Setagaya Art Museum

Art museum in Tokyo

35°37′54″N 139°37′19″E / 35.631589°N 139.621897°E / 35.631589; 139.621897TypeArt museumPublic transit accessYōga Station, Tōkyū Den'entoshi LineNearest car parkNoneWebsiteSetagaya Art Museum
世田谷美術館(in Japanese)

The Setagaya Art Museum (世田谷美術館, Setagaya Bijutsukan) is an art museum in Yōga, Setagaya, Tokyo. The museum, which opened March 30, 1986, houses a permanent gallery and mounts seasonal exhibitions.

Structure

The main building of the museum, a contemporary design by architect Shōzō Uchii, is on a corner of Kinuta Park at 1-2 Kinutakōen, Setagaya, Tokyo.^[1]

Collections

The gallery's permanent collection contains a great number of photographs, particularly by Kineo Kuwabara and (numbering in the hundreds) Kōji Morooka. An unusually large exhibition was "Love You Tokyo" (ラヴ・ユー・トーキョー, Rabu Yū Tōkyō) of 1993, which brought together 265 works by Kuwabara and 1479 by Nobuyoshi Araki.^[2]

Annexes

The Setagaya Art Museum maintains three annexes, all within Setagaya Ward.^[3]

The Junkichi Mukai Annex, dedicated to Junkichi Mukai (1901 – 1995), was established in 1993 and is located in the Tsurumaki area of Setagaya.^[4]
The Taiji Kiyokawa Memorial Gallery, dedicated to Taiji Kiyokawa (1919 – 2000), was established in 1995 and is located in the Seijō area of Setagaya.^[5]
The Saburō Miyamoto Memorial Gallery, dedicated to Saburō Miyamoto (1905 – 1974), was established in 2004 and is located in the Okusawa area of Setagaya.^[5]

Access

The Setagaya Art Museum is accessible from the Yōga Station on the Tōkyū Den'en-toshi Line.

Notes

^ "用賀村" [Yōga]. Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 173191044. dlc 2009238904. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
^ Kuwabara, Morooka, "Love You Tokyo": Matsumoto.
^ 世田谷美術館分館 [Setagaya Art Museum Annexes] (in Japanese). Setagaya, Tokyo: Setagaya Art Museum. c. 2012. Retrieved Aug 24, 2012.
^ "Junkichi Mukai Annex". Setagaya, Tokyo: Setagaya Art Museum. c. 2012. Retrieved Aug 24, 2012.
^ ^a ^b 清川泰次記念ギャラリア [Taiji Kiyokawa] (in Japanese). Setagaya, Tokyo: Setagaya Art Museum. c. 2012. Retrieved Aug 24, 2012.

References

Matsumoto Norihiko (松本徳彦), ed. Nihon no bijutsukan to shashin korekushon (日本の美術館と写真コレクション, Japan's art galleries and photography collections). Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2002. ISBN 4-473-01894-6. Pp. 54–57. (in Japanese)