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A naval commander's residence joining Western and Japanese wings, its walls hung with embossed gilt-leather paper.
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Irifuneyama Memorial Museum is a museum in Irifuneyama Park in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. It opened in 1967 and the site area is about 12,000 m2. It occupies the north side of the grounds of Irifuneyama Park, about 1 km east of central Kure. Centered on the former residence of the commander-in-chief of the Kure Naval District (main building), it consists of a local museum, a history and folklore museum and more, and exhibits Kure local materials, Imperial Japanese Navy materials and kinkarakawa-paper-related materials. The former commander-in-chief's residence is rare as a surviving Meiji-period naval senior officers' building and is designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan.
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Founded / opened：1905 Architect / artist：Kotaro Sakurai Highlights / collection：Important Cultural Property former residence of the Kure Naval District commander, Kinkarakami walls Genre：Architecture, Crafts and ceramics
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