Nomura Kougeisha Co., Ltd. Facility Management Business Morioka Museum of History and Culture Theme exhibiti on “Footprints of Fujii Matakura, an assistant professor at the domain school”

[Nomura Kogeisha Co., Ltd. Facility Management Business] [Morioka Museum of History and Culture] Theme Exhibition “Footprints of Fujii Matakura, Assistant Professor at Domain School” ​
Nomura Kogeisha Co., Ltd. Facility Management Business Press release: November 9, 2024 [Morioka History and Culture Museum] Theme exhibition “Footprints of Fujii Matakura, an assistant professor at the clan school” What kind of person is Matazo Fujii? Follow in the footsteps of a feudal samurai.
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This exhibition is about a samurai of the Morioka clan who lived in Morioka at the end of the Edo period. The samurai’s name was Matazo Fujii, and he was from Choshu and came to this area to train in medicine under Shui Oshima, the father of Takato Oshima, who built the Hashino blast furnace, and who served as a doctor for the Morioka domain. I did. While training as a doctor, in March 1846 he was hired as a samurai of the Morioka domain and began working as an assistant professor at the domain school. A domain school was a school established by the domain during the Edo period to educate the domain’s samurai, and mainly taught Confucianism (the study of the teachings of Confucius in ancient China) and martial arts (later known as Kokugaku (the Nihon Shoki). The study of old Japanese books such as “Man’yoshu” and “Manyoshu”), medicine, and Western studies were also added). In fact, before Fujii aspired to medicine, he studied at the Shoheizaka Academy, which educated vassals directly under the shogun, and was well-versed in Confucianism. It seems like it caught my eye. As an assistant professor at a domain school, Fujii focuses on the education of domain samurai, while also working hard to educate Morioka by teaching Confucianism to the children of the Nanbu family, the feudal lords of the Morioka domain. In particular, it is noteworthy that he published the Four Books and Five Classics, the most important scriptures in Confucianism, such as the Analects, and disseminated them to feudal retainers. In addition, those who were taught by Fujii have been active as teachers in Iwate Prefecture since the Meiji period, and the legacy left by Fujii has been passed down to later generations. Regarding the actual state of the Morioka domain’s domain schools, there are almost no records written about the domain schools from the same era, and many points are still unclear. We hope that you will be able to trace the history of one of the domain school assistant professors who was active during the period when domain schools were reformed, and also get a glimpse of the education of the Nanbu family, the domain school of the Morioka domain. Exhibition period: Ongoing – December 16th (Monday) *Closed: November 19th (Tuesday) Exhibition venue 2nd floor history permanent exhibition room/exhibition room V Opening hours: 9:00-18:00 (*Admission until 17:30) Viewing fee: General 300 yen, High school students 200 yen, Elementary and junior high school students 100 yen, Groups (20 or more people) receive 20% off each *You can also enter the special exhibition room on the 2nd floor Sponsored by: Morioka History and Culture Museum Revitalization Group Inquiries: Morioka History and Culture Museum TEL: 019-681-2100 FAX: 019-652-5296 Click here for the Morioka History and Culture Museum official homepage (
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[Exhibition contents] What is Matazo? Encounter with Morioka Fujii Heichu, a doctor from Choshu, visited Morioka to practice medicine under Shui Oshima. Afterwards, he was hired by the Morioka domain as a feudal retainer with a 50 koku net worth, and became an assistant professor at the domain’s school, Meigido.
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