Hosomi Museum

Hosomi Museum (細見美術館, Hosomi Bijutsukan) opened near Okazaki Park (岡崎公園) in Kyoto, Japan, in 1998. The collection, begun by Osaka industrialist Hosomi Ryō (細見良, 1901-1978), numbers some one thousand pieces including thirty Important Cultural Properties, ranging from haniwa and tea utensils to paintings of the Heian and Kamakura periods as well as by Itō Jakuchū and Katsushika Hokusai. These are exhibited on a rotating basis with four or five exhibitions each year.[2][3][4]

Hosomi Museum
細見美術館
General information
Address6-3 Okazaki, Saishoji-chō, Sakyō-ku
Town or cityKyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates35°00′50″N 135°46′47″E
Opened22 March 1998
Design and construction
Architect(s)Ōe Tadasu (大江匡)
Website
Official website

See also

References

  1. 紙本金地著色吉野花見図 [Hanami at Yoshino, colour on paper with gold ground] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. 細見美術館 [Hosomi Museum] (in Japanese). Kyoto City. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. "The Hosomi Museum" (PDF). Hosomi Museum. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. "About the Hosomi Museum". Hosomi Museum. Retrieved 24 October 2015.


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