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Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum

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Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum
Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Hakutsuru Fine Art Museum (Hakutsuru Bijutsukan) opened in 1934 in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan to display the collection of Kanō Jihei, seventh head of the Hakutsu Sake Brewing Company. As such it was one of the first private museums in Japan. The collection of some 1450 items includes two National Treasures and twenty-two Important Cultural Properties.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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