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Sapporo
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital ...
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Hokkaidō
is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by railway via the Seikan Tunnel.
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, Japan in 1981. In 1979, Sapporo-born sculptor (1905–1980), donated to the city his studio and gallery, now converted into the Hongō Shin Memorial House, and many of his works. The following year, construction of a new museum began on land purchased adjacent to the Memorial House. The collection includes some 1,800 sculptures, paintings, drawings, prints, and calligraphic works by Hongō Shin, as well as books, tools, and personal items relating to him, and those of other artists collected by him.
See also
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Chūō-ku (ward in Hokkaido, Japan)
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List of museums in Japan
References
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Hongō Shin Memorial Museum of Sculpture, Sapporo
Museums in Sapporo
Art museums and galleries in Hokkaido
Biographical museums in Japan
Museums established in 1981
1981 establishments in Japan
Sculpture galleries in Japan
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