Building in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
| Yamagata Museum of Art | |
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| 山形美術館 | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 1-63 Ōte-machi |
| Town or city | Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 38°15′21″N 140°19′57″E / 38.255796°N 140.332424°E / 38.255796; 140.332424 |
| Opened | August 1964 |
| Renovated | 10 August 1985 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Yamagata Museum of Art (山形美術館, Yamagata bijutsukan) opened in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, in 1964. The Museum's annex opened in 1968. In 1985 the new three-story main building opened; the annex was renovated the following year. The collection includes works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, and Takahashi Yuichi, as well as Yosa Buson's six-panel byōbu of 1779, Oku no Hosomichi (Important Cultural Property). Many of these Impressionist works are from the collection of Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd (吉野石膏), deposited at the Museum.
See also
- Yamagata Prefectural Museum
- Homma Museum of Art
- List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Yamagata)
References
- 財団法人山形美術館 [Yamagata Museum of Art] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Museums in Yamagata - Yamagata Museum of Art". Yamagata Prefectural Museum. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "General Information". Yamagata Art Museum. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Collection". Yamagata Art Museum. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- 紙本淡彩奥の細道図〈与謝蕪村筆／安永八年の年記がある〉 [Oku no Hosomichi, light colour on paper, by Yosa Buson] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- "Yoshino Gypsum Collection - French Modern Masterpieces". Yamagata Art Museum. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
External links
- (in English) Yamagata Museum of Art
- (in English) Collection
- (in Japanese) Yamagata Museum of Art
- (in Japanese) Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation - Collection
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