The Nagoya City Museum ( 名古屋市博物館 , Nagoya-shi hakubutsukan ) is a museum of the city of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture , Japan.
6-612: The Nagoya City Museum was established in 1977. Its collection includes archaeological materials, fine art, crafts, documents, books and folk materials including samurai armor and weaponry, many of which are put on exhibition. It also owns a collection of rare Kawana ware . In addition to the permanent exhibition of the history of the Owari Domain starting from the Paleolithic period , special exhibitions and thematic exhibitions take place around every five to seven years, such as
12-632: A museum in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kawana ware Kawana ware ( 川名焼 , Kawana-yaki ) refers to a type of Japanese porcelain produced in and around the area of Kawana (川名), today Kawanayama-chō (川名山町) in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya , central Japan. It is of the sometsuke (染付) blue and white pottery type, but notable for using the English technique of transfer printing . In Japan, transfer printing by copperplate
18-664: The one on Gandhara in 2003. A memorandum of understanding and cooperation was signed in January 2000 with the Vienna Museum , establishing it as a partner museum. The nearest stop by subway is Sakurayama Station on the Sakura-dōri Line . [REDACTED] Media related to Nagoya City Museum at Wikimedia Commons 35°08′10.99″N 136°56′05.61″E / 35.1363861°N 136.9348917°E / 35.1363861; 136.9348917 This article related to
24-683: Was attempted at the end of the Edo period . This technique was used in Mino's Risen ware (里泉焼) from Mizunami, Gifu and Owari's Kawana ware from Nagoya. In the Buddhist temple Kōjaku-in (香積院) compound in Kawana village, a kiln was opened in the middle of the Kaei era (1848–54) by Kato Shinshichi (加藤新七), who was a disciple of the third generation Kawamoto Jihyoe (三代川本治兵) from Seto . Regular sometsuke ware
30-416: Was initially produced, however craftsmen from Seto protested against it. In reaction Kato Shinshichi tried a new direction by producing items with copper plate transfer printing. In Europe the transfer printing technique for ceramic ware was developed in the 18th century. This technique enables the production of patterns of consistent quality. The size of the kiln and the resulting production volume at Kōjaku-in
36-583: Was small and sales numbers were commercially limited. The kiln operated until 1888. In Japan only starting in Meiji ;20 (1887) did large-scale industrial production commence in Hizen . The Nagoya City Museum owns a collection of Kawana ware. Smaller-sized items were produced such as cups and bottles, but some rare larger items also exist. Patterns were in blue-and-white sometsuke , depicting European-style ladies, western-style sailing ships, soldiers and
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