is a private museum of artefacts handed down by the Kikkawa clan, daimyō of Iwakuni Domain, in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Located between Kintai-kyō bridge and Iwakuni Castle and opened by the in 1995, the museum's collection totals some seven thousand items, including materials from the Heian and Kamakura periods, a painting attributed to Sesshū, and one National Treasure. There are four changing displays each year. Other materials once owned by the Kikkawa clan are on display at Iwakuni Chōkokan.
Highlights of the collection , from the Kamakura period (National Treasure) , traditionally attributed to Sesshū Tōyō; with by , who journeyed twice on Japanese missions to Ming China, the second time with Sesshū accompanying (Prefectural Tangible Cultural Property) , from the Momoyama period; said to have been bestowed upon Kikkawa Hiroie by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1587 after his campaign in Kyūshū (Important Cultural Property) : 102 items dating from the Kamakura to the Edo period (ICP); a further 32 items, plus a catalogue, from the Meiji period (Municipal Tangible Cultural Property) Azuma Kagami: 48 volumes, from the Muromachi period (1522) (ICP) Genkō Shakusho: 15 volumes, in the hand of , from the Muromachi period (ICP) Taiheiki: 40 volumes, in the hand of Kikkawa Motoharu, from the Muromachi period (1563–65) (ICP) Lotus Sūtra in fine lettering, 8 scrolls: from the Heian period; formerly a temple treasure of Ninna-ji, later presented to , as attested in the letter of transfer (ICP) Portrait of
See also
List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords) List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Yamaguchi) List of Historic Sites of Japan (Yamaguchi) Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum and Museum of Art Iwakuni Art Museum Mōri Museum
References
External links Kikkawa Historical Museum