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Tomihiro Art Museum

Gunma · Midori · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 富弘美術館

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Tomihiro Art Museum
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WHAT TO DOTomihiro Art Museum

For an artist who paints with the brush in his mouth; its plan of interlocking circles won an open competition of 1,200 entries.

WHEREGunma

Tomo · Midori

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For an artist who paints with the brush in his mouth; its plan of interlocking circles won an open competition of 1,200 entries.

About this place

Midori City Tomihiro Art Museum (English name: Tomihiro Art Museum) is a municipal art museum inside the Michi-no-Eki Tomihiro Art Museum in Midori, Gunma Prefecture. It is a facility exhibiting the works of the painter and poet Hoshino Tomihiro, a native of Azuma Village, Seta District, Gunma Prefecture (now Midori). It opened in 1991 using hometown revitalization funds, converting a disused welfare facility for the elderly into an art museum.

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Founded / opened:1991 Architect / artist:Makoto Yokomizo Highlights / collection:Poems and paintings by Tomihiro Hoshino, 33 circular exhibition rooms Genre:Nihonga (Japanese-style painting), Architecture

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