The is one of the oldest art museums in Japan. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)
"Museums"
in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', pp. 671-673. It is located in Okazaki Park in Sakyō-ku,

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, and opened in 1928 as a commemoration of

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's coronation ceremony as it was initially called the Shōwa Imperial Coronation Art Museum of Kyoto. Upon renewal of the museum in 2020,

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obtained the

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and the museum was renamed to .

Important works in the collection

Takeuchi Seihō (December 20, 1864 – August 23, 1942) was a Japanese painter of the ''Nihonga'' genre, active from the Meiji through the early Shōwa period. One of the founders of ''nihonga'', his works spanned half a century and he was regarded as master o ...

: 芙蓉 (1882), 年中行事 (1886), 池塘浪静 (1887), 雲龍 (1887), 遊鯉 (1887), 宇野老人像 (1895), 渓山秋月 (1899), 散華 (1910), 散華 (1910), 熊 (1910), 雨 (1911), 絵になる最初 (1913), 金魚の句(1913), 潮沙永日 (1922), 酔興 (1924), 馬に乗る狐 (1924), うな辺 (1926), 雷公 (1930), 松 (1932), 水村 (1934), 風竹野 (1934), 風竹 (1934), 驟雨一過 (1935), 静閑 (1935), 雄風 (1940), 色紙十二ヶ月(1926–41), 八功徳水,冬瓜にねずみ

Building information

*Planning: Kenjirō Maeda *Completion of construction: 1933 *Total floor space: 9,349m² *Full address: 〒606-8344　京都府京都市左京区岡崎円勝寺町124

Access

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Tozai Line ** Higashiyama Station *Kyoto City Bus **Okazaki Koen / Bijutsukan, Heian Jingu-mae stop (Route 5, 46, 100, 110 and Kyoto Okazaki Loop) **Okazaki Koen / ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Miyakomesse-mae stop (Route 32)

Surroundings

* **The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto **

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** ROHM Theatre Kyoto ** ** Kyoto Prefectural Library *

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References

External links

* Art museums established in 1933 Art museums and galleries in Japan Museums in Kyoto 1933 establishments in Japan {{Japan-art-display-stub