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The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, was the first national museum of art in Japan and dates back to 1952, when it was established as an institution governed by the Ministry of Education. The architect of the building was Kunio Maekawa. On two later occasions, neighbouring premises were purchased and the museum was enlarged.
(kept at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) materials and techniques of western oil painting applied to the Japanese subject of a white-robed Kannon, holding a willow branch in one hand and a water jar in the other [5] 272.0 centimetres (107.1 in) by 181.0 centimetres (71.3 in)
The Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan.It is one of the four museums [a] operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage [], is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan.
National Museum of Modern Art: Chiyoda: Art: National Museum of Nature and Science: Ueno: Natural history: Natural history and interactive science exhibits National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty: Toranomon: Territory and Sovereignty: Sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands, Takeshima and the southernmost Kuril Islands. National Museum of ...
English: Exhibit in the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (東京国立近代美術館). "Portrait of Alma Mahler" by Oskar Kokoschka, 1912, oil on canvas. This artwork is in the public domain because it was first published in the United States before 1923. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction. Source Own work Date
The Tokyo Prefectural Art Museum was first conceptualized with the support of Japanese industrialist Keitaro Sato, a coal magnate from Kyushu.In March 1921, he donated one million yen to the prefectural government with the aims of establishing a “permanent art museum” to conserve the nation’s art and to “promote new works of art for the future,” as dictated in a letter to then ...
In 1925, the Imperial Household museum, now part of the Tokyo National Museum collection, was separated into science and historical relic departments. Separating the categories was a step towards the creation of art museum. In addition to the national museums, private museums were also established after the turn of the century. The first ...
The National Art Center (国立新美術館, Kokuritsu Shin-Bijutsukan) (NACT) is a museum in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.A joint project of the Agency for Cultural Affairs and the National Museums Independent Administrative Institution, it stands on a site formerly occupied by a research facility of the University of Tokyo and is adjacent to the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.