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Sesshū Memorial Museum

Masuda Shiritsu Sesshū no Sato Kinenkan opened in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, in 1990. Located next to the site of the Daiki-an, said to have been the site of Sesshū's death and burial, the museum stages exhibitions relating to the artist and to the history of Masuda. The collection includes one Important Cultural Property, Sesshū's 1479 portrait of Masuda Kanetaka; two Prefectural Cultural Properties, Yasutomi Family Documents and Sufu Family Documents; and seven Municipal Cultural Properties, three scrolls with flowers and birds attributed to Sesshū, a pair of landscape byōbu by 雲谷等益, Daruma, Ikuzanshu, and Seiōgyū by the same painter, sailing boats in an autumn bay and travel through snow-covered mountains by the same artist, lotus and heron by Saitō Tōshitsu, Daruma by Unkoku Tōoku, and Yoshida Family Documents.

Also recorded as Sesshu Memorial Museum

Sesshū Memorial Museum

Masuda Kanetaka by Sesshu, Sesshu Memorial Museum, Masuda, Shimane, Japan

Sesshū Tōyō · Sesshu: Master of Ink and Brush (500th Anniversary Exhibition) Mainichi Newspapers 2002 · Public domain

Name
Sesshū Memorial Museum
Founded
1990
Headquarters
Japan

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Masuda Shiritsu Sesshū no Sato Kinenkan opened in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, in 1990. Located next to the site of the Daiki-an, said to have been the site of Sesshū's death and burial, the museum stages exhibitions relating to the artist and to the history of Masuda. The collection includes one Important Cultural Property, Sesshū's 1479 portrait of Masuda Kanetaka; two Prefectural Cultural Properties, Yasutomi Family Documents and Sufu Family Documents; and seven Municipal Cultural Properties, three scrolls with flowers and birds attributed to Sesshū, a pair of landscape byōbu by 雲谷等益, Daruma, Ikuzanshu, and Seiōgyū by the same painter, sailing boats in an autumn bay and travel through snow-covered mountains by the same artist, lotus and heron by Saitō Tōshitsu, Daruma by Unkoku Tōoku, and Yoshida Family Documents.

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  1. 01Foundation and history
  2. 02Bibliography and scholarly literature
  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

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