Museo d'arte orientale Edoardo Chiossone

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The Museo d'arte orientale Edoardo Chiossone is a museum for Asian art in the northern Italian port city of Genoa . It exhibits the collection of the etcher Edoardo Chiossone , which he put together during his stays in Japan during the Meiji era. This includes paintings, prints, pottery, weapons and armor, theater masks, textiles and statues from Japan, China and Thailand. The exhibition is located in the Villetta Di Negro Park.

history

After Edoardo Chissone's death, his collection was first exhibited by Alfredo Luxoro on the third floor of the Palazzo dell'Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti as the Museo d'arte orientale Edoardo Chiossone. The exhibition was opened on October 30, 1905 by the Italian King Viktor Emanuel III. opened and remained there until 1942, where it was stored for protection against the Second World War. After the war, it was decided to use municipal funds to build a museum for the collection in Villetta Di Negro in place of the Villa di Negro, which was destroyed in an Allied bombing in 1942. The construction was carried out from 1953 to 1970 under the leadership of the architect Mario Labò and the new museum opened on May 7, 1971.

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Coordinates: 44 ° 24 ′ 40.6 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 10.2 ″  E