Okawa Museum of Art
The Okawa Museum of Art is an art gallery in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture, Japan that concentrates on modern Japanese art.
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Okawa Museum of Art
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- Name
- Ōkawa Museum of Art
- Founded
- Okawa Museum of Art was established or created on 1 January 1988.
- Founder
- Eiji Ōkawa
- Headquarters
- Okawa Museum of Art is situated in Japan.
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The Okawa Museum of Art is an art gallery in Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture, Japan that concentrates on modern Japanese art.
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Key facts
• Name — Ōkawa Museum of Art • Native Name — 大川美術館 • Address — 3-36 Kosone-cho • Location Town — Kiryū, Gunma Prefecture • Location Country — Japan • Opened Date — April 1989 • Floor Count — 3 above ground • Website — https: okawamuseum.jp/
History
History
The gallery was opened in April 1989, presents the collection of the businessman and writer Eiji Ōkawa (1924–2008), who was born in Kiryū.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
While the majority of the museum’s holdings are from Japanese artists, exhibitions held at the museum are not limited to Japanese art. For example, in early 1990 it held an exhibition of Ben Shahn.
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Okawa Museum of Art is situated in Japan.
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Okawa Museum of Art is associated with Japan.
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Collection
Collection
The museum has about 6500 items. At its core are about eighty works by Shunsuke Matsumoto and Hideo Noda; there are many works by other artists associated with these two. The gallery also has a hundred sketches by Takeji Fujishima and two hundred drawings by Toshi Shimizu.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5157831: Okawa Museum of Art
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- 1.Unless otherwise noted, the material in this article comes from Zenkoku bijutsukan gaido ( ; Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppansha, 2006; ), p.102.
- 2.List of past exhibitions , Okawa Museum of Art. Accessed 11 March 2009.
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