Museum of Japanese Art
The Museum of Japanese Art Yamato Bunkakan (大和文華館, Yamato bunkakan) is a museum of Asian art in Nara, Nara.[1]
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The entrance to the Museum Yamato Bunkakan
The museum was established in 1960[2] to preserve and display the private collection of Kintetsu Corporation (named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. till June 27, 2003).[3]
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A house, trees with white blossoms and people.
Collection
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Part of a house and garden.
This museum of Asian art has holdings of more than twenty thousand objects of sculpture, ceramics, lacquer, paintings, prints, textiles and calligraphy. The museum features a program of regularly changing exhibitions.[2] The founding director in 1960 was art historian Yukio Yashiro.[4]
National treasures
Two national treasures in the collection are illustrative scenes from Nezame Monogatari Emaki (紙本著色寝覚物語絵巻, shihon choshoku nezame monogatari emaki).[5]
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gollark: It's well-documented.
gollark: They DO collect lots of data. You can CHECK THIS.
gollark: Also, even if they "protect" it, they... obviously still have it?
Notes
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.
- Martin, John et al. (1993). Nara: a Cultural Guide to Japan's Ancient Capital, p. 139.
- Danilov, Victor J. (1992). A Planning Guide for Corporate Museums, Galleries, and Visitor Centers, p. 161.
- vaLibri: Sandro Bottecelli by Yuko Yashiro Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Museum Yamatobunkakan: Nezame monogatari, scene from handscroll Archived 2010-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
References
- Danilov, Victor J. (1992). A Planning Guide for Corporate Museums, Galleries, and Visitor Centers. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-27657-6; OCLC 24212293
- Martin, John H, and Phyllis G Martin. (1993). Nara: a Cultural Guide to Japan's Ancient Capital. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle. ISBN 978-0-804-81914-5; OCLC 30370751
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