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Taro Okamoto Museum of Art

Kanagawa · Kawasaki · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 川崎市岡本太郎美術館

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Photo: 江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) / CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗
WHAT TO DOTaro Okamoto Museum of Art

In Taro Okamoto's home city, where his 30-metre Tower of Mother breaks out above the trees.

WHEREKanagawa

Yokohama & Kawasaki · Kawasaki

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Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (1)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (2)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (3)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (4)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (5)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (6)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (7)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (8)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (9)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (10)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (11)江戸村のとくぞう (Edomura no Tokuzo) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Overview

In Taro Okamoto's home city, where his 30-metre Tower of Mother breaks out above the trees.

About this place

Taro Okamoto Museum of Art (岡本太郎美術館, Okamoto Tarō Bijutsukan) is an art museum located in Tama-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. Located within Ikuta Ryokuchi Park in Tama Ward, the museum opened in 1999. The Taro Okamoto Museum of Art is dedicated to the life and work of Japanese artist Tarō Okamoto (1911–1996) and houses a collection of his paintings, sculptures, designs, and related materials. It also preserves works by his parents, the novelist Kanoko Okamoto and the cartoonist Ippei Okamoto.

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Key facts

Founded / opened：1999 Highlights / collection：Related to Asu no Shinwa (Myth of Tomorrow), Tower of the Mother Genre：Contemporary art, Sculpture

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