Registration Date：2014.8.21
It is a rare example of a pair of globes and celestial globes remaining in Japan.
Takeo area owner Shigeyoshi Nabeshima also learned how to operate and manufacture Western-style cannons.
Music box clock" (made in France in the 19th century) that alerts you with a music box at a set time.
It describes the various cultural relics brought to Takeo from Nagasaki.
The Takeo City Library is attached to the Historical Museum. You can take a relaxing break in the cafe while reading a book.
Yabusame (horseback archery), a traditional event in Takeo where horseback riders shoot at targets with arrows.
The exterior of the Takeo City Library and Historical Museum
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The Takeo Nabeshima Family Materials Related to Western Studies is a group of over 16,000 materials related to the acceptance of Western science and technology that were handed down to the Takeo Nabeshima family, the lords of the Takeo domain of the Saga Clan. The Takeo City Library and Historical Museum also houses archaeological materials, and holds a variety of special exhibitions several times a year to introduce these materials.
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Description
These materials are valuable in showing that the Takeo area introduced advanced Western science and technology through Nagasaki, which played an important role in the modernization of Saga Domain and eventually the whole of Japan. There are a total of 2,224 items, including documents, books, maps, and equipment. During the late Edo Period, Saga Domain, which was in charge of guarding Nagasaki, the only window to the West, felt a sense of peril in response to the successive arrival of ships from Western countries other than the Dutch, who were allowed in Nagasaki. Nabeshima Shigeyoshi, a vassal of Saga Domain and lord of Takeo, had his vassals learn about Western artillery in Nagasaki, and later studied it himself. Through Dutch contacts, he also collected rare items and various texts on the most current knowlede from the West, and used them to conduct research. The results of Takeo's research were brought to Saga Domain. Eventually, Saga Domain would have a major impact on the modernization of Japan, but it was the advanced research conducted in Takeo that provided the impetus for this. All of these materials are now kept at the Takeo City Library and Historical Museum and are made available to the public on a regular basis.
Cultural property information
【Opening hours】
9:00-17:00
【Closing day】
Open 365 days a year
【Fee】
free
