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Kenzo Tange placed it so the castle reflects in its glass - the museum working as a frame for the castle.
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Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of History (兵庫県立歴史博物館, Hyōgo kenritsu rekishi hakubutsukan) opened to the immediate northeast of Himeji Castle in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1983. The collection of over 200,000 items includes one Important Cultural Property — a painting on silk of the parinirvana of the Buddha, dating to the Kamakura period — and five Prefectural Tangible Cultural Properties.
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Founded / opened：1983 Architect / artist：Kenzo Tange Highlights / collection：Castle models, Folk materials of Harima Genre：Architecture, Antique art and Buddhist art
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