This museum focuses on and exhibits gold beating
tools and artistic handicraft articles collected by Komei Yasue,
a famous gold leaf artisan. Visitors can see leaf shifting work besides
the manufacturing process of gold leaves. The museum exhibits a
large number of works including folding screens, Noh costumes, Kutani
porcelain, a Kanazawa Buddhist altar, Kaga lacquer work, and Kaga
incrustation work.
Open : 9:30 am to
5 pm (Visitors must enter by 4:30 pm.) - Closed : Exhibit changes
from Dec. 29 to Jan. 3
Admission fee : Adult: 300 yen;
group (20 persons min.): 250 yen per person; person of 65 years old
or over: 200 yen; person below high-school age: Free (100 yen for
light refreshment by request)
Kanazawa
Yasue Gold-Leaf Museum
