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Japan's oldest surviving public art museum building, updated by digging the ground away and sliding a glass entrance beneath it.
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The Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art (京都市京セラ美術館) is located in Okazaki Park in Sakyō-ku Kyoto. Formerly Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (京都市美術館, Kyōto-shi Bijutsukan), it is one of the oldest art museums in Japan. it opened in 1928 as Shōwa Imperial Coronation Art Museum of Kyoto, a commemoration of Emperor Hirohito's coronation. Upon renewal of the museum in 2020, Japanese multinational ceramics and electronics manufacturer Kyocera obtained the naming rights and the museum was renamed Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1933 Architect / artist：Kenjiro Maeda and Jun Aoki (renovation) Highlights / collection：Main building in the Teikan style, New glass-ribbon entrance, Seiho Takeuchi and Shoen Uemura Genre：Nihonga (Japanese-style painting), Contemporary art, Architecture
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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