MOA Museum Of Art
Collection
The collection covers a wide range of Japanese paintings, hanging scrolls, Japanese sculptures, Japanese pottery and porcelain, Japanese lacquerware. The collection of the museum consists of approximately 3,500 works of art that include three National Treasures (Red and White Plum Blossoms screen by Ogata Kōrin, Nonomura Ninsei’s Tea-leaf Jar with design or wisteria, and a Calligraphy Album “Tekagami Kanboku-jo” which is an album of ancient calligraphy from the Nara to Muromachi periods), as well as 67 Important Cultural Properties and 46 Important Art Objects (重要美術品, Jūyō bijutsuhin).
The museum owns three masterpieces of gorgeous, long and "extremely colorful" ("gokusaishiki") emakimono (picture scrolls), Yamanaka Tokiwa Monogatari Emaki (山中常盤物語絵巻), Jōruri Monogatari Emaki (浄瑠璃物語絵巻), and Horie Monogatari Emaki (堀江物語絵巻), which were created by Iwasa Matabei and his workshop based on the text of jōruri (traditional Japanese narrative music). The first two of these works have been designated as Important Cultural Properties. Yamanaka Tokiwa Monogatari tells the story of Ushiwaka's revenge for the murder of his mother, Tokiwa Gozen. Jōruri Monogatari depicts a romantic story involving Ushiwaka. Horie Monogatari tells the story of Horie Saburo's child who seeks revenge for the death of his parents.
The museum also has a reconstruction of the 16th century Golden Tea Room, which was made under the supervision of the architect Sutemi Horiguchi, an expert of sukiya architecture.
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Red and White Plum Blossoms by Ogata Kōrin (National Treasure)
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Tea-leaf jar with a design of wisteria by Ninsei, Edo period (National Treasure)
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Rāgarāja, 1327, Important Cultural Property
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Women in Seasons of Snow, Moon and Flower by Katsukawa Shunshō, Important Cultural Property
See also
- List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings)
- List of National Treasures of Japan (writings)
- List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts-others)
References
- ^ "History and Founder". MOA Museum. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ MOA Museum of Art (in Japanese). ART AgendA. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ 伝説の絵師 岩佐又兵衛 三大絵巻 -山中・浄瑠璃・堀江一挙公開- (in Japanese). MOA Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ "MOA Art Japan Facility: Kincha". www.moaart.or.jp/en.
External links
- moaart.or.jp Home page
- MOA Museum of Art within Google Arts & Culture
- Media related to MOA Museum of Art at Wikimedia Commons