opened in
Kagoshima,
Kagoshima Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu and the Ryukyu Islands. Kagoshima Prefecture has a population of 1,599,779 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 9,187 km2 (3,547 sq mi). Kagoshima Prefecture borders Kumamoto P ...
, Japan, in 1989, the centenary of the city's official foundation. Located on a hill overlooking
Sakurajima and
Kagoshima Bay, at an elevation of 110 metres, the museum's collection of some thousand objects amassed by businessman , includes works by
Kuroda Seiki,
Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...
, and
Chagall, as well as
Satsuma ware.
See also
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Kagoshima City Museum of Art
opened within the Ninomaru (secondary enclosure) of Tsurumaru Castle in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1985. The collection includes works by local artists Kuroda Seiki, Fujishima Takeji, and Wada Eisaku, as well as Western painte ...
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List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Kagoshima)
This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Prefectures of Japan, Prefecture of Kagoshima Prefecture, Kagoshima.
National Cultural Properties
As of 1 July 2019, one Important Cultural Properties of Jap ...
References
External links
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Nagashima Museum
Buildings and structures in Kagoshima
Art museums and galleries in Kagoshima Prefecture
Museums established in 1989
1989 establishments in Japan
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