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Historical
materials
related
to
Hokiichi
Hanawa,
one
of
Saitama's
three
great
figures,
are
on
display.
Hanawa's
hometown,
the
former
Kodama
Town,
was
incorporated
into
Honjo
City
due
to
the
Heisei
municipal
merger,
and
the
memorial
hall
is
now
attached
to
the
Honjo
City
Kodama
General
Branch
Office.
Although
the
exhibition
space
is
not
large,
it
covers
the
circumstances
that
led
to
his
blindness,
his
difficult
studies
in
Edo,
the
compilation
of
group
documents
and
the
support
he
received
from
his
contemporaries,
his
longing
for
and
faith
in
his
hometown
and
his
late
mother,
and
the
work
of
the
Wagaku
Kodanjo
after
he
achieved
great
success.
The
theme
is
the
situation.
You
might
think
that
the
exhibition
would
focus
on
old
documents,
but
there
were
many
of
the
person's
favorite
items
on
display,
as
well
as
a
visual
display
that
showed
at
a
glance
the
volume
of
the
666
books
in
the
collection,
and
the
genres
he
had
collected.
It
is
designed
so
that
you
can
watch
it
until
the
end
without
getting
bored.
It
was
surprising
that
the
woodblock
prints
of
Gunshoju
are
still
preserved
in
research
institutes
in
Tokyo.
When
I
visited
in
June
2022,
``Koichi
Hanawa's
votive
sword''
was
on
display
in
a
special
space.
Since
it
was
intended
as
a
dedication,
it
has
only
been
decorated
since
the
beginning,
and
although
the
color
has
faded
considerably,
it
is
probably
a
valuable
item.
Outside
the
exhibition
room,
there
is
also
a
mini
corner
showing
the
relationship
between
Helen
Keller
and
the
other
two
of
Saitama's
Three
Great
People
(Eiichi
Shibusawa
and
Ginko
Ogino).
The
tour
lasts
about
1
hour.
Additional
aids
for
visually
impaired
visitors
include
on-demand
audio
commentary
(with
headphones)
and
a
corner
where
you
can
touch
the
bronze
statue
of
Hoki
Ichigo
(a
replica
of
the
statue
that
Helen
Keller
touched).
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