Mōri Museum

{{Short description|Museum in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan}}

{{Distinguish|Mori Art Museum}}

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| name = Mōri Museum

| native_name = 毛利博物館

| image = Hofu Mouri Residence and Museum.JPG

| caption = Former Mōri Clan Main Residence (1916) (ICP)

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| address = 1-15-1 Tatara

| location_town = Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture

| location_country = Japan

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| opened_date = January 1966

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| website = {{Official website|http://www.c-able.ne.jp/~mouri-m/}}

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{{nihongo|Mōri Museum|毛利博物館|Mōri Hakubutsukan}} opened in Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1966. It occupies part of the Former Mōri Clan Main Residence, dating from the Meiji and Taishō periods, of which twelve component structures have been jointly designated an Important Cultural Property and the gardens a Place of Scenic Beauty.{{cite web |url=http://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/index_pc.html |script-title=ja:旧毛利家本邸 |trans-title=Former Mōri Clan Main Residence |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=7 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170502003537/http://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/index_pc.html |archive-date=2 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2447 |script-title=ja:毛利氏庭園 |trans-title=Mōri Clan Gardens |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=7 December 2015}} The collection of some twenty thousand objects includes four National Treasures, nine Important Cultural Properties, and nine Prefectural Cultural Properties.{{cite web |url=http://www.city.hofu.yamaguchi.jp/site/matsuzaki-kom/matukom-mouriteien.html |script-title=ja:毛利氏庭園と毛利博物館 |trans-title=Mōri Gardens and Museum |language=Japanese |publisher=Hōfu City |accessdate=7 December 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/gyosei/kanko/photo/D_kenou/mourihakubutukan.html |script-title=ja:毛利博物館 |trans-title=Mōri Museum |language=Japanese |publisher=Yamaguchi Prefecture |accessdate=7 December 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.c-able.ne.jp/~mouri-m/ha_gaiyou/index.html |script-title=ja:博物館概要・収蔵品一覧 |trans-title=Museum Overview - Collection List |language=Japanese |publisher=Mōri Museum |accessdate=7 December 2015}}

National Treasures

The four National Treasures are Heian-period scrolls from Records of the Grand Historian and Kokin Wakashū, a Kamakura-period sword, and Sesshū's Long Landscape Scroll.

Image:Shiki Mori.jpg|Records of the Grand Historian

Image:Kokin Wakashu Mori.jpg|Kokin Wakashū

Image:Landscapes of the Four Seasons.jpg|Landscapes of the Four Seasons, by Sesshū

See also

References

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