Seikadō Bunko Art Museum


Seikadō Bunko Art Museum is a museum of East Asian art in Setagaya, Tokyo.

History

The core collection of the museum was created by Yanosuke Iwasaki, the second president of Mitsubishi in its earliest form. "Seikado" was the studio-name of this corporate leader.
In the 1890s, Yanosuke began collecting artworks and manuscripts. The process of collecting was continued by his son, Koyata Iwasaki, Mitsubishi's fourth president.
In 1940, Koyata established The Seikado Foundation and opened the Seikado Bunko Library which was composed of books from his personal collection (80,000 Japanese volumes and 120,000 Chinese volumes.
In 1992, in commemoration of hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Seikado collection, this museum galleries were opened to the public.

Collection

The Seikadō Bunko Art Museum houses 6,500 books, artworks, and other cultural treasures.
The museum has a large permanent collection; and only part of it is exhibited at any one time.