The Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art was established in 1964 as a non-profit foundation for the purpose of preserving Chinese, Korean and Japanese art objects and to promote and encourage their appreciation.
The emphasis of the collection is on arts relating to the tea ceremony and profound aesthetics of "tea taste".
The museum building was designed entirely by Issey Hatakeyama and retains an atmosphere of calm traditional taste conductive to viewing the objects on display.
