Kitamura Museum Explained

Kitamura Museum
Native Name:	北村美術館
Address:	448 Kajii-chō, Kamigyō-ku
Location Town:	Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Location Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	35.028°N 135.7704°W
Opened Date:	1977

opened near the confluence of the Kamo and Takano Rivers in Kyoto, Japan, in 1977. The collection, based on that built up by businessman, comprises some 1,000 works including thirty-three Important Cultural Properties and nine Important Art Objects, with a particular focus on tea utensils. There is also a tea garden,, a Registered Cultural Property. The museum opens to the public for exhibitions each autumn and spring.^{[1] [2]}

Important Cultural Properties

Among the museum's thirty-three Important Cultural Properties are the pair of scrolls Kite and Crows by Yosa Buson,^[3] Fujiwara no Nakafumi, from the series Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals formerly in the Satake Collection,^[4] and the Spring 1227 (Karoku 3) portion of Fujiwara no Teika's .^[5]

See also

• Kyoto National Museum
• Kyoto Imperial Palace
• Bokuseki

External links

• Kitamura Museum

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://kanko.city.kyoto.lg.jp/detail.php?InforKindCode=1&ManageCode=5000009 . ja:北村美術館 . Kitamura Museum . Japanese . . 23 October 2015.
2. Web site: http://www.kitamura-museum.com/kitamura.html . ja:北村美術館 . Kitamura Museum . Japanese . Kitamura Museum . 23 October 2015.
3. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2326 . ja:紙本墨画淡彩鳶鴉図〈与謝蕪村筆／〉. Kite and Crows, ink and light colour on paper, by Yosa Buson . Japanese . . 23 October 2015.
4. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2315 . ja:紙本著色藤原仲文像〈／（佐竹本三十六歌仙切）〉. Fujiwara no Nakafumi, from the series Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals, formerly in the Satake Collection . Japanese . . 23 October 2015.
5. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/9578 . ja:明月記〈自筆本／嘉禄三年春〉. Meigetsuki, autograph manuscript, Spring 1227 . Japanese . . 23 October 2015.