Hiraizumi’s Halls in Memory of the Lords of Iwate’s Past

Haiku poet Matsuo Bashō composed the famous poem, “Summer grasses— / all that is left to us now / of warriors’ dreams,” when he visited Takadachi in 1689.

A likeness of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

The Takkoku no Iwaya Bishamondō hall, built in kengai-zukuri gallery style.

A large image of Buddha carved into the rock face.

The unchanging medieval-period landscape at the remains of the Honedera-mura shōen estate. (Photo courtesy of Iwate Prefecture.)