The is an art museum in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

's Nihonbashi district. It is located within the

Mitsui is one of the largest ''keiretsu'' in Japan and one of the largest corporate groups in the world. The major companies of the group include Mitsui & Co. ( general trading company), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Nippon Paper Industries ...

Main Building, an Important Cultural Property as designated by the Japanese government.

Collection

The museum's collection includes items used in the Japanese tea ceremony as well as Eastern antiques. Over 4,000 items collected by the

Mitsui family The is one of the most powerful families of merchants and industrialists in Japan. The Mitsui enterprise (present-day Mitsui Group) was established in 1673 when Mitsui Takatoshi (1622–1694), the son of merchant parents, established Echigoya, ...

since the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...

of Japan are showcased within the museum.

Other Central Tokyo Museums

Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo The is an art museum in Tokyo's Marunouchi district. History The building is a faithful recreation of the original Mitsubishi Ichigokan which stood on the same location. Originally completed in 1894 and designed by British architect Josiah Co ...

* Bridgestone Museum of Art *

Idemitsu Museum of Arts is an art museum located in the . History The museum was founded in 1966 and is administered as an incorporated foundation of . In 2000, , a branch of the museum, opened in , in . Collection The museum maintains a permanent collection cons ...

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Mitsui Memorial Museum, Homepage
Nihonbashi, Tokyo 2005 establishments in Japan Art museums and galleries in Tokyo Art museums established in 2005 Buildings and structures in Chūō, Tokyo Decorative arts museums Mitsui {{Japan-museum-stub

Collection

Other Central Tokyo Museums

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