Fujita Museum
Storehouse-turned-museum sheltering a Meiji tycoon's rescued trove of ancient East Asian art, including national treasures.
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This guide to the Fujita Museum in Osaka tells how a stone storehouse survived the 1945 firebombing that destroyed the mansion around it, preserving one of Japan's great private art collections. It follows Fujita Denzaburo, a samurai's son turned business baron, who began buying up Buddhist sculpture, calligraphy and tea bowls as Meiji-era temples sold off centuries-old treasures. Among the pieces he saved is a scroll said to preserve the diary of Murasaki Shikibu. Look for the squat storehouse itself, built simply to keep the collection safe from fire.
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