Shusaku Endo Literary Museum
- Shusaku Endo Literary Museum
The Shusaku Endō Literary Museum is located in the Sotome district in the northwestern part of the city of Nagasaki and is dedicated to the life and work of Japanese novelist Shusaku Endo. Sotome is famed as the home of the hidden Christians and served as the scene for Endo's novel "Silence".Established in May 2000, the museum displays Shusaku Endo's books, manuscripts, letters, photographs and favourite possessions including his writing desk, his Bible and rosary, and a statue of St Maria inherited from his mother and kept at his bedside throughout his life.The museum looks out over the Goto Sea and Shitsu Culture Village, where a monument stands to "Silence". It is inscribed with the words "Humanity is so sad, Lord, and the ocean so blue".
External links
* [http://www.pref.nagasaki.jp/naisnet/search/print.php?num=1230008 Nagasaki Shiritsu Endō Shūsaku Bungaku-kan] (in Japanese)
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