• Source: Kitano Museum of Art
    • The Kitano Museum of Art (北野美術館, Kitano Bijutsukan), which opened in 1968 as the first private art museum in Nagano Prefecture, is today run by a public interest incorporated foundation, in the Wakaho district, in the southeastern section of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture. The museum is located next to the Yushimatenmangu Shrine, a branch of Yushima Tenman-gū which was founded in 458 in Bunkyō in Tokyo. The entrance to the museum is through the Yushimatenmangu Shrine. The museum includes a Japanese garden by Mirei Shigemori, a notable 20th century modern landscape architect, that was completed in 1965.
      In addition to the museum in Wakaho, there is an annex, the Kitano Cultural Center, which is located in downtown Nagano on Chuo Dori near the Gocho Campus of the University of Nagano and Zenkō-ji Temple; and the Togakushi Branch Museum of Kitano Museum of Art, which is located in the mountainous Togakushi district of Nagano City near the entrance to Togakushi Shrine. The Togakushi building received a Nagano City Landscape Award.


      History


      1968 (March) - opening
      2002 (August) -the current Yushimatenmangu Shrine was constructed
      2003 (April) - opening of the Kitano Cultural Center in downtown Nagano
      2015 (April) - opening of the Togakushi Branch Museum of Kitano Museum of Art
      2019 (January) - re-opened after renovations


      Collection


      Its collection of more than 600 pieces of art includes work by both Japanese and western artists.

      Its Japanese art collection includes work by:
      Takeuchi Seihō
      Uemura Shōen
      Kanzan Shimomura
      Hishida Shunsō
      Gyoshū Hayami
      Kiyokata Kaburagi
      Shinsui Itō
      Its Western art collection includes by:
      Pablo Picasso: Platter (1956) and Jug (n.d.)
      Pierre-Auguste Renoir:La lecture (1897)
      Henri-Edmond Cross: Le nuage (n.d.)
      Marc Chagall: Mère et enfant, Le bouquet d'été, and Le héron
      Auguste Rodin: Trois faunesses (1882)
      Tsuguharu Foujita: A horse (1929), Children of stripped shirt (n.d.) and A cat (n.d.)
      Armand Guillaumin
      Jean Dufy
      Pierre Bonnard
      George Charles Aid
      Bernard Buffet
      Emilio Greco
      fr:Shōhachi Kimura
      Narashige Koide
      fr:Shikanosuke Oka


      Operation




      = Hours

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      March-November, 9:30-17:00
      December-February, 9:30-16:30
      Closed on Mondays (except public holidays in Japan - but closed on New Year holidays)


      = Fees

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      Adults: 700 yen
      High school students, college students, and university students: 500 yen
      Junior high school students and younger: Free


      = Access

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      The museum in Wakaho is wheelchair accessible.
      From Nagano Station, bus number 46, the Mamejima Hoshina Onsen Line (大豆島保科温泉線), run jointly by Nagaden Bus and Alpaca Transit, departs from the Zenkōji Exit. The closest bus stop to the museum is Wakaho Branch. From there, it is 500m to the museum.
      By car, the museum is approximately 8 minutes from the Suzaka/Nagano Higashi IC, on the Jōshin-etsu Expressway.


      References

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