Sakai City Museum

Sakai City Museum is located within Daisen Park, in Sakai-ku, Sakai City, in Osaka Prefecture. The exhibition hall of approx. 1,330 square meters is divided up into areas for ancient times, the middle ages, early modern, and modern times. The museum was opened in 1980, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Sakai’s municipalization. The present (2017-) director of the museum is Ken'ichi Sudo. Susumu Nakanishi was a former (2008-2013) director of the museum.

Facilities

• Exhibition room 1 – Kofun and the Emperor Nintoku Tumulus (Kofun) • Exhibition room 2 – Prosperous Sakai in the Middle Ages • Exhibition room 3 – Sakai’s Culture and Industries in Early Modern to Modern Times • Exhibition room 4 – Festivals and Prayer, From the Museum Collection • Shin’an tea house (Registered tangible cultural property) • Ōbaian tea house (Registered tangible cultural property) ==Main exhibits==

Main exhibits

• Sandalwood statue of Avalokitesvara (important cultural property) (Asuka period) • Lacquered drum-shaped sake barrel (important cultural property) (1473) • Emperor Nintoku’s sarcophagus (replica) • Emperor Nintoku's armor (replica) • Horse shaped Haniwa and Haniwa excavated from Emperor Nintoku’s Kofun (replica) • Iron artifacts excavated from the Otsukayama Kofun • Clay artifacts (haniwa) excavated from the Ryonan-akayama Kofun • Old European map of Japan • Model of “Sakai the city of freedom” • Sakai guns (matchlock guns) • Folding Screens "Festival of Sumiyoshi Taisha" (replica) (Original is usually in the storage room and displayed for a limited time) ==Construction history==

Construction history

• Founded – 1980 • Completed – 1980 • Design – Nikken Sekkei • Address – 2 Mozusekiun-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai City, 590-0802 ==Access==

Access

• 8-minute walk from Mozu Station on the JR Hanwa Line ==References==

Source: Wikipedia ↗

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