Mōri Museum

Museum in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

34°03′48″N 131°35′15″E / 34.06337421°N 131.58746256°E / 34.06337421; 131.58746256OpenedJanuary 1966WebsiteOfficial website

Mōri Museum (毛利博物館, Mōri Hakubutsukan) opened in Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1966. It occupies part of the Former Mōri Clan Main Residence, dating from the Meiji and Taishō periods, of which twelve component structures have been jointly designated an Important Cultural Property and the gardens a Place of Scenic Beauty.^[1]^[2] The collection of some twenty thousand objects includes four National Treasures, nine Important Cultural Properties, and nine Prefectural Cultural Properties.^[3]^[4]^[5]

National Treasures

The four National Treasures are Heian-period scrolls from Records of the Grand Historian and Kokin Wakashū, a Kamakura-period sword, and Sesshū's Long Landscape Scroll.^[5]

Records of the Grand Historian
Kokin Wakashū
Landscapes of the Four Seasons, by Sesshū

References

^ 旧毛利家本邸 [Former Mōri Clan Main Residence] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ 毛利氏庭園 [Mōri Clan Gardens] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ 毛利氏庭園と毛利博物館 [Mōri Gardens and Museum] (in Japanese). Hōfu City. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ 毛利博物館 [Mōri Museum] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b 博物館概要・収蔵品一覧 [Museum Overview - Collection List] (in Japanese). Mōri Museum. Retrieved 7 December 2015.