Arakawa Toyozō Museum, Ceramics museum in Kani, Japan
Arakawa Toyozō Museum is a public museum in Kukuri, Kani, Gifu Prefecture, displaying the ceramics and collected works of Arakawa Toyozō, a Living National Treasure. Its holdings also include his calligraphy and paintings, lacquerware, wood carvings and metalwork. The museum is registered under Japan's Museum Act and reopened under its current name on 13 October 2013 after the Toyozō Museum foundation transferred it to the city.
The museum opened in 1984 as the Toyozō Museum, run by a foundation. On 1 April 2013 the foundation dissolved and donated the museum to Kani city; it reopened on 13 October 2013 under the name Arakawa Toyozō Museum. It is a registered museum under Japan's Museum Act, holding Arakawa Toyozō's own ceramics and calligraphy together with his collection of paintings, lacquerware, wood carvings and metalwork.
The museum holds Arakawa Toyozō's own ceramics and calligraphy alongside his collection of Chinese and Japanese painting, ceramics, lacquerware, wood carving and metalwork. Toyozō was named a Living National Treasure in 1955. The collection passed to Kani city in 2013 after the Toyozō foundation dissolved.
The museum is in Kani, Gifu Prefecture, about 15 minutes by taxi from either Kani Station on the JR Taketomi Line or Shin-Kani Station on the Meitetsu Hiromi Line. It opens from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with last entry at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday and on public holidays; it closes the day after a public holiday and over the New Year period. A combined ticket covers two of three sites: this museum, the Kani City History Museum and the Sengoku Yamashiro Museum.
The museum opened in its current form on 13 October 2013, after the Toyozō Memorial Foundation dissolved on 1 April 2013 and donated the collection to Kani city. It is a registered museum under Japan's Museum Act, and a combined ticket covers two of three sites: this museum, the Kani City History Museum and the Sengoku Yamashiro Museum.
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