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Kamono Mabuchi Memorial Hall
| Zip | 432-8036 |
|---|---|
| Address | 22-2 Higashiiba 1-chome, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu-shi |
| Tel | 053-456-8050 |
| Fax | 053-456-8050 |
| URL | http://www.city.hamamatsu.shizuoka.jp/lifeindex/enjoy/culture_art/mabuchi/index.htm |
| Hours | 9:30am-5:00pm |
| Admission | Adults: 300 yen High School Students: 150 yen |
| Close | Mondays (except holidays) Days after Holidays New Year’s Holidays |
Establishment
Kamono Mabuchi Memorial Hall (Kamono Mabuchi Kinenkan) was established at his birth place to introduce the achievements of Kamono Mabuchi in 1984. It exhibits documents and materials regarding Kamono, a great scholar of Kokugaku (Japanese Philosophy) from Hamamatsu. It also displays information of his teacher, followers, and other scholars of Kokugaku from Enshū region.
Contents
The calligraphy and the writings of scholars of Kokugaku are exhibited with detailed accounts and transcriptions. A video show that explains about the works is available.
Special exhibition on a particular person who links to Kamono is held once a year.
Next to the building, Agatai Shrine, which Kamono is enshrined, stands.
Remarks
His birth place became a park and a monument commemorating him was built there on 70th anniversary of the city in 1981.