Shosuke Sato

Iwate University Museum

This building was used as a library during his time at Morioka High School of Agriculture and Forestry, and is also the site where Kenji Miyazawa absorbed knowledge such as biology, mineralogy, literature, and art while attending the school. Here, we will introduce research achievements that have contributed to the region, such as livestock disease water use and environmental measures (Faculty of Engineering) that the university has been working on over the past 100 years, as well as archaeological materials related to the Jomon period, Isawa Castle, Tokutan Castle, Shiba Castle, etc. Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Education), etc. are on display and open to the public (permanent exhibition room). In addition, the special exhibition room displays valuable materials owned by the university for a limited time.

Torakuji Temple wooden eleven-faced Kannon statue

Nine Heian Buddha statues, including the eleven-faced Kannon statue, which were enshrined at the foot of Mt. Himegami, are preserved at Torakuji Temple. It has been designated as an Iwate Prefectural Cultural Property, and is said to be one of the best Buddhist statues in the Tohoku region as an eleven-faced Kannon statue.

Takashi Hara

Born in Morioka City. A politician who created the basis of party politics. He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the care of Kaoru Inoue, became Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs at the age of 40, and became Minister to Korea at the age of 42. He later founded the Rikken Seiyukai with Hirobumi Ito and others, and became the president of the Seiyukai in 1919. In 1919, he became the 19th Prime Minister. He was Japan's first prime minister without a title, and as a result, the clan government since the Meiji era was transformed into party politics, and Hara was called ``commoner prime minister.'' On November 4, 1920, he was killed by a young man's knife at Tokyo Station.