Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum

Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum
白鶴美術館

General information
Address 6-1-1 Sumiyoshi Yamate, Higashinada-ku, Kobe
Country Japan
Coordinates 34°43′51″N 135°15′30″E / 34.73083°N 135.25833°ECoordinates: 34°43′51″N 135°15′30″E / 34.73083°N 135.25833°E
Opening 1934
Website
homepage (ja)

Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum (白鶴美術館 Hakutsuru Bijutsukan) opened in 1934 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan to display the collection of Kanō Jihei, seventh head of the Hakutsu Sake Brewing Company (白鶴酒造). As such it was one of the first private museums in Japan.[1] The collection of some 1450 items includes two National Treasures and twenty-two Important Cultural Properties.[2]

Collection

Sutra of the Wise and Foolish (National Treasure); two scrolls of the Nara period formerly the property of Tōdai-ji

The collection includes Chinese bronzes;[3] Chinese ceramics;[4] silverware, mirrors, and jewelry;[5] writings;[6] and paintings.[7] The two National Treasures in the collection are two Nara-period scrolls from the Sutra of the Wise and Foolish attributed to Emperor Shōmu and seventy-one scrolls of the Nara to Edo periods of the Instruction manual on the Nirvana Sutra.[8][9] There is also a gold necklace with jadeite magatama dating to the Kofun period (ICP).[10]

Buildings

The reinforced concrete Honkan (main building) with copper-tiled roof,[11] earthen storeroom,[12] and office building,[13] all dating to 1934, and chashitsu or tea house of 1929[14] are Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. A new wing was opened in 1995 to exhibit Near Eastern carpets.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum". Kobe City. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  2. ↑ 歴史 [History] (in Japanese). Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ↑ 青銅器・金工品 [Bronzes - Metalwork] (in Japanese). Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  4. ↑ 陶磁器・漆器 [Ceramics - Lacquerware] (in Japanese). Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  5. ↑ 銀器・鏡・装身具 [Silverware - Mirrors - Jewelry] (in Japanese). Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  6. ↑ 経巻・書・古代裂・荘厳具具 [Writings] (in Japanese). Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  7. ↑ 絵画 [Paintings] (in Japanese). Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  8. ↑ 賢愚経残巻（大聖武） [Sutra of the Wise and Foolish] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  9. ↑ 大般涅槃経集解 [Instruction manual on the Nirvana Sutra] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  10. ↑ 硬玉勾玉付金鎖頸飾 [Gold necklace with jadeite magatama] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  11. ↑ 白鶴美術館本館 [Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum - Honkan] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  12. ↑ 白鶴美術館土蔵 [Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum - Earthen Storeroom] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  13. ↑ 白鶴美術館事務棟 [Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum - Office Building] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  14. ↑ 白鶴美術館茶室（崧庵） [Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum - Tea House] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

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