MOA Museum of Art

The collection covers a wide range of Japanese paintings, hanging scrolls, Japanese sculptures, Japanese pottery and porcelain, Japanese lacquerware. The collection of the museum consists of approximately 3,500 works of art that include three National Treasures (Red and White Plum Blossoms screen by Ogata Kōrin, Nonomura Ninsei's Tea-leaf Jar with design or wisteria, and a Calligraphy Album "Tekagami Kanboku-jo" which is an album of ancient calligraphy from the Nara to Muromachi periods), as well as 67 Important Cultural Properties and 46 Important Art Objects. The museum owns three masterpieces of gorgeous, long and "extremely colorful", Yamanaka Tokiwa Monogatari Emaki, Jōruri Monogatari Emaki, and Horie Monogatari Emaki, which were created by Iwasa Matabei and his workshop based on the text of. The first two of these works have been designated as Important Cultural Properties. Yamanaka Tokiwa Monogatari tells the story of Ushiwaka's revenge for the murder of his mother, Tokiwa Gozen. Jōruri Monogatari depicts a romantic story involving Ushiwaka. Horie Monogatari tells the story of Horie Saburo's child who seeks revenge for the death of his parents. The museum also has a reconstruction of the 16th century Golden Tea Room, which was made under the supervision of the architect Sutemi Horiguchi, an expert of sukiya architecture. • Illustration — Red and White Plum Blossoms by Ogata Kōrin (National Treasure) • Illustration — Tea-leaf jar with a design of wisteria by Ninsei, Edo period (National Treasure) • Illustration — Rāgarāja, 1327, Important Cultural Property • Illustration — Women in Seasons of Snow, Moon and Flower by Katsukawa Shunshō, Important Cultural Property