This was the birthplace and home of Chikuden Tanomura (1777-1835), a painter and the founder of the Bungo Nanga school. The elegant two-storey main house was re-built in 1790 and entirely restored in 1983. Some of his paintings were inspired by the view from his window. Chikuden was also a poet, a master of flower arrangement and the tea ceremony and skilled in the preparation of incense. The site includes his tea house, his library and a house for his disciples. The Gaseido – art temple – was built a century after his death and is dedicated to Chikuden and to the sculptor, Osami Watanabe (1874-1952), the elder brother of the sculptor Fumio Iwakura.

Open: 9:00-16:30
Admission: 300 Yen
Tonomachi Taketa, Taketa City