Iwakuni Chōkokan

Japanese museum

Not to be confused with Chōkokan.

Iwakuni Chōkokan

岩国徴古館

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General information
Architectural style| German Neoclassicism[1] (influenced by)
Address| 2-7-19 Yokoyama
Town or city| Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Country| Japan
Coordinates| 34°10′15″N 132°10′38″E﻿ / ﻿34.170937°N 132.177195°E﻿ / 34.170937; 132.177195
Construction started| 1942[2]
Completed| March 1945[1]
Opened| April 1944[3]
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Satō Takeo (佐藤武夫)[2]
Website
Official website (ja)

Iwakuni Chōkokan (岩国徴古館) is a public museum in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Constructed between 1942 and March 1945 for the storage and display of the works of art and craft and historical materials donated by the Kikkawa family, former lords of Iwakuni Domain, the facility first opened in April 1944,[3] operating fully as a museum from the beginning of the 1950s.[1][2] The main building, by architect Satō Takeo (佐藤武夫), as well as storehouses built in 1891 and 1944, are registered Tangible Cultural Properties, while the ancillary building that was constructed in 1931 as the Kikkawa family office is a Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property.[1][4][5][6]

The collection includes a painting by Bukō Kokushi (仏国国師) from the Kamakura period and the Ōuchi Edition Sanjūin, a pocket-sized printed version of Kokan Shiren's Shūbun Inryaku (聚分韻略) (a rhyming dictionary of Kanshi) issued by Ōuchi Yoshitaka in 1539, which are both Prefectural Tangible Cultural Properties.[7][8]

## See also

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* List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Yamaguchi)
* Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum and Museum of Art
* Iwakuni Castle, Kintai-kyō
* Kikkawa Historical Museum
* Iwakuni Art Museum

## References

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1. ^ a b c d 岩国徴古館 [Iwakuni Chōkokan] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
2. ^ a b c 岩国徴古館 [Iwakuni Chōkokan] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
3. ^ a b 博物館、美術館、資料館、文学館等 [Museums, Museums of Art, Museums of Historical Materials, Museums of Literature, etc] (PDF) (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
4. ^ 岩国徴古館第二収蔵庫 [Iwakuni Chōkokan No.2 Storehouse]. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
5. ^ 岩国徴古館第一収蔵庫 [Iwakuni Chōkokan No.1 Storehouse]. Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
6. ^ 旧吉川家岩国事務所 [Former Kikkawa Family Iwakuni Offices] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
7. ^ 絹本着色仏国国師像 [Portrait of Bukō Kokushi, Colour on Silk] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
8. ^ 大内版三重韻 [Ōuchi Edition Sanjūin] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 18 August 2020.

## External links

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* (in Japanese) Iwakuni Chōkokan

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