2012/11/10
Kamakura Museum of Literature is close to Hase Temple.
門
The entrance
門から文学館までの間にある切り通し
We walked through a cut(kiritooshi) like the following.
There are many cuts in Kamakura. "Cuts or Kiritooshi"
are roads dug into hills or mountains; they are like short tunnels.
ここには鎌倉ゆかりの作家達の文学資料が展示されています。
元々は旧前田侯爵家の別邸として1936年に建てられましたが、
その後鎌倉市に寄贈され、1985年から一般公開されているそうです。
The museum contains materials about writers who lived in Kamakura. This house was built in 1936 as a villa for the noble Maeda Family. However, it was donated to Kamakura City in 1983, and it was opened to the public in 1985.
文学館前の庭にはバラ園もあります。
There is a rose garden on the grounds in front of the museum.
春の雪 (Spring Snow)
三島由紀夫の小説”春の雪”にちなんで命名されたそうです。
A famous Japanese writer named Yukio Mishima described a village that was modeled from the house in his novel "Spring Snow", so there is a rose named after that.
文学館では12/9まで生誕820年 源実朝展が催されています。
来る時に見た切り通しを反対側から見たところ
You can see the cut from the opposite side when you return to the gate.