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Jotenkaku Museum

The Jotenkaku Museum is a museum located in Kyoto, Japan, founded in April of Showa 59 (1984) as part of the activities in commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the founding of Shokoku-ji. The main goal of the museum is the preservation, display, restoration, research, and dissemination of Zen culture. The museum holds many outstanding cultural assets including 5 National Treasures and 145 Important Cultural Properties. The museum has two exhibition halls, the first one is a reconstruction of “Sekka-tei” from the Rokuon-ji temple grounds, and the second one features part of the Important Cultural Property “Rokuon-ji Ojoin Shohekiga,” an ink-painting masterpiece from the brush of Ito Jakuchu, a legendary figure in the world of modern Kyoto painting. Visitors can appreciate these works in a quiet space within the grounds of an ancient temple.

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