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Ranked Japan's finest garden for over twenty consecutive years by a US journal; its windows are framed to present the garden as a painting.
About this place
The Adachi Museum of Art (足立美術館, Adachi Bijutsukan) opened in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 1970. It houses a collection of nihonga (modern Japanese paintings), including paintings by Yokoyama Taikan, and has a celebrated garden. Its six gardens and around 1,500 exhibits of Japanese paintings, pottery, and other works of art occupy the 165,000 square-meter area. Adachi Museum of Art earned the top rating of three stars in Michelin Green Guide Japan because of its elegance. In April 2020, the museum opened a separate hall dedicated to the works of Kitaoji Rosanjin.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened:1970 Highlights / collection:Garden of 50,000 tsubo, 120 works by Taikan Yokoyama, Composition treating windows as picture frames Genre:Nihonga (Japanese-style painting), Architecture, Outdoor art and land art
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