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Wadatsumi no Koe Museum Receives 200 Maruo Memorabilia

By Drooid · Sep 11, 2026, 6:05 AM UTC · How we work

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Maruo Memoirs

Wadatsumi no Koe museum received 200 items, including Itaru Maruo’s memoirs, letters and diaries.
Itaru Maruo, born 1920 in Tokyo, entered Tokyo Imperial University in 1942.
He captained the university’s hardball baseball team and was called its finest talent.
The Imperial Japanese military drafted him under a student mobilization program and sent him to China.
He likely died in a Manchurian army hospital on Aug. 30, 1945; his remains were never returned.

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Maeda Mansion Museum

The former Maeda family mansion serves as a public museum in Komaba.
Built in 1936, the mansion blends British and Japanese architectural styles.
Marquis Toshinari Maeda, the 16th head, died in a 1942 Borneo battle.
The building was designated a National Important Cultural Asset in 2013.
The Japan Folk Crafts Museum, opened in 1936, houses about 17,000 folk pieces, including Korean ceramics and Okinawan textiles.

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Maruo Memoirs

Wadatsumi no Koe museum received 200 items, including Itaru Maruo’s memoirs, letters and diaries.
Itaru Maruo, born 1920 in Tokyo, entered Tokyo Imperial University in 1942.
He captained the university’s hardball baseball team and was called its finest talent.
The Imperial Japanese military drafted him under a student mobilization program and sent him to China.
He likely died in a Manchurian army hospital on Aug. 30, 1945; his remains were never returned.

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