Facilities
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Main Building
Main Building Lounge Four exhibition rooms and a lounge. Three rooms are for planned exhibitions and are being used for special exhibitions, special displays, and regular exhibitions.
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Annex
Annex Entrance Opened in April 1998, the annex (new building) has two exhibition rooms being used to display Chinese art objects and Western modern art. There is also a tea room and museum shop. The museum reception is located in the annex.
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Tea Ceremony Room
Chosentei In the garden next to the main building are two tea ceremony rooms, named Soan (not open to the public) and Chosentei. Both were constructed by Sotaro Kubo II from 1937 to 1939, imitating the Omotesenke school’s tea rooms, Fushinan and Zangetsutei. These were donated to the museum by the city of Izumi together with the main building, and in 2006 the tea ceremony rooms were designated by the national government as registered tangible cultural properties (structures).
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Izumi City-Kuboso Citizen’s Hall (Ei Hall)
Inside the hall A music hall with seating capacity of 120, it is used as a venue for museum concerts and other performances, lectures, etc.
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Izumi City-Kuboso Citizen’s Gallery
Facade of the gallery Opened in 1999, the gallery is used as an exhibition space for the creative activities of local citizens—exhibiting paintings, calligraphy, ceramics, photographs, flower arrangements, etc.
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Izumi City-Kuboso Citizen’s Studio
Studio from the outside Opened in 1999, the studio is used for creative classes on ceramics, oil painting, Japanese painting, dyeing, cloisonné ware, photography, and other arts.
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Research Institute
Facade of research institute Built in 2006 by the Kuboso Memorial Cultural Foundation to promote research and studies, and donated to the city.
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Gardens Note: Click on a photo to view the garden gallery.Note: Click on a photo to view the garden gallery.
Main Building Garden
Main Building Garden
Main Building Garden
Tea Ceremony Room
Tea Ceremony Room
Tea Ceremony Room
Annex Gardens
Annex Gardens
Annex Gardens
Garden View images of the gardens of the Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi.
