MOA art museum
The MOA Art Museum ( Japanese MOA 美術館 , MOA bijutsukan , English MOA Museum of Art ) in Atami ( Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan) has an important collection of works from all East Asian art eras.
background
The founder of the new religious movement Sekai Kyūsei-kyō ( 世界 救世 教 , dt. " Religion of Salvation "), Okada Mokichi ( 岡 田茂吉 ) was of the opinion that excellent art could pacify the human soul. He therefore transferred his collection to a foundation in 1952, which made it accessible to the public. This first happened in Hakone-Gora in the Hakone bijutsukan museum . In 1957 the Atami bijutsukan was built , which was replaced 25 years later. They were not satisfied with a replacement at the old location, but built a new building of considerable size on a hill above Atami. The inauguration took place on November 1st, 1982, the 100th birthday of Okada.
The museum building
The lower entrance to the museum is on the slope of a hill above Atami. Once the visitor has passed it, he takes three long escalators up into an underground hall. This is a round building 10 m high and 20 m in diameter, in which z. B. laser light games can be shown. Then it goes on with stairs or escalators that end on the ground floor or the second floor. Now you have overcome a height of 50 m from the entrance and are 260 m above sea level. In front of the large windows, Sagami Bay with the nearby island of Hatsushima extends far below . The museum is surrounded by a garden in which the "King and Queen", a large sculpture by Henry Moore, can be seen in a prominent place . In addition to the exhibition halls (2,600 m²), the building complex includes a no-stage and a “golden tea room” ( 黄金 の 茶室 , Ōgon no chashitsu ) as a reconstruction of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's magnificent tea house with gold dishes. There are also shops, restaurants and large and small tea houses in the garden.
The collection
The collection includes Chinese and Japanese paintings, calligraphy, ceramics and sculptures; Chinese bronzes; Japanese lacquerware, metal objects and prints. The collection also includes a Gandhara stone bodhisattva, two landscapes by Monet, a portrait attributed to Rembrandt and the aforementioned sculpture by Moore. Among the Chinese paintings that should be mentioned is from the Tang period from the Turfan area, a lady with a companion under a tree. From the Song Dynasty , there are two hanging scrolls that Ma Yuan are attributed.
The oldest Japanese painting dates from the Nara period , it is part of the Inga Sutra ( 因果 経 ). A copy of the Hokke Sutra ( 法 華 経 ) has an illustrated end. Buddhist figure painting comes mainly from the Kamakura period . A portrait of the Zen priest Ikkyū comes from the Muromachi period . The painter Kaihō Yūshō (1533-1615) is represented with good works. A self-portrait and other works by Iwasa Matabē (1578–1650) have survived from the beginning of the Edo period . The time of Japan's first encounter with European art at the time of proselytizing around 1600 is represented by a pair of screens depicting western nobles in a landscape. The pair of screens Ogata Kōrins "Red and White Plums" is a national treasure . However, the couple can only be seen in February during the plum blossom, which then continues outside in front of the museum.
There is a large collection of Ukiyo-e artists on display including Kaigetsudō Ando , Torii Kiyonobu , Miyagawa Chōshun , Suzuki Harunobu , Katsushika Hokusai , Kitagawa Utamaro , Katsukawa Shunshō , Sharaku , Utagawa Hiroshige . The museum owns Nihonga- style paintings by Yokoyama Taikan , Maeda Seison and Takeuchi Seihō from 20th century painters .
The Chinese calligraphy is represented u. a. by the sheet with two large characters, 雲 歸 , painted by the Song priest Wu Zhun ( 無 準 ) and by various calligraphies by masters of the Yuan period . The large collection of Japanese calligraphy includes the albums entitled Kambokujō with documents from the 7th to 14th centuries. The collection also includes calligraphies on a colored background ( Shikishi ) from the late Heian period, documents by the priests Daitō Kokushi (Shūhō Myōchō) and Musō Kokushi ( Musō Soseki ) from the Kamakura period.
The Chinese sculptures include a Kannon from the Sui period and two gilded bronze statues, one from the Sui period and the other from the Tang period . The museum has a variety of bronze mirrors, from the Warring States Period to the Tang Period. Japan is represented by small Buddhist bronze figures from the Asuka and Nara periods. The sculpture of a seated Amida Nyorai with two smaller companions comes from the Kamakura period .
Chinese bronzes and ceramics span a wide period of Chinese culture. The Japanese ceramics collection includes five Momoyama Oribe bowls, a tea bowl by Chōjirō, the founder of raku ceramics , and another by Hon'ami Kōetsu , which he made for the tea master Kobori Enshū , one by Nin'ami Dōhachi. The showpiece is the tea container from Ninsei decorated with wisteria . There are lacquerware from the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, as well as a box that is ascribed to Kōetsu. The metal objects mainly include ritual Buddhist devices from the Heian and Kamakura periods.
National treasures
- Tea container with wisteria flowers ( 色 絵 藤 花 文 茶壺 , Iroe fujihana-mon chatsubo ) by Nonomura Ninsei ( 野 々 村 仁 清 ), Edo period
- Adjustable umbrella pair with red and white plums ( 紅白 梅 図 屏風 , Kōhakubai-zu byōbu ) by Ogata Kōrin
- Collection of documents ( 手 鑑 「手 鑑 翰墨 城」 )
- Collection of documents ( 手 鑑 「手 鑑 翰墨 城」 姿 図 , Tekagami "Kambokujō" sugata-zu ), Nara Muromachi period
- Collection of documents ( 手 鑑 「手 鑑 翰墨 城」 春遊 , Tekagami "Kambokujō" shun'yū ), Heian period (Fujiwara no Yukinari)
- Collection of documents ( 手 鑑 「手 鑑 翰墨 城」 高 野 切 , Tekagami "Kambokujō" Kōya-kiri ), Heian period ( attributed to Ki no Tsurayuki )
More than 50 other objects are classified by the state as "important cultural assets" .
gallery
Calligraphy "Ki un"
(read from the right)
From the Inga Sutra
Screen with western motifs (detail)
Girl at the loom (Harunobu)
Web links
- Official website of the museum. MOA 美術館 (MOA Museum of Art), 2012, accessed November 13, 2013 (In English and Japanese).
literature
- Roberts, LP: Robert's Guide to Japanese Museums of Art and Archeology. Simul Press, 1987. ISBN 4-377-50737-0 .
- MOA Bijutsukan (Ed.): Meihin Zuroku. Sōgō-hen. 1982
- MOA Bijutsukan (Ed.): Meihin Zuroku. Fuzokuga, Ukiyoe-hen. 1982
Coordinates: 35 ° 6 ′ 33.2 " N , 139 ° 4 ′ 30.8" E