Kitamura Museum

{{Short description|Mosque in Kyoto, Japan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox building | name = Kitamura Museum | native_name = 北村美術館 | image = Kyoto Kitamura Art Museum 2013-08.JPG | caption = | cost = | owner = | address = 448 Kajii-chō, Kamigyō-ku | location_town = Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture | location_country = Japan | coordinates = {{coord|35.028039|N|135.770411|E|display=title,inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000}} | opened_date = 1977 | inauguration_date = | renovation_date = | demolished_date = | destruction_date = | other_dimensions = | floor_count = | floor_area = | architect = | architecture_firm = | website = {{Official website|http://www.kitamura-museum.com}} }}

{{nihongo|'''Kitamura Museum'''|北村美術館|Kitamura Bijutsukan}} opened near the confluence of the Kamo and Takano Rivers in Kyoto, Japan, in 1977. The collection, based on that built up by businessman {{nihongo|Kitamura Kinjirō|北村謹次郎}}, comprises some 1,000 works including thirty-three Important Cultural Properties and nine Important Art Objects, with a particular focus on tea utensils. There is also a tea garden, {{nihongo|Shikunshien|四君子苑}}, a Registered Cultural Property. The museum opens to the public for exhibitions each autumn and spring.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kanko.city.kyoto.lg.jp/detail.php?InforKindCode=1&ManageCode=5000009 |script-title=ja:北村美術館 |trans-title=Kitamura Museum |language=Japanese |publisher=Kyoto City |accessdate=23 October 2015 |archive-date=16 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916070110/http://kanko.city.kyoto.lg.jp/detail.php?InforKindCode=1&ManageCode=5000009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kitamura-museum.com/kitamura.html |script-title=ja:北村美術館 |trans-title=Kitamura Museum |language=Japanese |publisher=Kitamura Museum |accessdate=23 October 2015}}</ref>

==Important Cultural Properties== Among the museum's thirty-three Important Cultural Properties are the pair of scrolls ''Kite and Crows'' by Yosa Buson,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2326 |script-title=ja:紙本墨画淡彩鳶鴉図〈与謝蕪村筆／〉|trans-title=Kite and Crows, ink and light colour on paper, by Yosa Buson |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=23 October 2015}}</ref> Fujiwara no Nakafumi, from the series Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals formerly in the Satake Collection,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2315 |script-title=ja:紙本著色藤原仲文像〈／（佐竹本三十六歌仙切）〉|trans-title=Fujiwara no Nakafumi, from the series Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals, formerly in the Satake Collection |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=23 October 2015}}</ref> and the Spring 1227 (Karoku 3) portion of Fujiwara no Teika's {{nihongo|''Meigetsuki''|明月記}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/9578 |script-title=ja:明月記〈自筆本／嘉禄三年春〉|trans-title=Meigetsuki, autograph manuscript, Spring 1227 |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=23 October 2015}}</ref>

<gallery> Image:Kite and Crows by Yosa Buson (Kitamura Museum)R.jpg|''Kite'', from ''Kite and Crows'', by Yosa Buson Image:Kite and Crows by Buson (Kitamura Museum)L.jpg|''Crows'', from ''Kite and Crows'', by Yosa Buson Image:Fujiwara no Nakafumi (Kitamura Museum).jpg|Fujiwara no Nakafumi, one of the Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals Image:Meigetsuki (Kitamura Museum).jpg|''Meigetsuki'', by Fujiwara no Teika </gallery>

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==External links== * {{in lang|ja}} [http://www.kitamura-museum.com Kitamura Museum]

Category:Art museums and galleries in Kyoto Category:Museums established in 1977 Category:1977 establishments in Japan