Amuse Museum

Textile Culture and Ukiyo-e Art Museum – Amuse Museum
「布文化と浮世絵の美術館」アミューズミュージアム
View of the front of the museum
Amuse Museum is located in Japan
Amuse Museum
Amuse Museum
Location of Amuse Museum in Japan
Established1 November 2009 (2009-11-01)
LocationAsakusa, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates35°42′52.2″N 139°47′52.4″E / 35.714500°N 139.797889°E / 35.714500; 139.797889
TypeArt museum
Key holdingsMiracle Textile Art "Boro"
CuratorKiyoshi Tatsumi
OwnerAmuse, Inc.
WebsiteOfficial site (English site)

The Textile Culture and Ukiyo-e Art Museum – Amuse Museum (「布文化と浮世絵の美術館」アミューズミュージアム, Nuno Bunka to Ukiyoe no Bijutsukan Amyūzu Myūjiamu), or simply Amuse Museum, was a private museum specializing in Japanese textile culture and ukiyo-e. It opened on 1 November 2009 in Asakusa, Tokyo, not too far from Ueno Park, where multiple other museums are located. The museum was closed on 31 March 2019.[1]

The museum housed a collection of everyday clothing and other textiles from the private collection of folklorist Chūzaburō Tanaka. While only about 1500 of the items were on display at any time, the museum rotated through the collection every few months.

The talent and entertainment agency Amuse was the owner of the museum.

  1. ^ "Amuse Museum, Asakusa [Closed] - Asakusa, Tokyo".