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Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous cit ...
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Hokkaidō, Japan in 1981. In 1979, Sapporo-born sculptor (1905–1980), donated to the city his studio and gallery, now converted into the Hongō Shin Memorial House, and many of his works. The following year, construction of a new museum began on land purchased adjacent to the Memorial House. The collection includes some 1,800 sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints, and calligraphic works by Hongō Shin, as well as books, tools, and personal items relating to him, and those of other artists collected by him.
See also
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Chūō-ku (ward in Hokkaido, Japan)
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List of museums in Japan
This is a list of museums in Japan.
As of October 2018, there were 5,738 museums in Japan. This total comprises, in line with the Museum Act, 914 registered museums, 372 designated museum-equivalent facilities, and 4,452 museum-like facilities.
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Hongō Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture, Sapporo
Museums in Sapporo
Art museums and galleries in Japan
Biographical museums in Japan
Museums established in 1981
1981 establishments in Japan
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