Yurinkan Museum

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A collection so rich in numerous Chinese works from Yin to Qing that visitors feel as if they are in China

A wonderful experience in Chinese culture

This museum houses the collection of the entrepreneur-turned-politician Zensuke Fujii. The main museum building was designed by the architect Goichi Takeda in 1926. Covered with some 36,000 yellow-glazed roof tiles and topped by a Chinese octagon hall. Furthermore, as a private museum, it is the second oldest in Japan, and it is the oldest in the sense that it stands today as it was first built in 1926. Meanwhile, the annex building (The 2nd Yurinkan) is a two-story timber structure of renaissance style built by a Frenchman in the 1890s.
The collection is a legacy representing all ethnic groups in China, from citizens through to Emperors, over some 4,000 years, between the Yin and Qing dynasties. The eclectic range of pieces stretches from paintings, calligraphy, Buddhist statues, bronzes, ceramics, ancient seals, lacquer ware, writing equipment, rubbings and right through to bedsteads. Moreover, there are Important Cultural Properties to be enjoyed on each floor.