The is an art gallery in

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. The building was opened in November 1987. Designed by

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(), it is of reinforced concrete construction, with one basement floor and three floors above ground, and has floor space of 4059 square metres.Unless otherwise noted, the material in this article comes from ''Zenkoku bijutsukan gaido'' (; Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 2006; ), pp. 187–88. The permanent collection of the gallery includes works by such artists as

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, Zenzōrō Kojima (), Shikanosuke Oka (), Kazuo Sakata (), and

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(). The museum is at Meguro 2–4–36, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, a ten-minute walk from

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. The museum holds frequent exhibitions.

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Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
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