Morioka City Pioneers Memorial Museum 74th Special Exhibition: Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of His Birth "Takato Oshima – The Dawn of Modern Japanese Ironmaking -"
Born in Morioka in 1826, Takato Oshima studied Western learning in Edo and Nagasaki, acquiring knowledge of artillery and mining. He was then selected as one of the engineers for the construction of a reverberatory furnace for the Mito domain.
Furthermore, instead of adhering to conventional ironmaking raw materials and techniques, they relied on Western books to construct the Ohashi blast furnace in what is now Kashi-cho, Kamaishi City.
On December 1, 1857 (Ansei 4), Takato succeeded in the first continuous production of pig iron using a Western-style blast furnace in Japan, and the following year he began construction of the Hashino blast furnace.
The Hashino Iron Mine, which includes the Hashino Blast Furnace, the oldest existing blast furnace in Japan, was registered as a World Heritage Site in 2015 as part of the "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining."
Takato continued to lead the development of major mines such as Kosaka, Ani, and Sado during the Meiji period and beyond, laying the foundation for modern iron production in Japan.
Furthermore, Takato, along with domain physician Hakkaku Takato, founded the Western-style school "Nisshindo" in Morioka. After the Meiji Restoration, he also placed importance on training engineers, submitting a proposal to the government that led to the establishment of the Ministry of Industry's Engineering Bureau (later the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Tokyo).
This exhibition commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Takato Oshima in 2026, and will showcase materials related to Oshima's challenges to Western technology and his life, as he is known as the "father of modern ironmaking."
Flyer for the 74th Special Exhibition "Takato Oshima – The Dawn of Modern Japanese Ironmaking -"
| Holding period | 2026/9/19～2026/11/23 |
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| Open time | Opening hours: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Last entry at 4:30 PM) Closed on: Every Monday (or the following weekday if Monday is a public holiday), and the last Tuesday of every month. |
| Venue | Morioka City Pioneers Memorial Museum (2nd floor, General Exhibition Room, Special Exhibition Corner) |
| Address | 2-2 Hebiyashiki, Motomiya, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture |
| Parking | Yes (45 free spaces, including 2 spaces reserved for wheelchair users) |
| Access | [Bus] Take the Iwate Kotsu "Morioka Loop" bus and get off at Morioka Prefectural Art Museum stop (approximately 5-minute walk). Alternatively, take the Iwate Kenpoku Bus "Aeon Mall Morioka South bound" bus and get off at Mori no Michi Kita (Municipal Hospital Entrance) stop (approximately 10-minute walk). [Car] Approximately 15 minutes from Morioka IC on the Tohoku Expressway / Approximately 10 minutes from Morioka Minami IC on the Tohoku Expressway. [Walking] Approximately 15 minutes from Morioka Station West Exit (in front of Marios). |
| Price | [Individual] General admission: 450 yen, High school students: 300 yen, Elementary and junior high school students: 150 yen (Admission is free for persons with disabilities, their accompanying caregivers, and elementary and junior high school students residing in Morioka City.) [Group] General admission: 360 yen, High school students: 240 yen, Elementary and junior high school students: 120 yen (Group admission rates apply to groups of 20 or more people.) *Admission will be free on November 3rd (Tuesday, a national holiday), Culture Day. |
| Contact | Morioka City Pioneers Memorial Museum TEL: 019-659-3338 FAX: 019-659-3387 |
| HP | Click here for official website and other related sites
※Event information is subject to change. Please see the official website for details. |
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