Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka
Held to be the world's finest collection of Chinese and Korean ceramics, shown in cases lit by daylight so the celadon reads true.
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Held to be the world's finest collection of Chinese and Korean ceramics, shown in cases lit by daylight so the celadon reads true.
Fujita Denzaburo bought up treasures scattered when Meiji Japan turned on Buddhism; his Yohen Tenmoku is one of only three.
Tea utensils gathered by the founder of the Kitcho restaurants - vessels chosen by a cook's eye.
The collection of the man who built the Hankyu railway, holding the largest group of paintings by the haiku poet Buson.
The folk-craft pavilion of Expo '70 kept as a museum, continuing Yanagi's collecting in western Japan.
Among the world's largest ethnology museums, arranged region by region without hierarchy - diversity of form as the exhibit.
On Sen no Rikyu and the poet Akiko Yosano, both born here; tea is served in a copy of Rikyu's own room.
Founded on a cotton family's gift; its celadon vase and Heian manuscript are both National Treasures.
Incense making began where the aromatic woods landed; blending and forming are still separate trades.