Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
京都市美術館
	Location of the museum Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Japan)
Established	1933
Location	124 Okazaki Enshojicho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Coordinates	35°00′46.21″N 135°47′00.85″E / 35.0128361°N 135.7835694°E
Type	Art museum
Owner	Kyoto City
Public transit access	Okazaki Koen / Bijutsukan,Heian Jingu-mae, Kyoto City Bus; Higashiyama Station, Municipal Subway Tōzai Line;
Nearest car park	Okazaki Koen Parking Lot (can be used for fee)
Website	www.city.kyoto.jp/bunshi/kmma/en/
Kyoto Museums Four
	National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Kyoto National Museum; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art; Museum of Kyoto;

The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (京都市美術館, Kyōto-shi Bijutsukan) is one of the oldest art museums in Japan.^[1] It is located in Okazaki Park in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto and opened in 1928 as a commemoration of Emperor Hirohito's coronation ceremony as it was initially called the Showa Imperial Coronation Art Museum of Kyoto.

Important works in the collection

Takeuchi Seihō: 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: Maeda Kenjiro
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

Kyoto Municipal Subway 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

References

^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.

External links

Official website of Kyoto Municipal Museam of Art in English

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[1] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.

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