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Shimonoseki City Art Museum

Yamaguchi · Shimonoseki · Art & Crafts

Japanese name: 下関市立美術館

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Shimonoseki City Art Museum
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WHAT TO DOShimonoseki City Art Museum

In the birthplace of Kano Hogai, who pushed Nihonga into the modern era; the museum traces how he got there.

WHEREYamaguchi

West · Shimonoseki

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Shimonoseki City Art Museum (1)Shunsuke Matsumoto · Public domainShimonoseki City Art Museum (2)Kanō Hōgai · Public domainShimonoseki City Art Museum (3)Bio06940 · CC BY-SA 4.0Shimonoseki City Art Museum (4)Ryūsei Kishida · Public domainShimonoseki City Art Museum (5)Ryūsei Kishida · Public domain

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Overview

In the birthplace of Kano Hogai, who pushed Nihonga into the modern era; the museum traces how he got there.

About this place

Shimonoseki City Art Museum (下関市立美術館, Shimonoseki Shiritsu Bijutsukan) is a public museum that opened in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1983. The collection of some 2,200 items (as of April 2017, including items on deposit) includes works by Kanō Hōgai, Kishida Ryūsei, Matsumoto Shunsuke, Takashima Hokkai (高島北海), Oka Shikanosuke (岡鹿之助), and Kazuki Yasuo (香月泰男), as well as a New Kingdom Egyptian shawabti and Late Period image of Horus in the guise of a falcon.

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Key facts

Founded / opened：1983 Highlights / collection：Nihonga by Kano Hogai, Takashima Hokkai Genre：Nihonga (Japanese-style painting), Western-style painting

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