Surf these sites: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art (Nagoya) -- 20th century painting and sculpture. DNP Gallery -- Info on three graphic arts galleries: the ggg of Tokyo, the DDD of Osaka, and the CCGA of Fukushima. Slide shows and stills of the facilities and of the current exhibitions. Henry Miller Museum of Art -- Site for museum in Nagano, Japan that displays expressionistic watercolors from the world-renowned author. Higashikawa Culture Gallery -- Museum in a Hokkaido town which calls itself the ''''Photo Town''''. Specializes in sculpture and, of course, photography. Has an unusual feature: a ''''Civilians'' Corner'''', which presents constantly changing exhibits of local residents'' work. Himeji City Museum of Art -- 19th and 20th century paintings and sculpture. International works, as well as Japanese. Hiroshima Museum of Art -- Mostly paintings. French painting, from the French Impressionists to the present, and Japanese works from the Meiji era to contemporary works. (Eng/Jpn) Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art -- General guide for museum visitors. Itami City Museum of Art (Hyogo) -- Satire and humor. Caricature prints, sculpture and paintings by Honore Daumier, William Hogarth, James Gillray, George Bigot, James Ensor, Kathe Kollwitz, Raoul Dufy, and contemporary American and Japanese artists. Japanese Museums -- Duke University links, organized by type and location. Kaga Museum Guide -- Descriptive list of museums in this region of Ishikawa Prefecture. Kanazawa Museum Guide -- Descriptive list of museums in this area of Ishikawa Prefecture. Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art -- Collection includes 17th century Japanese screens, French Impressionists, Kandinsky, and Stella''s mixed media works. Illustrated samples from the various collections. Kawasaki City Museum -- Emphasizes the use of modern media technology to record, research and present the art of the past. Kyoto National Museum -- Ceramics, sculpture, paintings, calligraphy, metalwork, more. The masterworks section contains both good enlargements and good explanatory text. MIMOCA - Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art -- Located in Kagawa Prefecture. Bio, online gallery with about 100 of Inokuma''s works. Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo -- International collection of modern and contemporary art. Mie Prefectural Art Museum -- Japanese and European art from the Meji period to the present. Several samples from the collection, with enlargements. Miho Museum -- Shiga Prefecture. Housed in a building designed by I. M. Pei, the Miho collects and exhibits Japanese and international art, including a large collection of lacquerware. Museum Information Japan -- List of Japanese museums by area. States when a site is in Japanese only, but some of the other pages contain much more Japanese text than English. Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo -- Features international and Japanese contemporary art created since 1945. Also houses a contemporary art library. NMWA - The National Museum of Western Art (Tokyo) -- European paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, from the 14th through the 20th centuries. Illustrated samples from the collections. Nezu Institute of Fine Arts (Tokyo) -- includes works of art from different periods: paintings, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and metal, wood and Buddhist art in particular are known world-wide for their rich variety and high quality Noto Museum Guide -- Descriptive list of museums on the Noto Penninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. Sakura City Museum of Contemporary Art -- Modern, as well as contporary, art, mostly from the Chiba area. Occasional exhibits of works from other parts of the world. Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum (Tokyo) -- Collection based on a large donation of his works (and of his collection of the work of others) by the artist. Company has since added works by Van Gogh, Gaugain, etc. Over 50 of Togo''s works are illustrated. Setagaya Art Museum (Tokyo) -- From the prehistoric to the contemporary, with an emphasis on works with an element of naivete. The Mukai Junkichi Annex celebrates the life and work of a 20th century painter whose main passion was recording the thatched roof farmhouses of Japan. Shiseido Art House (Chubu) -- Established in 1978, collections include Shiseido advertising posters, modern Japanese painting and sculpture, and 20th century Japanese crafts. Most of the crafts illustrated were created by ''''Living National Treasures''''. Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art -- Paintings and sculptures, European as well as Japanese, mostly 19th and 20th century. The Rodin wing contains pre- and post-Rodin works, as well as a major collection of Rodin. Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography -- Site still under construction (5/99), but several B & W photos from the collection are displayed, as well as 11 color shots of the museum itself. Shunsen Art Musuem (Kushigata-Town Yamanashi) -- Collection of the works and documents of Shunsen Natori, a native artist known as the last postwar master of kabuki ukiyoe woodblock prints, along with works by other print makers. Images from the collection, with explanatory text. Suntory Museum Tempozan (Osaka) -- Current exhibit: Baccarat crystal. Takaoka Art Museum (Toyama) -- Traditional and contemporary art and crafts, with an emphasis on local works. The Gotoh Museum (Tokyo) -- Premodern art from Japan, China and Korea. The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum -- Located in Matsumoto City, in Nagano, showcasing the collection of the Sakai family over several generations. Images and info. The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu -- Mostly 20th century works with an emphasis on art which has some connection with Gifu, but presents exhibitions with international themes and earlier dates. Examples of past exhibits illustrated. The National Museum of Art, Osaka -- Exhibits show the development of Japanese art, without restriction of time periods or regional divisions, in relation to the rest of the world. Permanent exhibits include fine collection of contemporary Japanese art. The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto -- 20th century paintings and crafts, with an emphasis on Japanese work, particularly of the Kansai region. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo -- Japan''s first national art museum includes the collection and preservation of works of art, craft, and film as well as of related materials; surveys and research on these works; and exhibitions and screenings organized for the public. The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art -- Japanese and international art, with an emphasis on artists connected with Okayama. The Tokugawa Art Museum (Nagoya) -- Collection based on the personal holdings of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa family (furniture, armor, swords, fine art, and the items of daily life). Artifacts are displayed in galleries which reconstruct their original settings in order to accord with the importance of the sense of placement in Japanese aesthetics. Tokyo Gas Museum -- Prints from the Meiji era. Examples from the collection. Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography -- Everything to do with photography, from its earliest days to contemporary work. Emphasizes Japan, particularly Tokyo, but collects internationally. Samples shown from the collection. Tokyo Station Gallery -- Current exhibit (through May 16th): twentieth century European and American still-life paintings. Illustrated examples from the exhibition. Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum -- Paintings and sculptures by artists of the Yamaguchi area. Yokohama Museum of Art -- Specializes in modern and contemporary arts, including photography, with an emphasis on works connected with Yokohama in some way.
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