林原美術館 Hayashibara Museum of Art 3.67

当館は1964年10月1日に開館しました。
おもな収蔵品は、刀剣、刀装具をはじめ、色鍋島など陶磁器、池田家旧蔵の能装束、絵画、漆工など、国宝３点、重要文化財26点を含む約1万点を収蔵しています。
建物は世界的建築家ル・コルビュジエの弟子 前川國男氏の設計による、岡山城周辺の景観に調和した近代建築です。


■林原美術館長屋門の由来について
現在の㈱大本組のあたり（岡山市北区内山下）にあった岡山藩支藩の生坂藩岡山屋敷向屋敷の長屋門を移築したものといわれています。

■茶室「竹明庵」について
中庭にございます茶室は、京都から移築したもので茶会などのイベントにご利用いただけます。

About the Museum
Hayashibara Museum of Art is located in the area of the inner moat of Okayama Castle. This area was a part of Ninomaru annex of the castle, where there was a guesthouse during the Edo period. Since the Meiji era, Lord Ikeda used it as his administrative headquarters. On this site, Hayashibara Museum of Art was inaugurated on October 1, 1964, as per the wishes of the late Hayashibara Ichiro (1908 —1961), a business person of Okayama.

Hayashibara Ichiro inherited the company that was established by his grandfather, and their specialization was the manufacturing of starch syrup. He later succeeded in making the company one of the biggest Japanese firms of its kind. Alongside his professional responsibilities, he showed an active interest in traditional artwork. Throughout his school days, he devoted a significant amount of time to the study of antique swords. With this growing passion for the arts, he bought the treasures that had been handed down from the Ikeda family, the feudal Lord of Bizen Province, a part of Okayama Prefecture of today. At the same time, he started to collect Japanese and other oriental art pieces. Regrettably, he passed away in April, 1961 at the age of 54. Three years later, according to the wishes of Hayashibara Ichiro, the bereaved family founded Hayashibara Museum of Art. The project was then endorsed by Miki Yukiharu, the governor of Okayama at the time.

The building was constructed on 6,300 m2 premises and was designed by Maekawa Kunio, a renowned architect who was a disciple of Le Corbusier. He created the building that was completely harmonized with the cultural environment around Okayama Castle. The museum houses approximately 10,000 pieces of art composed of swords, armors, pottery, Noh costumes and masks, furniture, paintings, calligraphies and lacquer work. The collection comprises 3 national treasures and 26 masterpieces, classified as important cultural property of Japan.

Museum Hours
10:00 – 17:00
Last admission: 30 minutes before closing

Closed
Mondays
If a national holiday falls on Monday, the museum is open on Monday and is closed on the following Tuesday.

Access
-5 minutes ride by taxi from Okayama station
-25 minutes walk from Okayama station

Contact
Hayashibara Museum of Art
2-7-15 Marunouchi, Kitaku, Okayama Japan 700-0823
TEL:+81-86-223-1733