Seikado Bunko Art Museum

Place: Kyoto

Born: 1838

Biography:

Seikado is a family business specialized in pewter craft, located in Kyoto, Japan. The company was founded in 1838 and is renowned for its mastery of metal, creating a wide range of art including swords, tea ceremony utensils, Chinese and Japanese ceramics, and other metal crafts. The Seikado Bunko Art Museum, located in Tokyo, Japan, is a museum of East Asian art that opened in 1992 and houses the collection of the Seikado family. The museum's gallery moved to Meiji Seimei Kan near Tokyo Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo in October 2022, but the foundation continues to operate and manage its collection in its former building in Setagaya.