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A museum in a mountain town, built on modern oil paintings gathered by a local businessman.
About this place
Kuma Town Museum of Art is an art museum in Kumakogen, Kamiukena District, Ehime Prefecture. It is a museum opened in March 1989 by the former Kuma Town, which received a donation of the collection of Ibe Eiji, a businessman from Kuma who ran Kuma Forestry and served as town councilor, mayor and chairman of the prefectural assembly. It now rotates about 70 works every three months from about 750. It exhibits works centered on Yorozu Tetsugoro, Murayama Kaita and Hasegawa Toshiyuki, together with Takahashi Yuichi, Asai Chu, Kuroda Seiki and others.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1989 Highlights / collection：Modern Japanese Western-style painting, Donated by a local-born businessman Genre：Western-style painting
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