● Highlights

Born and raised in Kamakura, the third shogun of the Kamakura shogunate met a tragic end at the age of 28

Then there was the poet Minamoto no Sanetomo. The poems he left behind transcend time and touch our hearts

To commemorate the 820th anniversary of the birth of Sanetomo, who could be called the original Kamakura writer, modern literary scholar Ozaki

Saeko, Saejiro Maekawa, Kazuma Oshita, Mutsuo Takahashi, Kai Hasegawa, Shu Fujisawa, Akari Kido,

Yu Miri introduces some of Sanetomo's finest poems. Furthermore, Masaoka Shiki, Saito Mokichi, Kobayashi Hideo,

This exhibition introduces Sanetomo as a modern man, as seen in the works of Osamu Dazai and others, using valuable historical materials

• Event period: October 6th (Sat) - December 9th (Sun), 2012

Admission fee: General admission 400 [280] yen, Elementary and junior high school students 200 [140] yen. * [ ] indicates group rates for 20 or more people

• Opening hours: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Last entry is 30 minutes before closing

Closed on October 15th (Mon), November 19th (Mon), and December 3rd (Mon)

• <Organizer> Kamakura Museum of Literature Designated Administrator: Kamakura City Arts and Culture Promotion Foundation / International Building Services Joint Venture

• Supervised by: Saeko Ozaki (poet) and Masayuki Maeda (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Meisei University)

・<Cooperation> Kamakura Kadan