Yamagata Museum of Art explained

Yamagata Museum of Art
Native Name:	山形美術館
Address:	1-63 Ōte-machi
Location Town:	Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture
Location Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	38.2558°N 140.3324°W
Opened Date:	August 1964
Renovation Date:	10 August 1985

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, deposited at the Museum.^[6]

See also

• Yamagata Prefectural Museum
• Homma Museum of Art
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Yamagata)

External links

• Yamagata Museum of Art
• Collection
• Yamagata Museum of Art
• Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation - Collection

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/museums/detail/83 . ja:財団法人山形美術館 . Yamagata Museum of Art . ja . . 18 October 2015.
2. Web site: Museums in Yamagata - Yamagata Museum of Art . . 18 October 2015.
3. Web site: General Information . Yamagata Art Museum . 18 October 2015.
4. Web site: Collection . Yamagata Art Museum . 18 October 2015.
5. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2014 . ja:紙本淡彩奥の細道図〈与謝蕪村筆／安永八年の年記がある〉 . Oku no Hosomichi, light colour on paper, by Yosa Buson . ja . . 18 October 2015.
6. Web site: Yoshino Gypsum Collection - French Modern Masterpieces . Yamagata Art Museum . 18 October 2015.