Nomura Art Museum | |
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野村美術館 | |
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General information | |
Address | 61 Nanzenji, Shimokawara-chō, Sakyō-ku |
Town or city | Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture |
Country | Japan |
Coordinates | 35°00′47″N 135°47′36″E / 35.01294986°N 135.79336226°E |
Opened | 1984 |
Website | |
Official website |
Nomura Art Museum (野村美術館, Nomura Bijutsukan) opened near Nanzen-ji in Kyoto, Japan, in 1984. The sukiya-style building has two rooms for displaying exhibits and there is also a chashitsu. The collection, based on that built up by financier Tokushichi Nomura II, comprises some 1,700 works ( paintings, calligraphic works, Noh masks, Noh costumes, and tea utensils), including seven Important Cultural Properties and nine Important Art Objects. [1] [2] [3]
The Museum's seven Important Cultural Properties are Tempest by Sesson Shūkei, [4] Ki no Tomonori from the series Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals formerly in the Satake Collection, [5] calligraphic works by or attributed to Ki no Tsurayuki, [6] Seisetsu Shōchō, [7] and Shūhō Myōchō ( 宗峰妙超), [8] the poetry collection Sanuki no Nyūdō-Shū, [9] and Box for a Noh mask with plovers in maki-e. [10]