The is an art museum founded in 1989. It is in Hijiyama Park in
Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui ...
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
. The building was designed by architect
Kisho Kurokawa
(April 8, 1934 – October 12, 2007) was a leading Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolist Movement.
Biography
Born in Kanie, Aichi, Kurokawa studied architecture at Kyoto University, graduating with a bachelor's ...
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Representative collections
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Hiroden
is a Japanese transportation company established on June 18, 1910, that operates streetcars and buses in and around Hiroshima Prefecture. It is known as for short.
The company's rolling stock includes an eclectic range of trams manufact ...
Hijiyama-shita Station
See also
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Hiroshima Museum of Art
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Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
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Museums in Hiroshima
Art museums established in 1989
Contemporary art galleries in Japan
Modernist architecture in Japan
Art museums and galleries in Japan
1989 establishments in Japan
Kisho Kurokawa buildings
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