Kikkawa Historical Museum
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| Kikkawa Historical Museum | |
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吉川史料館 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 2-7-3 Yokoyama, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°10′14″N 132°10′40″E / 34.170449°N 132.177689°E |
| Opened | November 1995[1] |
| Cost | 0.0 |
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| Official website (ja) | |
Kikkawa Historical Museum (吉川史料館, Kikkawa Shiryōkan) is a private museum of artefacts handed down by the Kikkawa clan, daimyō of Iwakuni Domain, in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Located between Kintai-kyō bridge and Iwakuni Castle and opened by the Kikkawa Hōkōkai Society (吉川報效会) in 1995,[1] the museum's collection totals some seven thousand items, including materials from the Heian and Kamakura periods, a painting attributed to Sesshū, and one National Treasure.[2][3] There are four changing displays each year.[4] Other materials once owned by the Kikkawa clan are on display at Iwakuni Chōkokan.[5]
- Sword known as Kitsunegasaki (狐ヶ崎), from the Kamakura period (National Treasure)[6]
- Spring View from a Thatched Pavilion on the Lakeshore (紙本墨画淡彩湖亭春望図), traditionally attributed to Sesshū Tōyō; with an inscription (賛) by Tenyo Seikei (天与清啓), who journeyed twice on Japanese missions to Ming China, the second time with Sesshū accompanying (Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property)[3][7][8][9]
- Kimono with a design of paths through the mountains, flowers, grasses, tortoises, and cranes (山道草花鶴亀文繡箔胴服), from the Momoyama period; said to have been bestowed upon Kikkawa Hiroie by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1587 after his campaign in Kyūshū (Important Cultural Property)[10]
- Kikkawa Family Documents (吉川家文書): 102 items dating from the Kamakura to the Edo period (ICP);[11] a further 32 items, plus a catalogue, from the Meiji period (Municipal Tangible Cultural Property)[12]
- Azuma Kagami: 48 volumes, from the Muromachi period (1522) (ICP)[13]
- Genkō Shakusho: 15 volumes, in the hand of Kikkawa Tsunemoto (吉川経基), from the Muromachi period (ICP)[14]
- Taiheiki: 40 volumes, in the hand of Kikkawa Motoharu, from the Muromachi period (1563–65) (ICP)[15]
- Lotus Sūtra in fine lettering, 8 scrolls: from the Heian period; formerly a temple treasure of Ninna-ji, later presented to Kikkawa Motonaga (吉川元長), as attested in the letter of transfer (ICP)[16][17]
- Portrait of Kikkawa Motonaga (吉川元長)[18]
Kitsunegasaki (National Treasure)
Spring View from a Thatched Pavilion on the Lakeshore, attributed to Sesshū
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