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Sesshū Memorial Museum

Coordinates: 34°41′06″N 131°50′51″E / 34.68503753°N 131.84752697°E / 34.68503753; 131.84752697
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Sesshū Memorial Museum
益田市立雪舟の郷記念館
Portrait of Masuda Kanetaka by Sesshū (ICP)[1]
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General information
Address1149 Otoyoshi-chō
Town or cityMasuda, Shimane Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates34°41′06″N 131°50′51″E / 34.68503753°N 131.84752697°E / 34.68503753; 131.84752697
OpenedOctober 1990
Website
Official website

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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  1. ^ 紙本著色益田兼尭像〈雪舟ノ印アリ/〉 [Portrait of Masuda Kanetaka, colour on paper, with Sesshu's seal] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  2. ^ 記念館について [About the Museum] (in Japanese). Iwami Internet. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. ^ 雪舟の郷記念館 [Sesshu Memorial Museum] (in Japanese). Masuda City. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. ^ 益田市指定文化財件数一覧 [Number of Cultural Properties in Masuda City] (in Japanese). Masuda City. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
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