Owari Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation
| 徳川美術館 | |
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| Established | 10 November 1935 |
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| Location | Nagoya City, Japan |
| Type | Art museum |
| Key holdings | National Treasures: Religious artwork, Tale of Genji, Japanese Swords (nobility) |
| Collections | Ancestral artefacts from the house of Owari Tokugawa |
| Founder | House of Owari Tokugawa |
| Director | Yoshitaka Tokugawa (2016) |
| Curator | Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation |
| Architect | Yoshio Yoshimoto |
| Public transit access | Ozone Station (10-15min walk) |
| Website | www |
The Tokugawa Art Museum (徳川美術館 Tokugawa Bijutsukan) is a private art museum, located on the former Ōzone Shimoyashiki compound in Nagoya, central Japan. Its collection contains more than 12,000 items, including swords, armor, Noh costumes and masks, lacquer furniture, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, calligraphy, and paintings from the Chinese Song and Yuan dynasties (960-1368).
Unlike many private museums in Japan, which are based on collections assembled in the modern era by corporations or entrepreneurs, the Tokugawa Art Museum houses the hereditary collection of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa clan, which ruled the Owari Domain in what is now Aichi Prefecture. The museum is operated by the Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation, which was founded in 1931 by Yoshichika Tokugawa (1886–1976), 19th head of the Owari clan, in order to preserve the clan's priceless collection of art objects, furnishings, and heirlooms.
The architectural plan for the museum main building and southern archives were drawn up by Yoshio Yoshimoto, and construction was completed in 1935. The architecture is in the Imperial Crown style, in which the roof and exterior follow a classic Japanese design over a Western style building.
The permanent exhibition also shows historical reproduction of the Nagoya Castle Ninomaru palace living quarters of the Owari Tokugawa daimyō, allowing visitors to view the objects as they were actually used in settings such as a Japanese tea-house or the Noh stage of the palace. The museum also mounts temporary exhibitions in a building that has been declared a national cultural property.
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