Watanabe Art Museum Explained

Watanabe Museum Of Art
Native Name:	渡辺美術館
Address:	55 Kakuji
Location Town:	Tottori, Tottori Prefecture
Location Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	35.5207°N 134.2274°W
Opened Date:	1978
Floor Area:	6,300 m^2

opened in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan in 1978. It houses the 30,000-piece collection of Tottori resident Dr. Hajime Watanabe (1911-2017).^[1]

The collection includes Buddhist sculpture and art from Japan and elsewhere, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics, ukiyo-e, and over 1,000 folding screens. The centerpiece of the museum is over two hundred sets of samurai armour and numerous swords and other weaponry, one of the largest publicly displayed collections in Japan. It also houses a collection of items related to the Ikeda clan, the "daimyo" family that controlled Tottori during the Edo Period. ^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Tottori Prefectural Museum
• Tottori Castle

External links

• Watanabe Museum Of Art

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://watart.jp/user_guide/ . ja:美術館案内 . Guide to the Art Museum . Japanese . Watanabe Museum Of Art . 28 August 2019.
2. Book: The Watanabe Art Museum Samurai Armour Collection, Volume 1 . Absolon, Trevor . Toraba . 2011 . 13 . 978-0986761508.
3. Book: https://www.pref.tottori.lg.jp/211688.htm . ja:美術館・博物館等情報 . Information about Museums and Museums of Art . Japanese . . 28 August 2019.