The Hakuu Collection is made up of 444 sets, consisting of 925 pieces, of ceramics that were donated to the museum in March 2003 by the family of Kamohara Shinichirō (1905-2001, pen name 'Hakuu') from among the antiques he collected over the years.
The Hakuu Collection consists mainly of Nabeshima ware and Hizen ware, as he was born in Saga Prefecture, and it also includes various ceramics from many different places, for example ceramics from the Kyushu region such as Fukuoka Prefecture, Hagi ware and Bizen ware from the Chugoku region, Kyo ware and ceramics from the Kansai region such as Wakayama Prefecture, and Seto ware and Mino ware. A number of tea utensils-conscious ceramics are also contained in this collection, since he was familiar with tea ceremony. The Chinese pieces are mostly ornamental ceramics and evenly cover the Han dynasty period to the modern period. Moreover, from Korean ware to the Southeast Asian ware, he gathered a diverse array of ceramics with his discerning eye and passion.