Sesshū Memorial Museum

Sesshū Memorial Museum
益田市立雪舟の郷記念館

Portrait of Masuda Kanetaka by Sesshū (ICP)[1]
General information
Address 1149 Otoyoshi-chō
Town or city Masuda, Shimane Prefecture
Country Japan
Coordinates 34°41′06″N 131°50′51″E / 34.68503753°N 131.84752697°E / 34.68503753; 131.84752697Coordinates: 34°41′06″N 131°50′51″E / 34.68503753°N 131.84752697°E / 34.68503753; 131.84752697
Opening October 1990
Website
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Sesshū Memorial Museum (益田市立雪舟の郷記念館 Masuda Shiritsu Sesshū no Sato Kinenkan) opened in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, in 1990. Located next to the site of the Daiki-an (大喜庵), said to have been the site of Sesshū's death and burial, the museum stages exhibitions relating to the artist and to the history of Masuda.[2][3] The collection includes one Important Cultural Property, Sesshū's 1479 portrait of Masuda Kanetaka (益田兼堯); two Prefectural Cultural Properties, Yasutomi Family Documents (安富家文書) and Sufu Family Documents (周布家文書); and seven Municipal Cultural Properties, three scrolls with flowers and birds attributed to Sesshū, a pair of landscape byōbu by Unkoku Tōeki (雲谷等益), Daruma, Ikuzanshu, and Seiōgyū by the same painter, sailing boats in an autumn bay and travel through snow-covered mountains by the same artist, lotus and heron by Saitō Tōshitsu (斎藤等室筆), Daruma by Unkoku Tōoku (雲谷等屋), and Yoshida Family Documents (吉田家文書).[4]

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