Iwakuni Chōkokan Explained
Iwakuni Chōkokan should not be confused with Chōkokan.
| Iwakuni Chōkokan |
| Native Name: | 岩国徴古館 |
| Address: | 2-7-19 Yokoyama |
| Location Town: | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Location Country: | Japan |
| Map Type: | Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture#Japan |
| Map Alt: | Location in Japan |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Coordinates: | 34.1709°N 132.1772°W |
| Architectural Style: | German Neoclassicism (influenced by) |
| Start Date: | 1942 |
| Completion Date: | March 1945 |
| Opened Date: | April 1944 |
| Website: | (ja) |
is a public museum in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Constructed between 1942 and March 1945 for the storage and display of the works of art and craft and historical materials donated by the Kikkawa family, former lords of Iwakuni Domain, the facility first opened in April 1944,[1] operating fully as a museum from the beginning of the 1950s.[2] [3] The main building, by architect, as well as storehouses built in 1891 and 1944, are registered Tangible Cultural Properties, while the ancillary building that was constructed in 1931 as the Kikkawa family office is a Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property.[2] [4] [5] [6]
The collection includes a painting by from the Kamakura period and the Ōuchi Edition Sanjūin, a pocket-sized printed version of Kokan Shiren's (a rhyming dictionary of Kanshi) issued by Ōuchi Yoshitaka in 1539, which are both Prefectural Tangible Cultural Properties.[7] [8]
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- Web site: https://www.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/cmsdata/f/9/9/f996293b37630cfc791691ad59cfe59a.pdf . ja:博物館、美術館、資料館、文学館等 . Museums, Museums of Art, Museums of Historical Materials, Museums of Literature, etc . Japanese . . 1 April 2017 . 17 August 2020.
- Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00000489 . ja:岩国徴古館 . Iwakuni Chōkokan . Japanese . . 18 August 2020.
- Web site: https://bunkazai.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/bunkazai/detail.asp?mid=110171&pid=bl . ja:岩国徴古館 . Iwakuni Chōkokan . Japanese . . 18 August 2020.
- Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00006707 . ja:岩国徴古館第二収蔵庫 . Iwakuni Chōkokan No.2 Storehouse . . 18 August 2020.
- Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00006706 . ja:岩国徴古館第一収蔵庫 . Iwakuni Chōkokan No.1 Storehouse . . 18 August 2020.
- Web site: https://bunkazai.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/bunkazai/detail.asp?mid=110117&pid=bl . ja:旧吉川家岩国事務所 . Former Kikkawa Family Iwakuni Offices . Japanese . . 18 August 2020.
- Web site: https://bunkazai.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/bunkazai/detail.asp?mid=110004&pid=bl . ja:絹本着色仏国国師像 . Portrait of Bukō Kokushi, Colour on Silk . Japanese . . 18 August 2020.
- Web site: https://bunkazai.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/bunkazai/detail.asp?mid=40056&pid=bl . ja:大内版三重韻 . Ōuchi Edition Sanjūin . Japanese . . 18 August 2020.
