The is an art gallery in Kiryū,

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that concentrates on modern Japanese art. The gallery, which opened in April 1989, presents the collection of the businessman and writer Eiji Ōkawa (, 1924–2008), who was born in Kiryū, and has about 6500 items. At its core are about eighty works by

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(); there are many works by other artists associated with these two. The gallery also has a hundred sketches by Takeji Fujishima () and two hundred drawings by Toshi Shimizu (). The museum has exhibitions, which are not limited to Japanese art. For example, in early 1990 it held an exhibition of

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.List of past exhibitions
, Okawa Museum of Art. Accessed 11 March 2009.

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