The museum actively collects and exhibits Japanese arts by Kyoto related artists. It also possesses a fine collection of pottery, dyed textiles and other crafts.
The Collection Gallery exhibits selected works of nihonga (Japanese-style painting), yoga (Western-style painting), prints, sculpture, crafts (ceramics, textiles, metalworks, wood and bamboo works, lacquers and jewelry) and photography from the museum collection, rotating the works on display approximately twenty times a year. Also shown are outstanding and monumental works of modern art in Japan, as well as modern and contemporary European and American art.
Times and Prices
General Admission:420 Yen (Collection Gallery)
(Extra for Special Exhibitions)
Hours: Tues - Sun 09:30 - 17:00
Location
Okazaki Enshoji-cho
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8344
Eastern Kyoto (Near Heian Shrine and opposite Municipal Museum of Art )
How to Get There
Subway Tozai Line. Get off at Higashiyama (Approx. 10 Minute walk)
External link
Official National Museum of Modern Art website
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