The museum was established by Maruyama Taro (1909-1985), who devoted himself to crafts. He was a collector and a craftsman. His collections including his crafts and the building were donated to Matsumoto city in Nagano prefecture of central Japan; those are opened to the public.
柳宗悦の民芸運動に共鳴した、松本の老舗問屋「ちきりや」に生まれた丸山太郎氏（明治42～昭和60）が創館し、後に松本市に寄付した資料館です。「美しいものは美しい」という蒐集家であり工芸作家であった丸山氏が集めた、世界中の職人による手仕事が展示されています。
The museum is surrounded by many houses, however,
今は、建物の周りに住宅街が迫ってきましたが、
Inside the gate, we can see the other space. It’s calm and classy.
長屋門をくぐると落ち着いた異空間が広がります。
The founder’s photo and message are displayed at the entrance of the exhibition room. “Beauty in handmade daily commodities made by unknown craft men” captures not only him but also many Japanese people.
展示室に入ると、丸山氏の写真と言葉が掲げられています。「その物の持つ美しさを直感で見て下さい。これはほとんど無名の職人達の手仕事で日常品です」と書かれています。その先からは展示品です。
Couple dousojin (deities) are depicted on the hanging scroll. There are many stone statues of dousojin in Matsumoto area.
まず、松本らしい男女の道祖神の掛け軸。
Many crafts are exhibited. The elaborate one in lower right is an ornament of a sake bottle offering to a deity.
民芸品を展示したスペース。右下は「お神酒の口」、凝ったデザインです。
The exhibits above were horse gear which were used in Takayama city in the neighboring prefecture. Those are well-used commodities, and are also artworks.
岐阜県高山市の馬具。泥臭い実用品ですが、確かに芸術作品ですね。美しい。
The item at lower left is named “kurawanka” plate. I was astonished if it was used on a kurawanka boat in Osaka. The boat served dishes to passengers on a liner. The passengers sometimes threw plates into the river, because they were asked for payment based on the number of plates. (reference: The Yodo River Museum)
江戸時代、伊万里で作られた「くらわんか皿」。くらわんか舟用だったら驚きです。くらわんか舟は、京都伏見から大阪に舟で下る人に料理を出す舟です。支払いは皿勘定、皿を川に捨ててしまう人もいました。（参照：淀川資料館）
The outside view relaxed me because the exhibition room was a fireproof warehouse which has thick wall.
蔵を利用した展示室なので、外が見えるとホッとしますね。
The mother-of-pearl paperweights were made by the founder.
丸山氏作の螺鈿の文鎮
I proceeded. Chests of drawers are displayed; some of them were used in a ship. Statues of ten kings of hell including Yama are set at inner most.
順路に沿って進みます。船箪笥を含め、多くの箪笥が展示されている空間です。奥には閻魔様など十王像が置かれています。
I went down the stairs. Signboards are displayed there. Those are not industrial products but very crafts.
一階に戻ると看板を集めた部屋。確かに工業製品ではなく、工芸品ですね。
The last exhibition room is really classy. The founder enjoyed owning beautiful items including his house.
最後の展示室は、上質な部屋。よい品を所有する楽しみがあります。家を含めて。
There is a message from the director (the founder?). It says “The chairs have been used more than one or two hundred years. Hope treat them with respect."
テーブルには、さりげなく館主（丸山氏？）のメッセージが置かれていました。
Cafes in Matsumoto、松本の喫茶店
I introduce cafes which equip handcraft furniture made in Matsumoto. Both cafes have calm atmosphere designed by same man (Mr. Ikeda). There are restaurants and hotels which also equip Matsumoto furniture.
松本の民芸家具を使った喫茶店を紹介します。いずれも松本民芸家具の池田三四郎氏の設計で、落ち着いた雰囲気です。民芸家具を取り入れたレストランや宿もありますよ。
Coffee Marumo、珈琲・まるも
The shop is beside Metoba River at the heart of Matsumoto. It is a part of a hotel which was built in 1887. The café started operation in 1956. I had a breakfast special (upper right).
女鳥羽川沿いの建物は1887年に竣工の旅館です。1956年に喫茶店も始めました。モーニング（左上）をいただきました。
Yatoro Onkan、八十六温館（やとろおんかん）
The café is a tearoom of Hotel Kagetsu (upper left) at the city center.
松本のクラシックホテル「花月」の喫茶室です。
I also enjoyed a breakfast special (egg sandwich.). It’s good!
こちらでは、たまごサンドイッチ（モーニング）をいただきました。美味しいです。
The photo above shows Nakamachi street near the cafes. There are many shops on the street; the shop of the founder of the museum is also on the street “Chikiriya”. Unhappily, the street was burned out in 1878; buildings along it were rebuilt as fireproof one.
喫茶店の中町通りは、商店が集まる街ですが、1878年の大火の後、耐火性が優れた蔵造りの街に生まれ変わりました。松本家具や工芸品の店もあります。丸山氏のご家族が経営する「ちきりや工芸店」もあります。通りの先が美ヶ原（王が頭）です。
Before industrial products spread,
commodities were handmade; some of them were beautiful crafts. Nowadays,
handmade products are so expensive that we use industrial ones as utensils. I
think some industrial products are equal to art crafts, if we think the
products are beautiful and we favorite them.
工業製品が普及する前はザルでも箪笥でも手作りで、美しい工芸品もありました。今は、手作りの品は高価で手に入れるのは大変です。私は、低価格の工業製品でも、その美しさを感じ、所有することが楽しいなら、工芸品と同じ価値があると思っています。
Visited in May, 2023
Official website: https://matsu-haku.com/mingei/ (in
Japanese), accessed in June, 2024
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