Nakahara Chūya Memorial Museum | |
Native Name: | 中原中也記念館 |
Address: | 1-11-21 |
Location City: | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
Location Country: | Japan |
Coordinates: | 34.1648°N 131.4578°W |
Opened Date: | 18 February 1994 |
Architecture Firm: | Plant Associates [ja] |
Website: | https://chuyakan.jp |
is a museum dedicated to the life and works of poet Nakahara Chūya in Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Located on the site of his birthplace (other than for a storehouse and chashitsu, the original buildings were destroyed by fire in 1972), the museum opened in 1994.[1] [2] The museum was in 1998 selected among the by the then Ministry of Construction.[3] [4]