Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

京都市美術館
Location of the museum Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Japan)
Established	1933 (1933)
Location	124 Okazaki Enshojicho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Coordinates	35°00′46.21″N 135°47′00.85″E
Type	Art museum
Owner	Kyoto City
Public transit access	Okazaki Koen / Bijutsukan,Heian Jingu-mae, Kyoto City Bus Higashiyama Station, Municipal Subway Tōzai Line
Nearest car park	Okazaki Koen Parking Lot (can be used for fee)
Website	www.city.kyoto.jp/bunshi/kmma/en/
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The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (京都市美術館, Kyōto-shi Bijutsukan) is one of the oldest art museums in Japan. It is located in Okazaki Park in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto and opened in 1928 as a commemoration of Emperor Hirohito's coronation ceremony as it was initially called the Showa Imperial Coronation Art Museum of Kyoto.

Important works in the collection

• Takeuchi Seihō: 芙蓉 (1882), 年中行事 (1886), 池塘浪静 (1887), 雲龍 (1887), 遊鯉 (1887), 宇野老人像 (1895), 渓山秋月 (1899), 散華 (1910), 散華 (1910), 熊 (1910), 雨 (1911), 絵になる最初 (1913), 金魚の句(1913), 潮沙永日 (1922), 酔興 (1924), 馬に乗る狐 (1924), うな辺 (1926), 雷公 (1930), 松 (1932), 水村 (1934), 風竹野 (1934), 風竹 (1934), 驟雨一過 (1935), 静閑 (1935), 雄風 (1940), 色紙十二ヶ月(1926–41), 八功徳水,冬瓜にねずみ

Building information

• Planning: Maeda Kenjiro
• Completion of construction: 1933
• Total floor space: 9,349m²
• Full address: 〒606-8344　京都府京都市左京区岡崎円勝寺町124

Access

• Kyoto Municipal Subway Tozai Line
  • Higashiyama Station
• Kyoto City Bus
  • Okazaki Koen / Bijutsukan,Heian Jingu-mae stop (Route 5, 46, 100, 110 and Kyoto Okazaki Loop)
  • Okazaki Koen / ROHM Theatre Kyoto, Miyakomesse-mae stop (Route 32)

Surroundings

• Okazaki Park
  • The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
  • Kyoto Municipal Zoo
  • Heian Shrine
  • ROHM Theatre Kyoto
  • Miyakomesse
  • Kyoto Prefectural Library
• Chion-in

External links

• Official website of Kyoto Municipal Museam of Art in English