Adachi Museum of Art, Art museum in Yasugi, Japan
The Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi presents paintings and calligraphy alongside a Japanese garden featuring dry landscapes, white sand, moss, and ponds. Exhibition rooms open toward the outside and let the garden become part of the viewing experience.
Zenko Adachi, born in 1899, opened the museum in 1970 at the age of 71. In 1979 he acquired the Kitazawa Collection, which included Yokoyama Taikan's "Autumn Leaves" and "Clearing After Rain"; the museum now holds about 120 Taikan works. The garden was designed by Nakane Kinsaku, with Kojima Saichi contributing to the moss garden.
The museum is named after its founder, Zenko Adachi, who opened it in 1970 at the age of 71. Its garden ranking, run by the American magazine Journal of Japanese Gardening, has placed it first in Japan every year since 2003. The garden is designed to be viewed from inside the exhibition rooms, framed like a painting.
A free shuttle runs regularly between Yasugi Station and the entrance. Parking for up to 400 cars and 40 buses is available at no charge.
Specialized American publications have ranked the garden as the finest in all of Japan every year since 2003. This rating appears regularly and has brought international attention to the house.
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