公益財団法人島田美術館

  • 日本語
  • 英語
  • 公益財団法人 島田美術館
  • 〒860-0073
    熊本県熊本市西区島崎4-5-28
    TEL 096-352-4597
    FAX 096-324-8749

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The Shimada Museum of Art

Open: 10:00 – 17:00 (last entry 16:30)
Closed: every Tuesday, the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of every month
Year-end and New Year holidays
(open Tuesdays and Wednesday when public holidays)
*also closed during exhibit changes or unforeseen circumstances

Admission: adults \700
university/high school students \400
middle/elementary school students \200

Transportation:
3 minute walk from Jikeibyouinmae bus stop of the Araobashi bus line.
2 minute walk from Jyouseiko bus stop of the Jyouseiko bus line.
10 minutes by car from JR Kumamoto Station.
50 minutes by car from Kumamoto Airport.


This museum was opened in the autumn of 1977 in realization of the wishes of Mr. Shimada Matomi, a student and lover of Japanese antiquities. He dedicated his life to the preservation and study of historical documents and artistic handicrafts related to the Samurai culture in Kumamoto. In his later years, he wanted to preserve and share his collections with the public in the hope of providing opportunities to appreciate the history and traditions of Kumamoto. He laid the foundation for the museum on the grounds of his private home.
We hope your visit to the Shimada Museum will be an opportunity to learn about and appreciate the treasures of Japanese history together with Samurai culture.
The central themes of the Shimada Art Museum collections are Kumamoto arts and crafts from the Momoyama-Edo period. Exhibitions are held regularly with collection themes chosen three to four times a year. Representative collections of the museum are the works and relics of Miyamoto Musashi. (Exhibits are subject to change)
For more information, please see the Japanese page.

MIYAMOTO MUSASHI
Miyamoto Musashi was born in Harima, now Hyogo Prefecture, in 1584. He won his first duel at age of 13 over master swordsman Arima Kihei of the Shinto Style. In his sixty-odd duels to the age of 29, he remained undefeated. He founded the Niten Ichi Ryu style while continuing to pursue the spirit of swordsmanship and the secrets of the arts of war. In 1640, when Musashi was 57, Lord HOSOKAWA Tadatoshi invited him to Kumamoto as a guest of honor. Musashi resided here for five years until his death in the early summer of 1645. During his stay, he authored “Thirty-five Articles on the Art of War”, “The Book of Five Rings”, and other works. He spent much of this period practicing tea ceremony, Zen, and calligraphy. He was also a painter of renown. His works, which radiate the power of his spirit in vivacious brush strokes, stand unique in the history of Japanese ink-wash monochromes.