| 1．Iwakuni Art Museum ・Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Iwakuni Art Museum (岩国美術館, Iwakuni Bijutsukan) is a museum of traditional Japanese art in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] The museum opened in 1963.[3] The collection includes a National Treasure sword (of the Nanboku-chō period, with an inscription in gold inlay of Tenshō 13 (1585)) and Important Cultural Property armour (haramaki, also of the Nanboku-chō period).[4][5] |
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| 2．Iwakuni Chōkokan ・Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Iwakuni Chōkokan (岩国徴古館) is a public museum in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Constructed between 1942 and March 1945 for the storage and display of the works of art and craft and historical materials donated by the Kikkawa family, former lords of Iwakuni Domain, the facility first opened in April 1944,[3] operating fully as a museum from the beginning of the 1950s.[1][2] The main building, by architect Satō Takeo (佐藤武夫), as well as storehouses built in 1891 and 1944, are registered Tangible Cultural Properties, while the ancillary building that was constructed in 1931 as the Kikkawa family office is a Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property.[1][4][5][6] |
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| 3．Kikkawa Historical Museum ・Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture |
| Kikkawa Historical Museum (吉川史料館, Kikkawa Shiryōkan) is a private museum of artefacts handed down by the Kikkawa clan, daimyō of Iwakuni Domain, in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Located between Kintai-kyō bridge and Iwakuni Castle and opened by the Kikkawa Hōkōkai Society (吉川報效会) in 1995,[1] the museum's collection totals some seven thousand items, including materials from the Heian and Kamakura periods, a painting attributed to Sesshū, and one National Treasure.[2][3] There are four changing displays each year.[4] Other materials once owned by the Kikkawa clan are on display at Iwakuni Chōkokan.[5] |
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