opened under the former name in
Ōtsu
270px, Ōtsu City Hall
is the capital city of Shiga Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 343,991 in 153,458 households and a population density of 740 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
History
Ōtsu is ...
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Shiga Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of Honshu. Shiga Prefecture has a population of 1,398,972 as of 1 February 2025 and has a geographic area of . Shiga Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the north, Gifu Prefecture to th ...
, Japan in 1984, changing its name to broaden its scope on 1 April 2021.
As of 31 March 2024, the collection numbered some 2,589 works, including a
Brâncuși ''
Bird in Space
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'', paintings by
Rothko
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and
Yukihiko Yasuda, and ''
art brut
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''.
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Ishiyama-dera
is a Shingon temple in Ōtsu in Japan's Shiga Prefecture. This temple is the thirteenth of the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage.
History
It was constructed around 747 CE, and is said to have been founded by Rōben. The temple contains a number of cu ...
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Miho Museum
The Miho Museum () is located southeast of Kyoto, Japan, in the Shigaraki neighborhood of the city of Kōka, in Shiga Prefecture. It is also the headquarters of the Shinji Shumeikai, a new religious group founded by Mihoko Koyama.
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Art museums and galleries in Shiga Prefecture
Art museums and galleries established in 1984
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