Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka

The Museum of Oriental Ceramics stands in a corner of Nakanoshima Park. Osaka City founded it to mark the gift of the Ataka Collection, famous worldwide, from twenty-one companies of the Sumitomo group, and it opened in November 1982. Dr. Lee Byung-chang, a Korean resident of Japan, later donated a collection made up mainly of Korean and Chinese ceramics. The 5,691 pieces held, which include two National Treasures, an oil-spot tenmoku tea bowl and a tobi-seiji celadon flower vase, and thirteen Important Cultural Properties such as a blue and white jar with a design of fish in a lotus pond, rank among the finest collections of Oriental ceramics in the world. In the galleries lit by daylight, the ceramics can be seen wrapped in soft sunlight. Special exhibitions of various kinds are held as well as displays from the collection.

Translated and shortened from the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City tourist listings (観光施設一覧, CC BY 4.0).

Osaka Prefecture's list of designated cultural properties names this place as the owner of 23, among them 2 National Treasures and 13 Important Cultural Properties. Objects are not necessarily on view.

And 17 more on the list. 大阪府 文化財一覧 (CC BY 4.0), current at 2024-05-01. Joined by owner name; long names are shortened to the buildings or the object.