Yoshikawa Eiji Memorial Museum
Yoshikawa Eiji (1892–1962) is considered one of Japan’s greatest historical novelists. He is credited with making Japanese history accessible to a wide audience, and a number of his novels including Musashi have been translated into several languages and made into popular films.
Yoshikawa’s home has been preserved as a museum. He purchased the property in 1944 from a wealthy silk producer. He wrote several novels here, including The Heike Story. The house is spacious, with sliding doors that allow the rooms to be opened up onto the gardens.
The museum has a complete collection of Yoshikawa’s more than 100 books, as well as film posters, illustrations, and photographs of Yoshikawa and his friends. Yoshikawa was awarded the Cultural Order of Merit in 1960 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1962 for his contributions to Japanese literature.