Display of materials related to Sanyo Rai, a writer representing the late Edo period
The museum exhibits and displays materials related to Rai Sanyo, one of Japan's leading writers from the late Edo period, as well as various materials related to Geibi's early modern culture, and also conducts research and studies. In addition to the permanent exhibits that introduce Rai Sanyo's timeline and anecdotes, the museum also holds special exhibitions about four times a year, including exhibitions on modern swords and Hina dolls. The room in which Rai Sanyo escaped from the Hiroshima domain, was brought back, and is said to have been the room where he was imprisoned and wrote the draft of Nihon Gaishi at that time was designated a national historic site, but was destroyed in the atomic bombing. The current room was restored by Hiroshima Prefecture in 1958 (Showa 33).
INFORMATION
- business hours
- 09: 30 ~ 17: 00 * Admission is until 16:30
- Holidays
- Monday * If it overlaps with a national holiday, the museum will be open and the next weekday will be closed. The museum may be closed due to replacement of special exhibitions. Please contact us for details (082-298-5051)
- price
- Admission fee: 200 yen (160 yen) for adults, 150 yen (120 yen) for university students, free for those 65 and older and elementary, junior high, and high school students * ( ) indicates group rates for 20 or more people * Separate fees apply for planned exhibitions and special exhibitions.
- address
- 〒730-00365-15 Fukuromachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Phone Number
- 082-298-5051
- Website
- Parking fee
- free
- Parking notes
- 4 units (free)