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For a photographer who spent fifty years on Nara alone; Kurokawa buried most of the building to protect the view.
About this place
Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City (入江泰吉記念奈良市写真美術館, Irie Taikichi Kinen Nara-shi Shashin Bijutsukan) opened in Nara, Japan, in 1992. Located near Shin-Yakushi-ji and designed by Kishō Kurokawa, the Museum was formerly known as the Nara City Museum of Photography (奈良市写真美術館). The collection includes the complete oeuvre of Irie Taikichi (1905 – 1992), some 80,000 works; a set of 1,025 Meiji and Taishō glass plates by Kudō Risaburō (工藤利三郎) (1848 – 1929) that are a Registered Tangible Cultural Property; and photographs by Tsuda Yoho (津田洋甫) (1923 – 2014).
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1992 Architect / artist：Kisho Kurokawa Highlights / collection：Nara photographs of Taikichi Irie, Exhibition room buried underground Genre：Photography, Architecture
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