This is Kurashiki's premier museum, housing the predominantly Western art collection amassed by local textile magnate Ōhara Magosaburō (1880–1943), with the help of artist Kojima Torajirō (1881–1929). The varied assemblage of paintings, prints and sculpture features works by Picasso, Cézanne, El Greco and Matisse, and one of Monet's water-lilies paintings (said to have been bought from the man himself by Torajirō while visiting Monet's home in 1920). While no rival to the major galleries of Europe, it's an interesting collection and one of the town's biggest attractions for Japanese tourists.The valid-all-day ticket gets you into the museum's Craft & Asiatic Art Gallery , the contemporary Japanese collection housed in an annexe behind the main building, plus the Kojima Torajirō Memorial Hall .
Textile enthusiasts can learn all about the history of the Japanese textile industry at this museum at Kurashiki's Ivy Square.
This is a small museum with exhibits of scrolls, armour and paintings that were once the property of the Ikeda clan (who ruled Okayama for much of the Edo period). It's near the rear entrance of Okayama-j?. Look for the traditional black-and-white building.
