Chōkokan
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The opened in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan, in 1927. Founded by , son of Nabeshima Naohiro of the Nabeshima clan, the last daimyō of Saga Domain in Hizen Province, the collection comprises historical materials and artworks relating to the Saga Domain and the Nabeshima family. The museum closed in 1945 but was reopened by the in 1998. The museum building itself is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property dating from 1927. The collection includes the oldest extant Saibara score, a National Treasure.
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The opened in Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan, in 1927. Founded by , son of Nabeshima Naohiro of the Nabeshima clan, the last daimyō of Saga Domain in Hizen Province, the collection comprises historical materials and artworks relating to the Saga Domain and the Nabeshima family. The museum closed in 1945 but was reopened by the in 1998. The museum building itself is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property dating from 1927. The collection includes the oldest extant Saibara score, a National Treasure.
==See also== List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: Japanese books) List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Saga) Saga Prefectural Museum
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