Watanabe Art Museum
Art collection
The collection includes Buddhist sculpture and art from Japan and elsewhere, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics, ukiyo-e, and over 1,000 folding screens. It has been referred to as "a shrine for antiques".
Armour and weapons collection
While front area of the museum is devoted to the art collection of the museum, the main larger body of the museum is dedicated to a large collection of armour and weapons. The museum has over half of its collection on display in a large display area, and with over 200 suits of samurai armour, it is the largest and most diverse collection of Samurai armour and weapons in Japan.
Samurai armour represented a range of armour harnesses from the Edo and warring states period.
It also houses a collection of items related to the Ikeda clan, the "daimyo" family that controlled Tottori during the Edo Period.
See also
References
- ^ 美術館案内 [Guide to the Art Museum] (in Japanese). Watanabe Museum Of Art. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ "Watanabe Art Museum (Tottori Prefecture) - Let's travel around Japan!". Let's travel around Japan. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ "Watanabe Museum | Tottori Tourism Guide". www.tottori-tour.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ Absolon, Trevor (2011). The Watanabe Art Museum Samurai Armour Collection Volume 1: Kabuto & Mengu (1st ed.). Torabu (published 1 January 2011). p. 23.
- ^ "Samurai | Watanabe Museum of Art". wata-samurai.jp. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ Absolon, Trevor (2011). The Watanabe Art Museum Samurai Armour Collection, Volume 1. Toraba. p. 13. ISBN 978-0986761508.
- ^ 美術館・博物館等情報 [Information about Museums and Museums of Art] (in Japanese). Tottori Prefecture. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
External links
- Watanabe Museum Of Art (in Japanese)
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