Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum
Building in Kobe, Japan
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Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum (白鶴美術館, Hakutsuru Bijutsukan) opened in 1934 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan to display the collection of Kanō Jihei, seventh head of the Hakutsu Sake Brewing Company (白鶴酒造). As such it was one of the first private museums in Japan.[1] The collection of some 1450 items includes two National Treasures and twenty-two Important Cultural Properties.[2]
| Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum | |
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白鶴美術館 | |
Honkan (1934) (Registered Tangible Cultural Property) | |
 Interactive map of the Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum area | |
General information | |
| Location | 6-1-1 Sumiyoshi Yamate, Higashinada-ku, Kobe, Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°43′51″N 135°15′30″E |
| Opened | 1934 |
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Collection
The collection includes Chinese bronzes;[3] Chinese ceramics;[4] silverware, mirrors, and jewelry;[5] writings;[6] and paintings.[7] The two National Treasures in the collection are two Nara-period scrolls from the Sutra of the Wise and Foolish attributed to Emperor Shōmu and seventy-one scrolls of the Nara to Edo periods of the Instruction manual on the Nirvana Sutra.[8][9] There is also a gold necklace with jadeite magatama dating to the Kofun period (ICP).[10]
Buildings
The reinforced concrete Honkan (main building) with copper-tiled roof,[11] earthen storeroom,[12] and office building,[13] all dating to 1934, and chashitsu or tea house of 1929[14] are Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. A new wing was opened in 1995 to exhibit Near Eastern carpets.[1]