Senoku Hakuko Kan Bun-kan (Annex)
This annex to the museum opened in autumn, 2002 in a corner of the Izumi Garden, born from the redevelopment of the Roppongi 1-Chome area. The main museum, Senoku Hakuko Kan (opened in 1960) in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, houses and exhibits works in the Sumitomo family collection from the Edo Era through the present. The name of the museum comes from the kanji characters for the name of the family’s store in the Edo Era, Izumi-ya, and the title of the record of bronze-ware (“Hakuko Zu-roku”) compiled on by order of the Emperor of China 1,000 years before. Exhibitions at the annex (this building) center on tea-ceremony utensils, modern art and modern pottery, but themes are created from various angles and special exhibitions are also held.
The bronze-ware from ancient China collected by the 15th head of the Sumitomo family, Shunsui SUMITOMO (1864-1926), is well known around the world for its completeness. The collection also includes a wide range of Chinese and Japanese paintings and calligraphy and modern arts and crafts such as tea-ceremony utensils and stationery items.
- Admission*:General, ￥520; students, ￥480; elementary school students and younger, free
- Hours*:10:00 AM to 4:30 PM (last admission at 4:00 PM).
- Closed: Mondays (closed on Tuesday if Monday is a holiday); year-end and New Year’s holidays; special periods for changing of exhibits
- Address: 1-5-1 Roppongi; Minato-ku
- Transport: Two minutes’ walk from Roppongi 1-Chome Station on the Namboku Subway Line
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- Inquiries
- Sen-oku Hakuko Kan Bun-kan http://www.sen-oku.or.jp/tokyo/
- *Admission fee and closing times are subject to change, depending upon the content of the exhibit; please inquire before going.
