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33°28′13″N 135°46′42″E / 33.4703°N 135.7783°E / 33.4703; 135.7783
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Kushimoto Ōkyo Rosetsu Art Museum
串本応挙芦雪館
General information
Town or city Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates 33°28′13″N 135°46′42″E / 33.4703°N 135.7783°E / 33.4703; 135.7783
OpenedNovember 1961 [1]
Website
Official website ( ja)

The Kushimoto Ōkyo Rosetsu Art Museum (串本応挙芦雪館, Kushimoto Ōkyo Rosetsu Kan) is an art museum in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The museum opened on the grounds of Muryō-ji [ ja] in 1961 and comprises five exhibition rooms in two single-story reinforced concrete buildings. [1] The collection includes a series of fifty-five painted panels by Maruyama Ōkyo and Nagasawa Rosetsu (among them, the Dragon and Tiger Fusuma [2]) that have been designated an Important Cultural Property; [1] [3] ninety-six paintings and calligraphic works by artists including Kanō Sansetsu, Kanō Tan'yū, Hakuin Ekaku, Itō Jakuchū, and Mu'an, passed down as temple treasures of Muryō-ji; [1] more recent paintings and sculptures, including works by Kumagai Morikazu [ ja] and Matsumura Sotojirō [ ja]; [1] and 1,584 archaeological artefacts from the Kasashima Site (笠嶋遺跡) that include Jōmon and Yayoi ceramics. [1] [4]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 串本応挙芦雪館 [Kushimoto Ōkyo Rosetsu Art Museum] (in Japanese). Muryō-ji. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  2. ^ 室中之間 [Naka-no-ma] (in Japanese). Muryō-ji. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  3. ^ 方丈障壁画 [Panel Paintings from the Hōjō] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  4. ^ 無量寺・応挙芦雪館 [Muryō-ji and the Ōkyo Rosetsu Art Museum] (in Japanese). Kushimoto Town. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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