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Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art (石川県立美術館, Ishikawa Kenritsu Bijutsukan), also known as IPMA, is the main art gallery of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.[1]

Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art
石川県立美術館
General information
Address	2-1 Dewa-cho
Town or city	Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture
Country	Japan
Coordinates	36°33′36″N 136°39′41″E
Opened	1959
Renovated	1983
Technical details
Floor area	12,422.33m2
Website
Official website

The collection includes some of the prefecture's most important cultural assets and works by artists with some connection to the region.[2] It is located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa[3] within the grounds of the Kenrokuen Garden.[4]

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.[5]

The museum has a large permanent collection; and only part of it is exhibited at any one time.[6] The core collection includes significant works from the Maeda family collection which had been previously housed in at the University of Tokyo.[7]

See also

• List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others)
• Maeda Ikutokukai
• Prefectural museum

Notes

References

• Lillehoj, Elizbeth. (2007). Acquisition: Art and Ownership in Edo-period Japan. Warren, Connecticut: Floating World Editions. ISBN 9781891640506; OCLC 166382223

External links

• Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art website; Japanese website

На других языках

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- [en] Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art

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[fr] Musée préfectoral d'art d'Ishikawa

Le musée préfectoral d'art d'Ishikawa (石川県立美術館, Ishikawa Kenritsu Bijutsukan?), également connu par l'acronyme IPMA, est le principal musée d'art de la préfecture d'Ishikawa au Japon. C'est un des nombreux musées japonais financés par une préfecture[1].

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