Yamagata Museum of Art | |
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山形美術館 | |
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General information | |
Address | 1-63 Ōte-machi |
Town or city | Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture |
Country | Japan |
Coordinates | 38°15′21″N 140°19′57″E / 38.255796°N 140.332424°E |
Opened | August 1964 |
Renovated | 10 August 1985 |
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Yamagata Museum of Art (山形美術館, Yamagata bijutsukan) opened in Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, in 1964. The Museum's annex opened in 1968. In 1985 the new three-story main building opened; the annex was renovated the following year. [1] [2] [3] The collection includes works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, and Takahashi Yuichi, as well as Yosa Buson's six-panel byōbu of 1779, Oku no Hosomichi ( Important Cultural Property). [4] [5] Many of these Impressionist works are from the collection of Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd ( 吉野石膏), deposited at the Museum. [6]