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Meiji export craft only: metalwork so fine that every leg and wing of an insect is separately made.
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The Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum is a private museum in Kiyomizu 3-chome, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto. It holds about 10,000 Japanese craft works, mainly lacquerware, metalwork, ceramics, cloisonne, wood carving, ivory carving and embroidered pictures made mainly from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era, and exhibits some of them. The founder and first director was Masayuki Murata (1950-2024). It has been closed indefinitely since 3 March 2025.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：2000 Highlights / collection：Meiji-period metalwork, cloisonne and maki-e, Extraordinarily skilled crafts Genre：Metalwork, Lacquer art, Crafts and ceramics
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