, also known as IPMA, is the main art gallery of
Ishikawa Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu island. Ishikawa Prefecture has a population of 1,096,721 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,186 Square kilometre, km2 (1,616 sq mi). Ishikawa Pr ...
, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.
The collection includes some of the prefecture's most important cultural assets and works by artists with some connection to the region. It is located in
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
is the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 466,029 in 203,271 households, and a population density of 990 persons per km2. The total area of the city was .
Etymology
The name "Kanazawa" ...
within the grounds of the
Kenrokuen Garden.
The gallery was first opened in 1959. When the collection outgrew its original building, a new facility was constructed. The current structure was completed in 1983.
The museum has a large permanent collection; and only part of it is exhibited at any one time. The core collection includes significant works from the Maeda family collection which had been previously housed in at the
University of Tokyo
The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...
.
[Lillehoj, Elizabeth. (2007). ''Acquisition: Art and Ownership in Edo-period Japan.'' p. 89.]
See also
*
List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others)
*
Maeda Ikutokukai
The is a Japanese public interest corporation (公益法人) established on February 26, 1926, for the management and preservation of the cultural heritage of the Maeda clan, rulers of the Kaga Domain. It is located in Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo. The ...
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Prefectural museum
Notes
References
* Lillehoj, Elizbeth. (2007). ''Acquisition: Art and Ownership in Edo-period Japan.'' Warren, Connecticut: Floating World Editions. ;
External links
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art website
Art museums and galleries in Ishikawa Prefecture
Prefectural museums
Art museums and galleries established in 1959
1959 establishments in Japan
Ukiyo-e Museum
Buildings and structures in Kanazawa, Ishikawa
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