Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

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Established 1933 (1933) Owner Kyoto City		Type Art museum Phone +81 75-771-4107

Location 124, Okazaki Enshojicho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan Public transit access Okazaki Koen, Bijutsukan, Heian Jingu-mae, Kyoto City BusOkazaki Koen, Dobutsuen-mae, Kyoto City BusHigashiyama Station, Municipal Subway Tozai Line Nearest car park Okazaki Koen Parking Lot (can be used for fee) Address Japan, 〒606-8344 Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Sakyo Ward, Okazaki Enshojicho, 124 Hours Closed today Vernal Equinox Day might affect these hoursMonday(Vernal Equinox Day)ClosedTuesday9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursday9AM–5PMFriday9AM–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PM Similar National Museum of Modern A, Okazaki Park, Hosomi Museum, Kyoto National Museum, The Museum of Kyoto

The Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (京都市美術館, Kyōto-shi Bijutsukan) is one of the oldest art museums in Japan. It is located in Okazaki Park in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto and opened in 1928 as a commemoration of Emperor Hirohito's coronation ceremony as it was initially called the Showa Imperial Coronation Art Museum of Kyoto.

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Important works in the collection

Takeuchi Seihō: 芙蓉 (1882), 年中行事 (1886), 池塘浪静 (1887), 雲龍 (1887), 遊鯉 (1887), 宇野老人像 (1895), 渓山秋月 (1899), 散華 (1910), 散華 (1910), 熊 (1910), 雨 (1911), 絵になる最初 (1913), 金魚の句(1913), 潮沙永日 (1922), 酔興 (1924), 馬に乗る狐 (1924), うな辺 (1926), 雷公 (1930), 松 (1932), 水村 (1934), 風竹野 (1934), 風竹 (1934), 驟雨一過 (1935), 静閑 (1935), 雄風 (1940), 色紙十二ヶ月(1926–41), 八功徳水,冬瓜にねずみ