| Kikkawa Historical Museum | |
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| 吉川史料館 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 2-7-3 Yokoyama |
| Town or city | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°10′14″N 132°10′40″E / 34.170449°N 132.177689°E / 34.170449; 132.177689 |
| Opened | November 1995 |
| Cost | 0.0 |
| Website | |
| 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, 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. There are four changing displays each year. Other materials once owned by the Kikkawa clan are on display at Iwakuni Chōkokan.
Highlights of the collection
- Sword known as Kitsunegasaki (狐ヶ崎), from the Kamakura period (National Treasure)
- 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)
- 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)
- Kikkawa Family Documents (吉川家文書): 102 items dating from the Kamakura to the Edo period (ICP); a further 32 items, plus a catalogue, from the Meiji period (Municipal Tangible Cultural Property)
- Azuma Kagami: 48 volumes, from the Muromachi period (1522) (ICP)
- Genkō Shakusho: 15 volumes, in the hand of Kikkawa Tsunemoto (吉川経基), from the Muromachi period (ICP)
- Taiheiki: 40 volumes, in the hand of Kikkawa Motoharu, from the Muromachi period (1563–65) (ICP)
- 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)
- Portrait of Kikkawa Motonaga (吉川元長)
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Kitsunegasaki (National Treasure)
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Spring View from a Thatched Pavilion on the Lakeshore, attributed to Sesshū
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See also
- List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords)
- List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Yamaguchi)
- List of Historic Sites of Japan (Yamaguchi)
- Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum and Museum of Art
- Iwakuni Art Museum
- Mōri Museum
References
- ^ 博物館、美術館、資料館、文学館等 [Museums, Museums of Art, Museums of Historical Materials, Museums of Literature, etc] (PDF) (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- 吉川史料館について [About Kikkawa Historical Museum] (in Japanese). Kikkawa Historical Museum. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ 雪舟 没後５００年特別展 [Sesshu, Master of Ink and Brush: 500th Anniversary Exhibition] (in Japanese). The Mainichi Newspapers. 2002. pp. 259, ix–x.
- 吉川史料館 [Kikkawa Historical Museum] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- 岩国徴古館 [Iwakuni Chōkokan] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- 太刀〈銘為次（狐ヶ崎）〉 [Tachi known as Kitsunegasaki] (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- 紙本墨画淡彩湖亭春望図 [Spring View from a Thatched Pavilion on the Lakeshore] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- Miyajima Shinichi (1990). 吉川家所蔵伝雪舟筆天与清啓賛「湖亭春望図」について [About Spring View from a Thatched Pavilion on the Lakeshore, Attributed to Sesshū and Inscribed by Tenyo Seikei, in the Kikkawa Family Collection]. Museum (in Japanese). 471. Tokyo National Museum: 13–26.
- Itō Kōji 伊藤幸司 (2011). 吉川史料館蔵「湖亭春望図」の著賛時期 [Date of Inscription of Spring View from a Thatched Pavilion on the Lakeshore in the Kikkawa Historical Museum Collection]. Shinano 信濃 (in Japanese). 63 (12). Shinano Historical Society 信濃史学会: 957–968.
- 山道草花鶴亀文繡箔胴服 [Kimono with a design of paths through the mountains, flowers, grasses, tortoises, and cranes] (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- 吉川家文書 [Kikkawa Family Documents] (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- 市指定文化財一覧 [List of Municipal Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Iwakuni City. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- 吾妻鏡〈四十七冊並ニ年譜一冊／〉 [Azuma Kagami] (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- 元亨釈書〈吉川経基筆／〉 [Genkō Shakusho (brushwork by Kikkawa Tsunemoto)] (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- 太平記〈吉川元春筆／〉 [Taiheiki (brushwork by Kikkawa Motoharu)] (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- 細字法華経八巻 [Lotus Sūtra in Fine lettering, 8 scrolls] (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- 紙本墨書細字法華経八巻 [Eight Scrolls of the Lotus Sutra in Fine Ink Lettering on Paper] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- 吉川史料館所蔵「吉川元長像」 [Portrait of Kikkawa Motonaga from the Kikkawa Historical Museum Collection]. Kokka (in Japanese). 124 (5): 41, 43–50. December 2018.
External links
- (in Japanese) Kikkawa Historical Museum