The Kushimoto Ōkyo Rosetsu Art Museum (串本応挙芦雪館, Kushimoto Ōkyo Rosetsu Kan) is an art museum in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The museum opened on the grounds of Muryō-ji in 1961 and comprises five exhibition rooms in two single-story reinforced concrete buildings.[1] The collection includes a series of fifty-five painted panels by Maruyama Ōkyo and Nagasawa Rosetsu (among them, the Dragon and Tiger Fusuma[2]) that have been designated an Important Cultural Property;[1][3] ninety-six paintings and calligraphic works by artists including Kanō Sansetsu, Kanō Tan'yū, Hakuin Ekaku, Itō Jakuchū, and Mu'an, passed down as temple treasures of Muryō-ji;[1] more recent paintings and sculptures, including works by Kumagai Morikazu and Matsumura Sotojirō;[1] and 1,584 archaeological artefacts from the Kasashima Site (笠嶋遺跡) that include Jōmon and Yayoi ceramics.[1][4]
| Kushimoto Ōkyo Rosetsu Art Museum | |
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串本応挙芦雪館 | |
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| Town or city | Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 33°28′13″N 135°46′42″E / 33.4703°N 135.7783°E |
| Opened | November 1961[1] |
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| Official website (ja) | |
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f 串本応挙芦雪館 [Kushimoto Ōkyo Rosetsu Art Museum] (in Japanese). Muryō-ji. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ 室中之間 [Naka-no-ma] (in Japanese). Muryō-ji. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ 方丈障壁画 [Panel Paintings from the Hōjō] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ 無量寺・応挙芦雪館 [Muryō-ji and the Ōkyo Rosetsu Art Museum] (in Japanese). Kushimoto Town. Retrieved 28 October 2023.