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The lord's palace rebuilt in timber to hold the Ii family's red-lacquered armour and its Noh masks and robes.
About this place
Hikone Castle Museum is a Hikone City history museum in Konkicho, Hikone, Shiga Prefecture. It is a facility that uses part of the restored building of the Omote Goten (front palace) of Hikone Castle as exhibition space. It is a facility in which the Omote Goten of Hikone Castle was restored above while preserving the underground remains. It holds about 90,000 items in all, centered on about 45,000 art crafts and old documents handed down in the Ii family, together with materials related to Hikone.
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Founded / opened：1987 Highlights / collection：Red armor of the Ii family, Noh masks and costumes, Reconstructed Omote Goten Genre：Metalwork, Textiles and dyeing, Architecture
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