A small gem of a museum sits in the shadow of Kiyomizu Temple in the hills of eastern Kyoto.
The Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum is close the world famous temple.
It houses works from the Imperial Household Agency that include makie, metal works, cloisonne ware, pottery and earthenware, sculpture, and engravings. In addition, the museum has inkstone boxes, wooden desks, incense burners, incense boxes, caskets, vases, inro pillboxes, netsuke, cigarette holders, tobacco pipes, pipe cases, portable brush-and-ink cases, tea bowls, sword fittings, sash bands, combs, and ornamental hairpins.
Most works date from the Meiji period, though some are from the Late Edo and Taisho periods.
The Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum is the first Japanese museum to hold in its permanent collection metalwork, cloisonne, makie lacquerware and Kyoto Satsuma Ware artworks of the late Edo and Meiji period.
Until February 19th, the Museum is hosting a wonderful exhibit: "Meiji Cloisonné The Golden Age of Cloisonné."
For those cycling, the museum is on Sannenzaka near Kiyomizu Temple. For those taking the bus, take number 206 or 100 bus from Kyoto Station and get off at Kiyomizu Gesha.
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Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum
337-1 kiyomizu-sanchome Sanneizaka Kita-iru Kiyomizudera-monzen Higashiyama-ku Kyoto
10 a.m.-5 p.m. ¥500. Closed Mondays and Tuesdays; open holidays.
Tel: 075 532 4270
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