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Art and natural history under one roof - Sorachi printmakers beside the fossil sea cow dug up in the city.
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Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History (滝川市美術自然史館, Takikawa-shi Bijutsu Shizen-shi Kan) opened in Takikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1986. The collection includes works by Iwahashi Eien (岩橋英遠), Ichiki Masumi (一木万寿三), and Ueda Sōkyū (上田桑鳩) as well as the fossil type specimen of the Takikawa sea cow, discovered in the bed of the Sorachi River (空知川) in 1980 and designated a Prefectural Natural Monument.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1993 Highlights / collection：Prints by Aritoku Ichihara, Fossil of the Takikawa sea cow Genre：Ukiyo-e and prints
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