Kitamura Museum

Kitamura Museum opened near the confluence of the Kamo and Takano Rivers in Kyoto, Japan, in 1977. The collection, based on that built up by businessman Kitamura Kinjirō, comprises some 1,000 works including thirty-three Important [Cultural Properties of Japan|Important Cultural Properties] and nine Cultural [Properties of Japan#1933 Law Regarding the Preservation of Important Works of Fine Arts|Important Art Objects], with a particular focus on List of [Japanese tea ceremony equipment|tea utensils]. There is also a tea garden, Shikunshien, a Registered Cultural Property. The museum opens to the public for exhibitions each autumn and spring.

Important Cultural Properties

Among the museum's thirty-three Important Cultural Properties are the pair of scrolls Kite and Crows by Yosa Buson, Fujiwara no Nakafumi, from the series Thirty-Six Poetry Immortals formerly in the Satake Collection, and the Spring 1227 portion of Fujiwara no Teika's Meigetsuki.