bungakukan in Tokyo. Its first director was Chiyoko Shinbo (1913–2004), a researcher of Murō Saisei. In 1986 it moved into the former Fourth High School building, and since the 2008 renewal the left half of the facade is the free Fourth High School Memorial Hall.
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