opened near
Nanzen-ji in
Kyoto
Kyoto ( or ; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. , the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it t ...
, Japan, in 1984. The ''
sukiya''-style building has two rooms for displaying exhibits and there is also a
chashitsu
''Chashitsu'' (, "tea room") in Japanese tradition is an architectural space designed to be used for Japanese tea ceremony, tea ceremony (''chanoyu'') gatherings.
The architectural style that developed for ''chashitsu'' is referred to as the '' ...
. The collection, based on that built up by financier
Tokushichi Nomura II, comprises some 1,700 works (
paintings
Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or " support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush. Other implements, ...
,
calligraphic works,
Noh masks,
Noh costumes, and
tea utensils), including seven
Important Cultural Properties and nine
Important Art Objects.
Important Cultural Properties
The Museum's seven Important Cultural Properties are ''Tempest'' by
Sesson Shūkei,
Ki no Tomonori
was an early Heian period, Heian ''Waka (poetry), waka'' poet of the court and a member of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry, ''sanjūrokkasen'' or Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals. He was a compiler of the ''Kokin Wakashū'', though he certainly ...
from the series
Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals formerly in the Satake Collection, calligraphic works by or attributed to
Ki no Tsurayuki
was a Japanese author, poet and court noble of the Heian period. He is best known as the principal compiler of the ''Kokin Wakashū'', also writing its Japanese Preface, and as a possible author of the ''Tosa Diary'', although this was publish ...
,
Seisetsu Shōchō, and , the poetry collection ''Sanuki no Nyūdō-Shū'', and Box for a
Noh mask with
plovers
Plovers ( , ) are members of a widely distributed group of wading birds of subfamily Charadriinae. The term "plover" applies to all the members of the subfamily, though only about half of them include it in their name.
Species list in t ...
in
maki-e
is a Japanese lacquerware, Japanese lacquer decoration technique in which pictures, patterns, and letters are drawn with lacquer on the surface of lacquerware, and then metal powder such as gold or silver is sprinkled and fixed on the surface ...
.
Ki no Tomonori
was an early Heian period, Heian ''Waka (poetry), waka'' poet of the court and a member of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry, ''sanjūrokkasen'' or Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals. He was a compiler of the ''Kokin Wakashū'', though he certainly ...
, one of the Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals
Image:Sunshoan Shikishi (Nomura Art Museum).jpg, Sunshōan , attributed to Ki no Tsurayuki
was a Japanese author, poet and court noble of the Heian period. He is best known as the principal compiler of the ''Kokin Wakashū'', also writing its Japanese Preface, and as a possible author of the ''Tosa Diary'', although this was publish ...
Image:Seisetsu Shocho Bokuseki (Nomura Art Museum).jpg, Seisetsu Shōchō bokuseki
Image:Shuho Myocho Bokuseki (Nomura Art Museum).jpg, Shūhō Myōchō bokuseki
Image:Sanuki no Nyudo Shu (Nomura Art Museum).jpg, Sanuki no Nyūdō-Shū
See also
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Kyoto National Museum
The is one of the major art museums in Japan. Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and Asian art.
History
The Kyoto National Museum, then the Imperial Museum of Kyoto, was proposed, along with the Imp ...
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Nomura Securities
is a Japanese financial services company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nomura Holdings, Inc. (NHI), which forms part of the Nomura Group. It plays a central role in the securities business, the group's core business. Nomura is a financial ...
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Philosopher's Walk
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Bokuseki
References
External links
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Nomura Art Museum *
Nomura Art Museum
Art museums and galleries in Kyoto
Art museums and galleries established in 1984
1984 establishments in Japan
Nomura Holdings
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