Okinawa prefectural museum starts an exhibition displaying 250 new items

Okinawa prefectural museum starts an exhibition displaying 250 new items

Visitors coming to view Seikan Omine’s painting that was newly put on display, taken on April 30 at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum.


May 1, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

On April 30, the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum started their “New Collection Exhibition.”

The exhibition displays about 250 items that were donated or bought in the last year.

The items include human bones of the Minatogawa people, former Governor Masahide Ota’s handwritten manuscripts, and painter Seikan Omine’s painting “Okinawa Fuukei (Okinawa Scenery).”

The exhibition will last until June 23.

The three human bones of the Minatogawa people were discovered and preserved by late Seiho Oyama’s eldest son, Seiko Oyama, age 82.

It is believed that the lower jaw bone, which is one of the three bones, belonged to an individual other than the four skeletons that are kept at the museum.

Oyama said, “I hope that many Okinawan citizens can learn about and become interested in precious human bones being found in Okinawa via the exhibition.”

Former Governor Ota’s documents include 75 items. The items include manuscripts dated from 1967’s edition of “The Consciousness of the Common People of Okinawa” to manuscripts written in October 2016 before his death.

Omine’s artwork “Okinawa Fuukei (Okinawa Scenery)” was a landscape painting that was bestowed from Naha Mayor Junji Nishime (at the time) to High Commissioner Paul Caraway.

During the opening ceremony, Museum Director Masayuki Dana greeted everyone saying, “These documents are valuable. Through research and study, we hope to find a way to make good use of these so they can be appreciated by Okinawan citizens.”

(English translation by T&CT and Chelsea Ashimine)

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