Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
| 京都市美術館 | |
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  Kyoto city | |
| Established | 1933 |
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| Location | 124, Okazaki Enshojicho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°00′46.21″N 135°47′00.85″E / 35.0128361°N 135.7835694°ECoordinates: 35°00′46.21″N 135°47′00.85″E / 35.0128361°N 135.7835694°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Owner | Kyoto City |
| Public transit access |
Okazaki Koen, Bijutsukan, Heian Jingu-mae, Kyoto City Bus Okazaki Koen, Dobutsuen-mae, Kyoto City Bus Higashiyama Station, Municipal Subway Tozai Line |
| Nearest car park | Okazaki Koen Parking Lot (can be used for fee) |
| Website |
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The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (京都市美術館 Kyōto-shi Bijutsukan) is one of the oldest art museums in Japan.[1] It is located in Okazaki Park in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto and opened in 1928 as a commemoration of the Showa emperor's coronation ceremony as it was initially called the Showa Imperial Coronation Art Museum of Kyoto.
Important works in the collection
- Takeuchi Seihō: 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
Access
- Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line
- Kyoto City Bus
- Okazaki Koen, Bijutsukan, Heian Jingu-mae stop (Route 5, 46 and 100)
- Okazaki Koen, Dobutsuen-mae stop (Route 32)
Surroundings
- Okazaki Park
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
- Kyoto Municipal Zoo
- Heian Shrine
- Kyoto Kaikan
- Miyakomesse
- Kyoto Prefectural Library
- Chion-in
References
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.
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