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Feature Exhibition
Masterworks of the Tatsuuma Collection of Fine Arts: From Archaeological Artifacts to Tomioka Tessai
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General Information
- Exhibition Title
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Feature Exhibition
Masterworks of the Tatsuuma Collection of Fine Arts: From Archaeological Artifacts to Tomioka Tessai
- Period
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July 14–September 6, 2026
- Venue
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Heisei Chishinkan Wing, Galleries 3F-1, 2, 2F-1, 2
- Closed
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- Mondays, except July 20, 2026
- July 21, 2026
- Museum Hours
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9:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (entrance until 4:30 p.m.)
Open until 8:00 p.m. on Fridays (entrance until 7:30 p.m.)
- Admission
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Adult 700 yen University Student
(ID required)350 yen - Admission fee includes admission to all galleries in the Heisei Chishinkan Wing.
- Admission is free for high school students and other youths age 0–17, seniors over 70, visitors with disabilities and one caretaker, and for Campus Members (including faculty). Please show ID.
- Admission for school groups: Admission to the Collection Galleries is free for elementary school, middle school, and high school students on school fieldtrips as well as teachers serving as their guides.
Description of Exhibition
The Tatsuuma Collection of Fine Arts, located in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, was founded in 1976 by Tatsuuma Etsuzō (1892–1980). Trained in archaeology at Kyoto Imperial University, Etsuzō retained a lifelong passion for the field, even after inheriting his family’s brewing business. He devoted his resources to acquiring and preserving archaeological materials, drawing on his own archaeological expertise to assemble one of Japan’s leading collections, with a particular emphasis on bronze dōtaku bells.
The Tatsuuma Collection of Fine Arts also houses many outstanding works by the painter Tomioka Tessai (1837–1924), who was a close associate of Etsuzō’s grandfather, Essō (1835–1920). This exhibition traces the discerning gazes of Tatsuma Essō and Etsuzō——figures who, while engaged in business, maintained an insatiable curiosity for art and archaeology.
Important Cultural Property
Dōtaku Bell with Four-Panel Crossed Bands
Excavated from Rokutan-ji, Osaka
The Tatsuuma Collection of Fine Arts
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