Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of History

Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of History (兵庫県立歴史博物館, Hyōgo kenritsu rekishi hakubutsukan) opened to the immediate northeast of Himeji Castle in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1983.^[1] The collection of over 200,000 items includes one Important Cultural Property — a painting on silk of the parinirvana of the Buddha, dating to the Kamakura period^[2] — and five Prefectural Tangible Cultural Properties.^[3]

Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of History
兵庫県立歴史博物館
General information
Address	68 Honmachi
Town or city	Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture
Country	Japan
Coordinates	34°50′28″N 134°41′49″E
Opened	April 1983[1]
Website
Official website

See also

• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hyōgo)
• Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Archaeology
• Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art
• Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyōgo

References

1. 施設紹介 [Introduction to the Facility] (in Japanese). Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
2. 絹本著色仏涅槃図 [Parinirvana of the Buddha, colours on silk] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
3. ザ・コレクション [The Collection] (in Japanese). Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

External links

• (in English) Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of History
• (in Japanese) Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of History