Collection of valuable items
Tsuwano is the birthplace of the great writer from the Meiji period, Ogai Mori. Suitably, at Mori Ogai Memorial Museum in Tsuwano, the 60 year life of the great writer can be followed.
Ogai’s family were medical doctors for the Tsuwano clan. Ogai himself studied at the Medical Department of Tokyo Imperial University and became an army surgeon. He later pursued the two careers as a writer and an army surgeon, and created may great novels.
The memorial museum exhibits Ogai’s novels, items which belonged to him, and handwritten manuscripts, along with valuable records from his childhood which was spent in Tsuwano.
Next to the memorial museum, “Mori Ogai’s Former Residence” where Ogai spent his childhood is preserved. Rooms such as the four and a half ”tatami” sized study and dispensary can be viewed.
