opened in
Nara, Japan, in 1994. It was established thanks to donations of artworks and the support of
Kintetsu ''Kintetsu'' is the abbreviation of , or Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese railway corporation.
It may also refer to:
Companies
* Kintetsu Group Holdings, the holding corporation of the Kintetsu Railway
** Kintetsu Bus, a bus company and a subsidiary ...
. The collection comprises paintings and sketches by
Uemura Shōen, , and , and special exhibitions are staged to help promote the appreciation of
Nihonga. The element of the Museum's name is derived from the first character of the first two of these artists'
given names
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, as well as from the pines in the garden of the former honorary chairman of Kintetsu, where the Museum now stands, while the element comes from its
tea house, known as .
See also
*
Nara National Museum
*
Yamato Bunkakan
is a museum of Asian art in Nara, Nara.
The museum was established in 1960Martin, John ''et al.'' (1993) ''Nara: a Cultural Guide to Japan's Ancient Capital,'' p. 139./ref> to preserve and display the private collection of Kintetsu Corporation (n ...
*
Nakano Museum of Art
opened in Nara, Japan, in 1984. Located across from the Yamato Bunkakan, the Museum's collection of Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa yōga, nihonga, sculptures, and copper-plate engravings, built up by , includes works by Asai Chū
was a J ...
*
Nihonga
References
External links
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Shōhaku Art Museum
Museums in Nara, Nara
Art museums and galleries in Japan
Museums established in 1994
1994 establishments in Japan
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