Toba Sea-Folk Museum

Coordinates: 34°26′57″N 136°53′58″E / 34.449258°N 136.899434°E / 34.449258; 136.899434
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Toba Sea-Folk Museum
鳥羽市立海の博物館
Map
General information
Address1731-68 Uramura-chō
Town or cityToba, Mie Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates34°26′57″N 136°53′58″E / 34.449258°N 136.899434°E / 34.449258; 136.899434
Opened7 December 1971[1]
Renovated14 July 1992[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Naitō Hiroshi
Website
Official website

Toba Sea-Folk Museum (鳥羽市立海の博物館, Toba Shiritsu Umi no Hakubutsukan) is a museum dedicated to the area's fishing traditions in Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Having first opened as the private Sea-Folk Museum in 1971, the museum reopened in its current location in 1992, and in 2017 was reestablished as a public, municipal museum under its current name.[1][2] In 1998, the museum buildings, designed by Naitō Hiroshi, were included amongst the 100 Select Instances of Public Architecture (公共建築百選) by the then Ministry of Construction.[1] The collection, numbering some 61,840 items as of 31 March 2018,[1] includes some ninety wooden boats from all over Japan,[3] the nation's most comprehensive assemblage of materials relating to the Ama,[3] and a grouping of 6,879 pieces of Ise Bay, Shima Peninsula, and Kumano Sea Fishing Equipment that have been jointly designated an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property.[4] The displays are organized around seven themes: traditions of sea-folk, sea-folk faith and festivals, sea pollution, Ama divers in Shima, fishing in Ise Bay, fishing in Shima and Kumano, and wooden boats and navigation.[5][6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e 施設案内 [Facility Guide] (in Japanese). Toba Sea-Folk Museum. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  2. ^ 鳥羽市立海の博物館 [Toba Sea-Folk Museum] (in Japanese). Toba City. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b 海の博物館 [Sea-Folk Museum] (in Japanese). Mie Prefecture. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  4. ^ 伊勢湾・志摩半島・熊野灘の漁撈用具 [Ise Bay, Shima Peninsula, and Kumano Sea Fishing Equipment] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  5. ^ 海の博物館 [Sea-Folk Museum] (in Japanese). Mie Prefecture. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Toba Sea-Folk Museum". Toba Sea-Folk Museum. Retrieved 8 March 2021.

External links[edit]