Nomura Art Museum

Nomura Art Museum (野村美術館, Nomura Bijutsukan) opened near Nanzen-ji in Kyoto, Japan, in 1984. The sukiya-style building has two rooms for displaying exhibits and there is also a chashitsu. The collection, based on that built up by financier Tokushichi Nomura II, comprises some 1,700 works (paintings, calligraphic works, Noh masks, Noh costumes, and tea utensils), including seven Important Cultural Properties and nine Important Art Objects.[1][2][3]

Nomura Art Museum
野村美術館
General information
Address61 Nanzenji, Shimokawara-chō, Sakyō-ku
Town or cityKyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates35°00′47″N 135°47′36″E
Opened1984
Website
Official website

Important Cultural Properties

The Museum's seven Important Cultural Properties are Tempest by Sesson Shūkei,[4] Ki no Tomonori from the series Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals formerly in the Satake Collection,[5] calligraphic works by or attributed to Ki no Tsurayuki,[6] Seisetsu Shōchō,[7] and Shūhō Myōchō (宗峰妙超),[8] the poetry collection Sanuki no Nyūdō-Shū,[9] and Box for a Noh mask with plovers in maki-e.[10]

See also

References
  1. 野村文華財団　野村美術館 [Nomura Art Museum] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. "Nomura Art Museum". Kyoto Prefecture. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ご案内 [Guide] (in Japanese). Nomura Art Museum. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. 紙本淡彩風涛図〈雪村筆／〉 [Tempest by Sesson Shūkei] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  5. 紙本著色三十六歌仙切〈（友則）／佐竹家伝来〉 [Ki no Tomonori, from the series Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals, formerly in the Satake Collection] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  6. 寸松庵色紙（すかはらのあそん） [Sunshōan Shikishi] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  7. 清拙正澄墨蹟〈偈頌／庚午孟秋十有七日〉 [Seisetsu Shōchō Bokuseki] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  8. 大燈国師墨蹟〈偈頌／〉 [Daitō Kokushi Bokuseki] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  9. 讃岐入道集 [Sanuki no Nyūdō-Shū] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  10. 千鳥蒔絵面筥 [Box for a Noh Mask with Plovers in Maki-e] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2015.


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