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Established
  
1986

Nearest car park
  
None

Type
  
Art museum

Architect
  
Shōzō Uchii

Setagaya Art Museum

Location
  
1-2 Kinutakōen, Yōga, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan 157-0075

Public transit access
  
Yōga Station, Tōkyū Den'entoshi Line

Website
  
Setagaya Art Museum 世田谷美術館(Japanese)

Address
  
1-2 Kinutakoen, 世田谷区 Tokyo 157-0075, Japan

Hours
  
Closed now Thursday10AM–6PMFriday10AM–6PMSaturday10AM–6PMSunday10AM–6PMMondayClosedTuesday10AM–6PMWednesday10AM–6PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Kinuta Park, Museum of Contemporary Art - Tokyo, Seikadō Bunko Art Museum, Gotoh Museum, The National Art Cente

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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.

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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.

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.

Annexes

The Setagaya Art Museum maintains three annexes, all within Setagaya Ward.

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

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

    References

    Setagaya Art Museum Wikipedia