Overview
The national crafts collection, moved from Tokyo into two relocated Meiji army buildings.
About this place
The National Crafts Museum (国立工芸館, Kokuritsu Kōgei Kan) is a museum of Japanese crafts in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It forms part of the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art (ja). As part of the government policy of regional revitalization, the facility relocated in 2020 from Kitanomaru Park in Tokyo, where it first opened in 1977. It is now housed in two Western-style buildings of the Meiji period that have themselves been relocated from elsewhere in Kanazawa, reassembled, and restored, the 1898 Old 9th Division Command Headquarters and 1909 Old Army Generals Club. The museum's collection comprises some 4,000 works by craftsmen from all over Japan, including works by holders and preservers of Important Intangible Cultural Properties, often referred to as "Living National Treasures", and members of the Japan Art Academy.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：2020 Highlights / collection：Modern craft collection, Relocated Meiji-period army facilities Genre：Crafts and ceramics, Lacquer art, Textiles and dyeing, Metalwork
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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Source momat.go.jp ↗Before you go
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