Nezu Museum

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New building of the Nezu Museum
Entrance to the Nezu Museum
Maruyama Ōkyo
screen pair with wisteria (detail)

The Nezu Museum ( Japanese 根 津 美術館 Nezu bijutsukan ) is a private pre-modern art museum in Minato , Tokyo . It houses a collection of more than 7,400 Asian and Japanese art treasures, which is unusually extensive for a private museum, and which can be traced back to the art collector and industrialist Nezu Kaichirō (1860–1940). Nezu Kaichirō, who was the president of the Tōbu Tetsudō railway company , bought the site on which the museum is still located in 1906. His son Nezu Kaichirō II established a foundation in 1940 and had the architect Imai Kenji design the original museum building. The museum first opened its doors to the public in 1941. The present director of the museum is the founder's grandson, Nezu Kōichi .

Overview

At the time of opening, the museum housed 4,643 works. The museum was severely damaged in a bomb attack in 1945 and many of the art treasures were burned. In 1954 the museum was reopened after the reconstruction work was completed. In 1964 the building was expanded and, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary in 1991, Kuma Kengo added additional exhibition rooms. The extensive new construction from 2006 to 2009, which took into account the earthquake safety of the building, was also carried out under his responsibility. Thanks to a large number of donations, the Nezu Museum was able to come up with 6,874 works in 2009.

The exhibited works include an unusually high number of excellent and distinguished works, mainly from China, Japan and Korea; including seven national treasures of Japan , 87 important cultural assets and 96 important art objects ( 重要 美術品 ).

Buildings overview

building Part of the building Area m²
Museum / main building Base area 1947 m²,
floor area 4014 m²,
exhibition area 1288 m²
Gallery 1 (ground floor)
(changing exhibitions) 		383 m²
Gallery 2 (ground floor)
(calligraphy and painting) 		144 m²
Gallery 3 (ground floor)
(sculptures) 		44 m²
Gallery 4 (1st floor)
(bronzes) 		150 m²
Gallery 5 (1st floor)
(arts and crafts) 		142 m²
Gallery 6 (1st floor)
(tea utensils) 		166 m²
Museum shop 59 m²
Lecture hall / assembly hall (basement) 163 m²
Nezucafé Base area 129 m²,
floor area 168 m²
Usable area 78 m² (45 seats)
garden 17,000 m² (with 5 tea houses)
Total area in total 21,625 m²

Museum address:
6-5-1 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062

Exhibition focus

Archaeological finds and sculptures

  • Set of three ritual vessels He (盉), in Taotie design (饕餮Pinyin : Tāotiè, Japanese Tōtetsu), Shang dynasty (12th to 13th century), height 71.2 to 73 cm, (important cultural asset)
  • Bronze wine vessel Zun , in Taotie design, Shang dynasty (12th to 13th centuries), height 54 cm, (important cultural asset)
  • Rare bronze wine vessel Zun , (12th to 13th century.) In the form of two sheep, Shang, height 45.4 cm, diameter 14.9 to 18.4 cm (Important Cultural), only the British Museum has a similar find
  • Ritual bronze vessel Yi (匜), rectangular, Kuifeng design, Zhou dynasty (1000 BC), height 26.1 cm, (important cultural asset)

painting

The following are registered as national treasures:

literature

  • Nezu Museum - 根 津 美術館 学 芸 部 (Ed.): Selected Masterpieces from the Nezu Museum Collection ( 根 津 美術館 百 華 選 ) . Tokyo 2009, ISBN 978-4-930817-46-4 , pp. 152 (Japanese, catalog, with English summary).
  • Nezu Museum - 根 津 美術館 学 芸 部 (Ed.): Guide to the Nezu Museum ( 根 津 美術館 案 内 ) . Tokyo 2009, p. 18 (Japanese, partly English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ About the museum. Nezu Museum, accessed September 15, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Guide to the Nezu Museum. P. 10.
  3. ↑ a b Selected Masterpieces from the Nezu Museum Collection. P. 7.
  4. ↑ Guide to the Nezu Museum. P. 16.
  5. ↑ Guide to the Nezu Museum. P. 5.
  6. ↑ Guide to the Nezu Museum. P. 16.
  7. ↑ Selected Masterpieces from the Nezu Museum Collection. P. 11.
  8. ↑ Selected Masterpieces from the Nezu Museum Collection. P. 12.
  9. ↑ Selected Masterpieces from the Nezu Museum Collection. P. 13.
  10. ↑ Selected Masterpieces from the Nezu Museum Collection. P. 14.

Coordinates: 35 ° 39 '43.8 "  N , 139 ° 43' 3.4"  E