Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art


The Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art is a private museum established in October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan.

History

The first museum director, Hatakeyama Issē (28 December 1881 - 17 November 1971）was the founder of Ebara Corporation. In 1937, Hatakeyama purchased the landlot once Count Terashima Munenori resided, and relocated and rebuilt an old guest house from Hannyaji in Nara which he named "Hannyaen", where a house warming tea ceremony was held in 1943. As Hatakeyama practiced Hōshō school noh since he was young, he acquired a private noh theater and reassembled on the property. There are noh costumes among the collection.
Hatakeyama's collection was moved to a museum he built in 1964 next to his residence as he planned to preserve it for many years and hold exhibitions for the public as well as support researchers.
There is a tea house called Shō-an in the museum building, and those in the garden are for rent; Sara-an, Sui-an, Meigetsuken, Shin zashiki, Jōrakutei and Bishamondō. Once a year, a guided tour is held to visit those tea houses.

Notable collections

The museum holds four exhibition each year. Centered on tea utensils, the collection consists of old Japanese, Chinese and Korean works of art such as paintings, calligraphic writings, pottery, lacquer items and Noh costumes. Of the circa 1,300 objects in the collection, 6 are National Treasures and 32 have been designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan.
;National treasures
;Important Cultural Property
;Tea cups
;Painting
;Decorative art