Matsushita Museum of Art

Matsushita Museum of Art
松下美術館

Waterloo Bridge by Claude Monet
General information
Address 771 Fukuyama, Fukuyama-chō
Town or city Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture
Country Japan
Coordinates 31°39′16″N 130°49′32″E / 31.654553°N 130.825484°E / 31.654553; 130.825484Coordinates: 31°39′16″N 130°49′32″E / 31.654553°N 130.825484°E / 31.654553; 130.825484
Opened 1983
Website
Official website

Matsushita Museum of Art (松下美術館 Matsushita bijutsukan) opened in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1983. The collection of some three thousand works is exhibited in six buildings: the first, with works by Japanese artists associated with Kagoshima Prefecture, in particular Kuroda Seiki, Fujishima Takeji, and Wada Eisaku, as well as western artists including Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Picasso; the second for installation art; the third, antiquities; the fourth, kakejiku; the fifth, masks, including those used in kagura; and the sixth, Satsuma ware, works by the Museum's first director Matsushita Kanetomo (松下兼知), and a gallery space for contemporary artists.[1][2]

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  1. 松下美術館 [Matsushita Museum of Art] (in Japanese). Kirishima City. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. "Matsushita Museum of Art". Matsushita Museum of Art. Retrieved 17 October 2015.


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