Tachibana Garden and Museum

Cultural properties housed at Tachibana Museum were passed down to the Tachibana family that controlled the Yanagawa clan throughout the Edo period. In 1951(Showa 26), “Historical Museum Ohana” was established to exhibit the Daimyo-utensils at the residence of the lord of the Yanagawa clan, Tachibana-tei. In 1995(Heisei 6), “Ohana Museum” opened as a facility more suitable for displaying precious cultural properties. The name was changed to “Tachibana Museum” on February 2012(Heisei 23).

The collections are mainly the art and crafts descended from the Tachibana family: they include approximately 5,000 items of furnishings, one piece of national treasure, one piece of important cultural property, and others. These are the valuable assets which have been accumulated and inherited continuously over 400 years since the founder Tachibana Muneshige.

Tachibana Garden. Tachibana Garden, a National Site of Scenic Beauty, is an important cultural institution that beautifully evokes the refined lifestyle of the feudal lord class of Japan's Edo period from 1603 to 1867, formerly the residence of the Tachibana family, the lord of the Yanagawa domain. The estate still houses a splendid collection of antiques that has been passed down through successive generations of the Tachibana family, over a period of 400 years.

Tachibana Museum. Japanese armour is closely associated with a variety of traditional techniques that were extremely complex at the time, such as black smithery, gold smithery, dyeing, leatherwork, and woodwork. Each suit of armour reflected the social status of the samurai and his code of ethics. They also gave insights into the wearer's intentions, taste, will, and faith. The armour was constructed with an aim to be practical as well as aesthetically pleasing.

See also

• Tachibana Museum - Google Arts and Culture
• Tachibana Museum (Website)

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• Tachibana Foundation

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