Watanabe Art Museum
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| name = Watanabe Museum Of Art
| native_name = 渡辺美術館
| image = Watanabe museum01 1920.jpg
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| address = 55 Kakuji
| location_town = Tottori, Tottori Prefecture
| location_country = Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|35.520658|N|134.227377|E|display=title,inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000}}
| opened_date = 1978
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| floor_area = 6,300 m2
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| website = {{homepage|http://watart.jp}}
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{{nihongo|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).{{cite web |url=http://watart.jp/user_guide/ |script-title=ja:美術館案内 |trans-title=Guide to the Art Museum |language=Japanese |publisher=Watanabe Museum Of Art |accessdate=28 August 2019}} It holds the largest collection of Samurai armour and weapons in any museum in Japan.
Art collection
The collection includes Buddhist sculpture and art from Japan and elsewhere, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese ceramics, ukiyo-e, and over 1,000 folding screens. It has been referred to as "a shrine for antiques".
Armour and weapons collection
While front area of the museum is devoted to the art collection of the museum, the main larger body of the museum is dedicated to a large collection of armour and weapons. The museum has over half of its collection on display in a large display area,{{Cite web |title=Watanabe Art Museum (Tottori Prefecture) - Let's travel around Japan! |url=https://www.travel-around-japan.com/k74-14-watanabe-museum.html |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Let's travel around Japan}} and with over 200 suits of samurai armour, it is the largest and most diverse collection of Samurai armour and weapons in Japan.{{Cite web |title=Watanabe Museum {{!}} Tottori Tourism Guide |url=https://www.tottori-tour.jp/en/sightseeing/771/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=www.tottori-tour.jp |language=ja}}{{Cite book |last=Absolon |first=Trevor |title=The Watanabe Art Museum Samurai Armour Collection Volume 1: Kabuto & Mengu |publisher=Torabu |year=2011 |edition=1st |publication-date=January 1, 2011 |pages=23 |language=English}}{{Cite web |title=Samurai {{!}} Watanabe Museum of Art |url=http://wata-samurai.jp/?cat=4&lang=en |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=wata-samurai.jp}}
Samurai armour represented a range of armour harnesses from the Edo and warring states period.
It also houses a collection of items related to the Ikeda clan, the "daimyo" family that controlled Tottori during the Edo Period.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8APyY3eIONcC&pg=PA13 |title=The Watanabe Art Museum Samurai Armour Collection, Volume 1 |author=Absolon, Trevor |publisher=Toraba |year=2011 |page=13 |isbn=978-0986761508}}{{cite book |url=https://www.pref.tottori.lg.jp/211688.htm |script-title=ja:美術館・博物館等情報 |trans-title=Information about Museums and Museums of Art |language=Japanese |publisher=Tottori Prefecture |accessdate=28 August 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Watanabe Art Museum}}
- [http://watart.jp/ Watanabe Museum Of Art] {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:1978 establishments in Japan
Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1978
Category:Art museums and galleries in Tottori Prefecture
Category:Ceramics museums in Japan
Category:Biographical museums in Japan
Category:Sculpture galleries in Japan
Category:Museums in Tottori (city)
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