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Animal theme of Japanese painting, Adachi Museum of ArtAnimal theme of Japanese painting, Adachi Museum of Art

Animal theme of Japanese painting, Adachi Museum of Art

The figure of an animal has been portrayed as a theme of Japanese paintings since ancient times. Even though it…

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Yokoyama Taikan Collection, Adachi Museum of Art

Yokoyama Taiki (Japanese:横山大観), a great looking man who tended his passion for creating new Japanese paintings and left numerous masterpieces…

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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Hiroshima-shi, Japan

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (広島平和記念資料館) is a museum located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in central Hiroshima, Japan, dedicated…

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Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments, Hamamatsu-shi, Japan

The Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments (浜松市楽器博物館) is the first municipal museum of musical instruments in Japan. It was established…

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Hamamatsu City Fuku Akino Art Museum, Japan

Akino Fuku Museum (浜松市秋野不矩美術館) looks out on Tenryu Futamata Town from its green hilltop surroundings.The Museum opened officially in April,…

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Hakone Venetian Glass Museum, Ashigarashimo-gun, Japan

Hakone Venetian Glass Museum (箱根ガラスの森美術館) was opened in August 8, 1996, as a specialized museum of Venetian glass. The museum…

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Iwami Art Museum, Masuda-shi, Japan

Iwami Art Museum (島根県立石見美術館) opened in Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, in 2005. Together with Iwami Arts Theatre (島根県立いわみ芸術劇場) it forms…

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Tottori Prefectural Government, Japan

Tottori is located at the western edge of Japan’s main island of Honshu, in the northeast area of the Chugoku…

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Kyoto Prefectural Domoto-Insho Museum of Fine Arts, Kyōto-shi, Japan

Kyoto Prefectural Domoto-Insho Museum of Fine Arts (京都府立 堂本印象美術館), The museum is located in the northwestern Kyoto, near Kinugasa hill and…

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Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts, Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts (京都伝統産業ふれあい館), Approximately 500 items of 74 items of traditional crafts in Kyoto are exhibited. We…

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Kobe City Museum, Kōbe-shi, Japan

Kobe City Museum (神戸市立博物館) opened in Kobe, Japan in 1982. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported…

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Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds, Gyōda-shi, Japan

The Saitama Prefectural Museum of the Sakitama Ancient Burial Mounds (埼玉県立さきたま史跡の博物館) is a museum in Gyōda, Saitama, Japan. The building…

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Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan

The Saitama Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (埼玉県立近代美術館 Saitama Prefectural Art Center) is a museum located in Tokiwa, Urawa-ku, Saitama…

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Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Takasaki-shi, Japan

The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma (群馬県立近代美術館) opened in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, in 1974. The collection includes works by…

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Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu-shi, Japan

Mie Prefectural Art Museum (三重県立美術館) opened in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan, in 1982. The collection has a particular emphasis on…

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