Sesshū Memorial Museum

Sesshū Memorial Museum (益田市立雪舟の郷記念館, Masuda Shiritsu Sesshū no Sato Kinenkan) opened in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, in 1990. Located next to the site of the Daiki-an (大喜庵), said to have been the site of Sesshū's death and burial, the museum stages exhibitions relating to the artist and to the history of Masuda.[2][3] The collection includes one Important Cultural Property, Sesshū's 1479 portrait of Masuda Kanetaka (益田兼堯); two Prefectural Cultural Properties, Yasutomi Family Documents (安富家文書) and Sufu Family Documents (周布家文書); and seven Municipal Cultural Properties, three scrolls with flowers and birds attributed to Sesshū, a pair of landscape byōbu by Unkoku Tōeki (雲谷等益), Daruma, Ikuzanshu, and Seiōgyū by the same painter, sailing boats in an autumn bay and travel through snow-covered mountains by the same artist, lotus and heron by Saitō Tōshitsu (斎藤等室筆), Daruma by Unkoku Tōoku (雲谷等屋), and Yoshida Family Documents (吉田家文書).[4]

Sesshū Memorial Museum
益田市立雪舟の郷記念館
Portrait of Masuda Kanetaka by Sesshū (ICP)[1]
General information
Address1149 Otoyoshi-chō
Town or cityMasuda, Shimane Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates34°41′06″N 131°50′51″E
OpenedOctober 1990
Website
Official website

See also

References
  1. 紙本著色益田兼尭像〈雪舟ノ印アリ／〉 [Portrait of Masuda Kanetaka, colour on paper, with Sesshu's seal] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  2. 記念館について [About the Museum] (in Japanese). Iwami Internet. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. 雪舟の郷記念館 [Sesshu Memorial Museum] (in Japanese). Masuda City. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. 益田市指定文化財件数一覧 [Number of Cultural Properties in Masuda City] (in Japanese). Masuda City. Retrieved 27 February 2016.


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