Mitsui Memorial Museum
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The is an art museum in Tokyo
's Nihonbashi
district.
as well as Eastern antiques. The current exhibition is entitled Treasures of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
's Nihonbashi
Nihonbashi
, or Nihombashi, is a business district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan which grew up around the bridge of the same name which has linked two sides of the Nihonbashi River at this site since the 17th century. The first wooden bridge was completed in 1603, and the current bridge made of stone dates from 1911...
district.
Collection
The museum's collection includes items used in the Japanese tea ceremonyJapanese tea ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha, powdered green tea. In Japanese, it is called . The manner in which it is performed, or the art of its performance, is called...
as well as Eastern antiques. The current exhibition is entitled Treasures of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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