Takayama Uichi Memorial Museum of Art

Takayama Uichi Memorial Museum of Art (七戸町立鷹山宇一記念美術館, Shichinohe chōritsu Takayama Uichi kinen bijutsukan) opened in Shichinohe, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, in 1994 as a part of Roadside Station Shichinohe.[1] The collection comprises four main areas: three rooms with paintings by four artists from or otherwise associated with Shichinohe, namely Takayama Uichi (鷹山宇一) (1908–1999) and fellow yōga artist Hirano Shirō (平野四郎) (1904–1983), Nihonga artist Toya Banzan (鳥谷幡山) (1876–1966), and Kamiizumi Kayō (上泉華陽) (1892–1979), who specialised in painting horses; the Lamp Hall, with its nucleus in Takayama Uichi's collection of nineteenth-century western and Meiji lamps; the Ema Hall, with folk artefacts centred upon ema, hagoita, and other related items from nearby Mirumachi Kannon-dō (見町観音堂) and Kodako Fudō-dō (小田子不動堂) that have been designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties; and a Spanish Folk Ceramic Hall.[2][3][4][5]

Takayama Uichi Memorial Museum of Art
七戸町立鷹山宇一記念美術館
The Takayama Uichi Memorial Museum of Art in 2007
General information
Address67-94 Arakumanai
Town or cityShichinohe, Aomori Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates40°43′01″N 141°09′21″E
Opened1 August 1994
Website
Official website

See also

References
  1. "道の駅「しちのへ」" [Roadside Station "Shichinohe"] (in Japanese). All Nippon Michi-no-Eki Network. 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. 展示作品 [Works Displayed] (in Japanese). Takayama Uichi Memorial Museum of Art. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. 南部七戸見町観音堂庶民信仰資料 [Artefacts relating to the Faith of the People at Mirumachi Kannon-dō, Shichinohe] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  4. 南部七戸小田子不動堂奉納絵馬 [Ema Dedicated at Kodako Fudō-dō, Shichinohe] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  5. 青森県内博物館等施設一覧 [List of Museums in Aomori Prefecture] (in Japanese). Aomori Prefecture. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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