Nanso Museum of Arts

Art Museum
An art museum located close to the Machino River a 30-minute drive from downtown Wajima City. The museum is housed in a remodeled old rice granary building which has been designated a National Tangible Cultural Property. The museum displays over 250 works of art collected by the Nansoh, a wealthy family which prospered as the hereditary village headmen of imperial lands in the Edo period. Here visitors can see pieces by famous masters, including paintings by the great ink and wash painters Sesshu Toyo and Tawaraya Sotatsu, and pottery by Kyoto potter Ninsei Nonomura. The museum also contains restored areas which reveal what Japanese estates of the time looked like, such as an omoya main residential building and an irori sunken hearth. 400-year-old pines and holly olive as well as Noto Rhododendron obtusum grow in the garden in front of the museum. A Kyoto-style Japanese garden sprawls in the courtyard, and here visitors can take a relaxing stroll while taking pictures of seasonal plants.

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Address
Ishikawa Wajima-shi Machinomachi Higashiono map map Map
Phone
0768320166
Hours
9:00-17:00
Parking Lot
Available(30spaces)

Information Sources:  NAVITIME JAPAN

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  • 素晴らしい収集品の数々
    5.0 Reviewed : 2020.01.21
    よくぞこんな辺鄙な場所に大層な美術品が集まっていたなんてと思ってしまいました。美術品に興味のある人なら一度は耳にしたことのある著名人の品々が米蔵を改装した美術館に大した説明もなく並べられています。いずれ、もっとしっかりした方たちによる展示の仕方が変わって行くのでしょうが、ある意味で朴訥で親しみを感じる雰囲気がありました。
  • 奥能登の美術館
    5.0 Reviewed : 2017.06.17
    昔、奥能登の豪族だった南家。今で言う総合商社だったそう。米倉を美術館にして保管していた品々がたくさん展示されています。俵屋宗達や雪舟、古九谷焼などが間近で観られます。保存状態もとても良いです。十分楽しんだら、囲炉裏のある母屋でお茶を楽しめます。
  • 応挙、雪舟、光悦など見どころ多し
    5.0 Reviewed : 2017.01.24
    本阿弥光悦や仁清の焼物、丸山応挙、雪舟、長谷川等伯の屏風絵、掛け軸など素晴らしい美術品がたくさん見られ、充実していました。

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