Museo d'arte orientale Edoardo Chiossone
The Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art stands here as a doorway to Asia, housing a private fortune collected by Edoardo Chiossone and donated to Genoa. The museum, founded in 1905, sits within Villetta Di Negro in the city center, overlooking Via Garibaldi, and forms part of the Italian national heritage. Chiossone spent 23 years in Japan (1875–1898), and his vast collection—estimated at over 15,000 pieces—persists as a major European repository of Asian art. The gallery’s rooms illuminate a broad arc of Japanese and Chinese artistry through objects such as samurai armor, helmets, lacquerware, porcelain, bronzes, prints, masks, textiles, and carved bronzes. The display continues to reflect Chiossone’s passion for cross-cultural exchange, linking Genoa to the wider histories of trade and scholarship in East Asia. …
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