The Sasabe Sakura Collection (entrusted to the museum by Nishinomiya City) is one of Japan’s foremost collections of materials regarding cherry blossom trees collected by Sasabe Shintaro, who devoted his life to protecting and nurturing indigenous Japanese cherry blossom trees.
This exhibition features paintings, ceramics, metal, wood and lacquer works, prints and kimono, together with records of the purchases made by Sasabe. Please enjoy the variety of cherry blossoms represented in works from a wide range of fields.
The sake brewing industry also modernized during the Meiji period!