Nomura Art Museum
Nomura Art Museum opened near Nanzen-ji in Kyoto, Japan, in 1984. The sukiya-style building has two rooms for displaying exhibits and there is also a chashitsu. The collection, based on that built up by financier Tokushichi Nomura II, comprises some 1,700 works (paintings, calligraphic works, Noh masks, Noh costumes, and tea utensils), including seven Important Cultural Properties and nine Important Art Objects.
Nomura Art Museum

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- Nomura Art Museum
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- 1983
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- Nomura Art Museum is situated in Japan.
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Nomura Art Museum opened near Nanzen-ji in Kyoto, Japan, in 1984. The sukiya-style building has two rooms for displaying exhibits and there is also a chashitsu. The collection, based on that built up by financier Tokushichi Nomura II, comprises some 1,700 works (paintings, calligraphic works, Noh masks, Noh costumes, and tea utensils), including seven Important Cultural Properties and nine Important Art Objects.
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• Name — Nomura Art Museum • Native Name — 野村美術館 • Address — 61 Nanzenji, Shimokawara-chō, Sakyō-ku • Location Town — Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture • Location Country — Japan • Opened Date — 1984
Important Cultural Properties
Important Cultural Properties
The Museum's seven Important Cultural Properties are Tempest by Sesson Shūkei, Ki no Tomonori from the series Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals formerly in the Satake Collection, calligraphic works by or attributed to Ki no Tsurayuki, Seisetsu Shōchō, and 宗峰妙超, the poetry collection Sanuki no Nyūdō-Shū, and Box for a Noh mask with plovers in maki-e. • Illustration — Tempest by Sesson Shūkei • Illustration — Ki no Tomonori, one of the Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals • Illustration — Sunshōan 色紙, attributed to Ki no Tsurayuki • Illustration — Seisetsu Shōchō bokuseki • Illustration — Shūhō Myōchō bokuseki • Illustration — Sanuki no Nyūdō-Shū
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Nomura Art Museum is situated in Japan.
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