is located within

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, in Sakai-ku,

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, in

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. 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 (ex-director and an emeritus professor at the National Museum of Ethnology).

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(Emeritus Professor at the

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) was a former (2008-2013) director of the museum. The museum showcases Sakai’s history from ancient times to the present day, featuring artifacts excavated from the Mozu ''Kofun'' Group, represented by the Emperor Nintoku Tumulus (The Mozu ''Kofun'' Group was together with the Furuichi ''Kofun'' Group, inscribed as a

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as the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan, on 6 July 2019.), goods and historical documents remaining from Sakai’s period of high trade as an autonomous city, and materials about Sakai-born historical characters, including

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and Sen-no Rikyu. The museum is located in Daisen Park, in the middle of the Mozu ''Kofun'' Group, along with the Sakai Municipal Library, Sakai Bicycle Museum, Sakai City

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, Sakai City Urban Greenification Center. The International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asia-Pacific Region opened its office in Sakai City Museum in 2011.

Facilities

*Exhibition room 1 –

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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

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(Registered tangible cultural property) *Ōbaian tea house (Registered tangible cultural property)

Main exhibits

*Sandalwood statue of Avalokitesvara ( important cultural property) (Asuka period) *Lacquered drum-shaped sake barrel (important cultural property昭和61年6月6日文部省告示第88号) (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

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

Access

*8-minute walk from

Mozu Station is a passenger railway station in located in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Mozu Station is served by the Hanwa Line, and is located from the northern terminus of the line at ...

on the JR

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References

External links

Sakai City Museum
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