The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts

Coordinates: 35°43′09″N 139°46′19″E / 35.719199°N 139.771897°E / 35.719199; 139.771897
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The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
東京芸術大学大学美術館
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Established1999[1]
LocationUeno Park, Taitō, Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates35°43′09″N 139°46′19″E / 35.719199°N 139.771897°E / 35.719199; 139.771897
TypeUniversity museum
Collection size30,000 works[2]
OwnerTokyo University of the Arts
WebsiteOfficial website

The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts (東京芸術大学大学美術館, Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku Daigaku Bijutsukan) opened in Ueno Park, Taitō, Tokyo, Japan, in 1999, replacing the University's former Art Museum.[1] The collection, numbering some thirty thousand works of art,[2] includes twenty-three National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties,[2] among them a Nara period scroll of the Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect and paintings by Asai Chū, Harada Naojirō, Hashimoto Gahō, Kanō Hōgai, Ogata Kōrin, Takahashi Yuichi, and Uemura Shōen.[3][4]

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  1. ^ a b "About the Museum". The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "The Collection". The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  3. ^ 紙本著色絵因果経〈巻第四下/〉 [Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ^ 中分類>文化財 [Classification: Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts. Retrieved 8 November 2023.