opened in Akkeshi, Hokkaidà Â, Japan in 1967. Situated in the immediate vicinity of and , the collections document the history of the area and include Jà Âmon and Zoku-Jà Âmon ceramics; Ainu materials, including a scabbard and a kiseru or smoking pipe obtained through trade with the Wajin; items dedicated at , the predecessor shrine to Akkeshi Jinja established by Mogami Tokunai in 1791; documents from Kokutai-ji that have been designated an Important Cultural Property, including a temple diary with records of the tsunami resulting from the and of the 1850 shipwreck of the Australian whaler Eamont; and an ema depicting Katà  Kiyomasa dedicated by retainers of the Sendai Domain when charged with the safeguarding of much of Ezo after the transfer of responsibility from the Matsumae Domain to the shogunate during the Bakumatsu period.