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The Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography, is a museum in
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Official website
Photographs of the museum
Art museums and galleries in Tottori Prefecture Cultural organizations based in Japan Photography in Japan Museums of Japanese art Art museums and galleries established in 1995 Photography museums and galleries in Japan 1995 establishments in Japan Museums devoted to one artist {{Japan-museum-stub
The Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography, is a museum in Hōki, Tottori
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is a town in Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 10,420 in 3871 households and a population density of 75 persons per km². The total area of the town is . On the west s ...
, Japan that is solely dedicated to exhibiting and archiving the work of the photographer Shoji Ueda.
The museum was founded in 1995. The collection consists of over 12,000 works by Shoji Ueda. The building was designed by Shin Takamatsu
Shin Takamatsu (born August 5, 1948 in Nima, Shimane) is a leading Japanese architect. After he obtained PhD from Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, in 1980, he became a lecturer at Osaka University of Arts in 1981, an associate pr ...
. The architectural relationships between volumetric solids and voids (as scaled incisions in the volume) function to frame Mount Daisen.
Gallery
See also
*List of museums devoted to one photographer
This is a list of museums, galleries, or studios devoted or dedicated to a single photographer, or a single pair of photographers. (Many of them host exhibitions of the work of other photographers.)
Canada
* Notman, William (1826–1891) – Notma ...
References
Further reading
Cerver, Francisco Asenio. ''Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography'' in ''The Architecture of Museums'', pgs. 162-170, University of Michigan Press, 1997.External links
Official website
Photographs of the museum
Art museums and galleries in Tottori Prefecture Cultural organizations based in Japan Photography in Japan Museums of Japanese art Art museums and galleries established in 1995 Photography museums and galleries in Japan 1995 establishments in Japan Museums devoted to one artist {{Japan-museum-stub