Shimonoseki City Museum of History
Shimonoseki City Museum of History is a public museum that opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 2016.
History
In 1933 the Former Nagato Sonjōdō, inspired by the Sonjōdō 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. This subsequently became the private Chōfu Museum, then from 1 April 1980, with the donation of both the facilities and the collection, the Shimonoseki City Chōfu Museum, before reopening nearby in new buildings in 2016 under its current name.
Collection
The collection focuses on the history and folkways of Shimonoseki and its environs, and includes the Kofun period Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property Excavated Artefacts from Shinkōji Kofun, Nara period Important Cultural Property Nagato Province Coin Remains, roof tiles from Nagato Kokubun-ji, the Takehisa Family Documents and Ōuchi clan administrative documents known as Ōuchi Kabegaki, both Prefectural Tangible Cultural Properties, and materials relating to the Joseon missions to Japan, Tagami Kikusha, Sakamoto Ryōma, Takasugi Shinsaku, the Kiheitai, and the Shimonoseki campaign and Chōshū expeditions.