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The Museum of Japanese Art Yamato Bunkakan (大和文華館, Yamato bunkakan) is a museum of Asian art in Nara, Nara.
The museum was established in 1960 to preserve and display the private collection of Kintetsu Corporation (named Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd. till June 27, 2003).




Collection



This museum of Asian art has holdings of more than twenty thousand objects of sculpture, ceramics, lacquer, paintings, prints, textiles and calligraphy. The museum features a program of regularly changing exhibitions. The founding director in 1960 was art historian Yukio Yashiro.




= National treasures

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Two national treasures in the collection are illustrative scenes from Nezame Monogatari Emaki (紙本著色寝覚物語絵巻, shihon choshoku nezame monogatari emaki).




See also


List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings)
Chinese Piling paintings




Notes






References


Danilov, Victor J. (1992). A Planning Guide for Corporate Museums, Galleries, and Visitor Centers. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-27657-6; OCLC 24212293
Martin, John H, and Phyllis G Martin. (1993). Nara: a Cultural Guide to Japan's Ancient Capital. Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle. ISBN 978-0-804-81914-5; OCLC 30370751




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About the Museum Yamato Bunkakan

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• Prefektur Iwate
• Taiko
• Murasaki Shikibu
• Museum Yamato Bunkakan
• Nara (city)
• Shōhaku Art Museum
• Abeno Harukas Art Museum
• List of museums in Japan
• Nakano Museum of Art
• Nara Prefectural Museum of Art
• Chinese Piling paintings
• List of Goryeo Buddhist paintings
• Yukio Yashiro