Sesshū Memorial Museum, Masuda
Facts and practical information
Sesshū Memorial Museum opened in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, in 1990. Located next to the site of the Daiki-an, said to have been the site of Sesshū's death and burial, the museum stages exhibitions relating to the artist and to the history of Masuda. The collection includes one Important Cultural Property, Sesshū's 1479 portrait of Masuda Kanetaka; two Prefectural Cultural Properties, Yasutomi Family Documents and Sufu Family Documents; and seven Municipal Cultural Properties, three scrolls with flowers and birds attributed to Sesshū, a pair of landscape byōbu by Unkoku Tōeki, Daruma, Ikuzanshu, and Seiōgyū by the same painter, sailing boats in an autumn bay and travel through snow-covered mountains by the same artist, lotus and heron by Saitō Tōshitsu, Daruma by Unkoku Tōoku, and Yoshida Family Documents. ()
Masuda
Sesshū Memorial Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Iwami Art Museum.