Idemitsu Museum of Arts
The Idemitsu Museum of Art (Japanese出 光 美术馆, Idemitsu Bijutsukan ) is a private museum of Fine Arts in Marunouchi in Chiyoda ward in Tokyo.
The Idemitsu Museum goes to the contractor Idemitsu Sazo (1885-1981) back who was interested in art early on. [NB 1] In 1966 he made his collection available to the public and that the 9th floor of Teikoku Gekijo (English Imperial Theatre ), which is also home to the corporate headquarters. It was the museum lobby above you look at the park in front of the Imperial Palace.
In 2000, a branch museum (33 ° 56 ' 56 "N, 130 ° 57' 55" O33.948888888889130.96527777778 ) opened in Moji (since 1963 a city district of Kitakyushu ). It is the city, came from the Idemitsu.
The Collection
The collection contains two national treasures numerous important cultural assets.
- The Zen priest Sengai (1750-1837) is represented with a collection of more than 1000 objects. Among the well-known ink image is ( unsigned, untitled ) ' circle - square - triangle, " which is interpreted as a representation of the universe.
- Pictures Yamato -e
- Namban Art
- Japanese Genre Painting
- Ukiyo -e, et al painted by Kaigetsudo Ando, Katsushika Hokusai, among others
- Nanga
- Contemporary art, including several Rouault, Francis, ceramics by Itaya Hazan
Selected Works
Sengai: "The All "
Uragami: Landscape
Katsushika Hokusai: Women