Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum Explained

Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum
Native Name:白鶴美術館
Address:6-1-1 Sumiyoshi Yamate, Higashinada-ku, Kobe
Location Country:Japan
Coordinates:34.7308°N 135.2583°W
Opened Date:1934
Website: (ja)

opened in 1934 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan to display the collection of Kanō Jihei, seventh head of the . 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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum . . 10 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140131/http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/ward/kuyakusho/higashinada/foreign/guidemap/guidemap02.html . 1 March 2019 . dead .
  2. Web site: http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/rekishi01.shtml . ja:歴史 . History . Japanese . Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum . 10 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120226195304/http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/rekishi01.shtml . 26 February 2012 .
  3. Web site: http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/hon_ameiho01.shtml . ja:青銅器・金工品 . Bronzes - Metalwork . Japanese . Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum . 10 April 2012 . 22 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150822182528/http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/hon_ameiho01.shtml . dead .
  4. Web site: http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/hon_bmeiho01.shtml . ja:陶磁器・漆器 . Ceramics - Lacquerware . Japanese . Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum . 10 April 2012 . 11 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150511123725/http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/hon_bmeiho01.shtml . dead .
  5. Web site: http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/hon_cmeiho01.shtml . ja:銀器・鏡・装身具 . Silverware - Mirrors - Jewelry . Japanese . Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum . 10 April 2012 . 11 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150511123758/http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/hon_cmeiho01.shtml . dead .
  6. Web site: http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/hon_dmeiho01.shtml . ja:経巻・書・古代裂・荘厳具具 . Writings . Japanese . Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum . 10 April 2012 . 28 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150428000138/http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/hon_dmeiho01.shtml . dead .
  7. Web site: http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/hon_emeiho01.shtml . ja:絵画 . Paintings . Japanese . Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum . 10 April 2012 . 11 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150511124200/http://www.hakutsuru-museum.org/hon_emeiho01.shtml . dead .
  8. Web site: . ja:賢愚経残巻（大聖武）. Sutra of the Wise and Foolish . Japanese . . 10 April 2012.
  9. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/764 . ja:大般涅槃経集解 . Instruction manual on the Nirvana Sutra . Japanese . . 10 April 2012.
  10. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/9749 . ja:硬玉勾玉付金鎖頸飾 . Gold necklace with jadeite magatama . Japanese . . 10 April 2012.
  11. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00001442 . ja:白鶴美術館本館 . Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum - Honkan . Japanese . . 10 April 2012.
  12. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00001444 . ja:白鶴美術館土蔵 . Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum - Earthen Storeroom . Japanese . . 10 April 2012.
  13. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00001443 . ja:白鶴美術館事務棟 . Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum - Office Building . Japanese . . 10 April 2012.
  14. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00001445 . ja:白鶴美術館茶室（崧庵） . Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum - Tea House . Japanese . . 10 April 2012.

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