Gosenken no Yakata Museum introduces 5 forerunners who contributed to the development of the area.

You can see the exhibitions of Souo Washo (a monk who started the Sennnichi Kaiho-gyo, the Buddhist practice of visiting a series of Buddhist holy places for 1000 days from Enryaku-ji Temple), Kaiho Yusho (a painter who made a contribution to Juraku-dai in Azuchi-Momoyama period), Katagiri Katsumoto (one of the Seven Spears of Shizugatake and also the main warlord from the Toyotomi Hideyoshi government), Kobori Enshu (a feudal lord also known as a general artist in early Edo period), and Ono Kozan (one of the three greatest poets of Chinese poem in Meiji period)

 

 



相応和尚　　　　　　　　　　海北友松　　　　　　　　　　片桐且元

 



小堀遠州　　　　　　　　　　小野湖山