Kushimoto Ōkyo Rosetsu Art Museum

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 [ja] 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 [ja] and Matsumura Sotojirō [ja];[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
串本応挙芦雪館
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General information
Town or cityKushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates33°28′13″N 135°46′42″E / 33.4703°N 135.7783°E / 33.4703; 135.7783
OpenedNovember 1961[1]
Website
Official website (ja)

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 室中之間 [Naka-no-ma] (in Japanese). Muryō-ji. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  3. ^ 方丈障壁画 [Panel Paintings from the Hōjō] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  4. ^ 無量寺・応挙芦雪館 [Muryō-ji and the Ōkyo Rosetsu Art Museum] (in Japanese). Kushimoto Town. Retrieved 28 October 2023.