Museum of the Imperial

The Museum of the Imperial Collections Sannomaru-Shōzōkan (三の丸尚蔵館) is located on the grounds of the East Garden of Tokyo Imperial Palace. It showcases a changing exhibition of a part of the imperial household treasures

History

The Museum of the Imperial Collections was conceived during the change from the Shōwa period (1926 – 1989) to the present Heisei period. The Imperial family donated 6,000 pieces of art to the Japanese government in 1989. Many pieces were created by Imperial Household Artists. The museum was opened in 1993 for the study and preservation of the art collection. The collection was further enlarged by the donation of the art collection of Prince Chichibu (1902 – 1953) in 1996 and the collection of Empress Kōjun (1903 – 2000) in 2001.

Selected artists

Nihonga

• Kaihō Yūshō (1533–1615)
• Kanō Eitoku (1543–1590)
• Iwasa Matabei (1578–1650)
• Kanō Tan'yū (1602–1674)
• Kanō Tsunenobu (1636–1713)
• Tawaraya Sōtatsu (early 17th century)
• Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795)
• Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800)
• Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828)

Calligraphy

• Wang Xizhi (303 – 361)
• Kūkai (774 – 835)
• Ono no Michikaze (894 – 966)
• Fujiwara no Sukemasa (944 – 998)
• Fujiwara no Kintō (966 – 1041)
• Fujiwara no Yukinari (972 – 1027)
• Minamoto no Shunrai (1055–1129)
• Fujiwara no Teika (1162–1241)

Modern Nihonga

• Yokoyama Taikan (1868–1958)
• Kanzan Shimomura (1873–1930)
• Tomioka Tessai (1837–1924)
• Takeuchi Seihō (1864–1942)
• Kawai Gyokudō (1873–1957)

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_the_Imperial_Collections