Japan Travel: Japan Ukiyoe Museum largest collection, Nagano, Japan
【★026★Nagano Matsumoto Japan Ukiyoe Museum】
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The Japan Ukiyoe Museum (Nihon Ukiyoe Hakubutsukan) exhibits ukiyoe (woodblock prints) from the vast collection of the Sakai family. One of Matsumoto’s wealthiest merchants of his time, Sakai Yoshiaki started collecting ukiyoe and other pieces of art dating back to roughly 300 years ago. His descendants have been enlarging the collection to over 100,000 pieces, making it one of the world’s largest private art collections.
In contrast with the size of the collection and the museum building, the number of works exhibited in the Japan Ukiyoe Museum is rather small. One reason is because of the fact that the building was originally built only for storage rather than exhibition purposes. Only brief information in English is provided for the exhibits.
Access info.
The Japan Ukiyoe Museum is located about three kilometers outside of Matsumoto’s city center, close to Matsumoto Interchange of the Nagano Expressway.
The museum can be reached in a 10 minute taxi ride from Matsumoto Station (about 1500 yen from the station’s Alps Exit) or in a 15-20 minute walk from Oniwa Station on the Matsumoto Dentetsu Kamikochi Line (5 minutes, 170 yen from Matsumoto Station).
Information on the Japan Ukiyoe Museum
Hours: 10:00 to 17:00 (entry until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (or following day if Monday is a national holiday), December 28 to January 3
Admission: 1200 yen
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