The is a local history museum in
Mito, Ibaraki
is the capital city of Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 268,036 in 126,055 households and a population density of 1,233 persons per km2. The percentage of the population aged ...
, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.
The museum opened in September 1974. The collection focuses on the history of Ibaraki and the grounds also include a number of
Edo-period farm buildings and examples of western-style Japanese architecture from the
Meiji period
The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonizatio ...
.
The collection also houses numerous artworks, historical artifacts and extensive documentation from the
Tokugawa clan
The is a Japanese dynasty which produced the Tokugawa shoguns who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1868 during the Edo period. It was formerly a powerful ''daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of ...
, who ruled
Mito Domain during the Edo period.
See also
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Kōdōkan
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Kairaku-en
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Prefectural museum
References
External links
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History museums in Japan
Prefectural museums
Museums in Ibaraki Prefecture
Museums established in 1974
1974 establishments in Japan
Mito, Ibaraki
Giyōfū architecture
Important Cultural Properties of Ibaraki Prefecture
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