Hosomi Museum
Japan · Asia
About
Hosomi Museum (Hosomi Bijutsukan) opened near Okazaki Park in Kyoto, Japan, in 1998. The collection, begun by Osaka industrialist Hosomi Ryō (19011978), numbers some one thousand pieces including thirty Important Cultural Properties, ranging from haniwa and tea utensils to paintings of the Heian and Kamakura periods as well as by Itō Jakuchū and Katsushika Hokusai. These are exhibited on a rotating basis with four or five exhibitions each year.
Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.