Iwakuni Antiquities Museum

I really like the swords n armor displays on the second floor.

No admission fee! The building is one of a kind built right after WW2, due to lack of funds they could only use cheap stone which gives it a kind of dark look. Great museum on the history of Iwakuni, limited English ,but some great artifacts.

Satisfied

We often cover local historical projects. This time, protect the border of "Iwakuni's four border war" at the end of the Edo period ❗

I visited a few years ago. I had visited before that, so I knew that the building was solid and dignified. Permanent exhibits were mainly those that show the history, structure and restoration of the Kintai Bridge after it was washed away due to a flood. A few years ago, I had informed in advance that I would visit the group with the theme of research / learning about the second conquest of Choshu (battle of Geishu mouth). I was guided to and explained about valuable items one by one. I knew the existence of "mine fire" as the knowledge from the book, but I was impressed to see the real thing. There was a wooden container that would have been filled with black powder and a hole through the squib, which broke into roar and black smoke, frightening the Shogunate troops, and worried about the battle of Geishu mouth. It was. It was also a surprise that there was a red and white hand flag signal textbook. The Choshu army had an infantry-type rifle attached to infantry, and it was trained to fight field battles by using tactics (spread). Moreover, it was said that he was training the flag signal ... Probably because of Dr. Masujiro Omura's strategy. Regardless, it is surmised that even soldiers from the agricultural townspeople could read the characters of the soldiers in the two provinces. In addition, there is always a school gate in each unit, and it seems that they were studying military science, national studies, military decree and military regulations. According to "History of Yamaguchi Prefecture" (Keiji Misaka), as a result of the national survey in the early Meiji era, the number of terakoya in Yamaguchi was 1,307, second only to Nagano, and the number of private schools in Yamaguchi was 106, Okayama and Nagano. It is the 4th place after Tokyo, and the number of Yamaguchi-no-Sato school (quasi-campus) is 20 schools (common people can also attend), which is the first place. Therefore, I thought once again that each soldier of the corps formed by the common people was an excellent soldier, and did not give in to the shogunate army that gathered the various daimyo. It was a meaningful visit for those who study the history of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.