is a purpose-built municipal art museum and local cutural museum in Toyohashi

Toyohashi, Aichi

is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on August 1, 1906. As of January 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 383,691 and a density of 1,468.62 persons per km². The total area is . By size, Toyohashi was Aichi Prefecture's second-largest city until March 31,...

, Aichi Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region. The region of Aichi is also known as the Tōkai region. The capital is Nagoya. It is the focus of the Chūkyō Metropolitan Area.- History :...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It was opened in 1979.

The permanent collections of the museum are concentrated around five themes:

1. Archaeological finds from local shell middens, kofun
   Kofun
   Kofun are megalithic tombs or tumuli in Japan, constructed between the early 3rd century and early 7th century. They gave their name to the Kofun period . Many of the Kofun have a distinctive keyhole-shaped mound , unique to ancient Japan...
   
   and ancient ceramic kilns in the Toyohashi area.
2. Cultural artifacts from Edo period
   Edo period
   The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
   
    and Meiji period
   Meiji period
   The , also known as the Meiji era, is a Japanese era which extended from September 1868 through July 1912. This period represents the first half of the Empire of Japan.- Meiji Restoration and the emperor :...
   
    sericulture
   Sericulture
   Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. According to Confucian texts, the discovery of silk production by B...
   
    and daily articles.
3. Ceramics from the Edo period and Meiji period used for serving sake (collection of Mr Tadashi Tsukasa)
4. Documents from the Edo period from the local Okōchi clan
5. Yōga
   Yoga (art)
   or literally "Western-style paintings" is a term used to describe paintings by Japanese artists that have been made in accordance with Western traditional conventions, techniques and materials...
   
    style paintings by local artists or by modern Japanese artists depicting themes of local interest.

The building of the museum is a two-story ferroconcrete construction, with two display rooms downstairs and five display rooms upstairs. The museum is located in Toyohashi Park, near the site of Yoshida Castle

Yoshida Castle

is a Japanese castle located in Toyohashi, southeastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Yoshida Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain. The castle was also known as , and later as Toyohashi Castle.-Description:...

in downtown Toyohashi.