Mitsuharasha

Jokoji Temple

Takuboku Ishikawa was born in this temple on February 20, 1898. In the precincts, there is a monument written by Kyosuke Kindaichi, who was Takuboku's lifelong friend, and reads, ``Ishikawa Takuboku Birthplace.'' In addition, a portion of the room where he lived in Takuboku's Houtokuji Temple until he moved there has been restored and preserved.

Suzuki Shasada

A freedom and civil rights activist from Morioka City. He moved to Tokyo to study at a Christian school, but sympathized with the Freedom and People's Rights Movement led by Taisuke Itagaki and became an activist, and returned home after being recruited by ``Kugasha,'' a central organization in Iwate. He published ``Morioka Shinshi'' and called on people to participate in the freedom and civil rights movement. By merging ``Kyogasha'' and ``Kyodosha,'' it became a political association directly connected to the Liberal Party, and in 1891 it became a permanent member of the Liberal Party, the highest ranking member of the Liberal Party, but in 1881, he suddenly died due to appendicitis before he reached his goal.

Enkoji Temple

The family temple of Mitsumasa Yonai, the prime minister from Morioka. Founded during the Kanbun era (1661-1672). There is a neck mound that tells the legend of a lotus who stole the head of his executed father and offered it as a memorial service. It has been designated as a city-designated preservation building.