Watanabe Art Museum

Building in Tottori Prefecture, Japan

35°31′14″N 134°13′39″E / 35.520658°N 134.227377°E / 35.520658; 134.227377Opened1978Technical detailsFloor area6,300 m²WebsiteOfficial website

Watanabe Museum Of Art (渡辺美術館, Watanabe Bijutsukan) opened in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan in 1978. It houses the 30,000-piece collection of Tottori resident Dr. Hajime Watanabe (1911-2017).^[1]

The collection includes Buddhist sculpture and art from Japan and elsewhere, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics, ukiyo-e, and over 1,000 folding screens. The centerpiece of the museum is over two hundred sets of samurai armour and numerous swords and other weaponry, one of the largest publicly displayed collections in Japan. It also houses a collection of items related to the Ikeda clan, the "daimyo" family that controlled Tottori during the Edo Period. ^[2]^[3]

References

^ 美術館案内 [Guide to the Art Museum] (in Japanese). Watanabe Museum Of Art. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ 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.