Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (京都市美術館, Kyōto-shi bijutsukan^?) is an art museum in the city of Kyoto which opened in 1933. It was conceived in 1928 as a commemoration of the Showa emperor's coronation ceremony, and it was initially called the Showa Imperial Coronation Art Museum of Kyoto.

Important works in the collection

• Takeuchi Seiho: 芙蓉 (1882), 年中行事 (1886), 池塘浪静 (1887), 雲龍 (1887), 遊鯉 (1887), 宇野老人像 (1895), 渓山秋月 (1899), 散華 (1910), 散華 (1910), 熊 (1910), 雨 (1911), 絵になる最初 (1913), 金魚の句(1913), 潮沙永日 (1922), 酔興 (1924), 馬に乗る狐 (1924), うな辺 (1926), 雷公 (1930), 松 (1932), 水村 (1934), 風竹野 (1934), 風竹 (1934), 驟雨一過 (1935), 静閑 (1935), 雄風 (1940), 色紙十二ヶ月(1926-41), 八功徳水,冬瓜にねずみ

Building information

• Planning: Maeda Kenjiro
• Completion of construction: 1933
• Total floor space: 9,349m²
• Full address: 〒606-8344　京都府京都市左京区岡崎円勝寺町124　　

Transport links

• City bus #5, #100 from Kyoto station to Kyoto Kaikan Bijitsukan-mae bus stop (京都会館美術館前).
• City bus #5, #32, #46, #57 from Hankyu Kawaramachi Station to Kyoto Kaikan Bijitsukan-mae bus stop (京都会館美術館前).
• City bus #5, #57 from Keihan Sanjo Station to Kyoto Kaikan Bijitsukan-mae bus stop (京都会館美術館前).
• Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line Higashiyama Station

External links

• Museum homepage (Japanese)