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• Regional: Asia: Japan: Arts and Entertainment: Traditional  (238)

Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art - - Houses collections illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the late 19th century to the present.

DNP Gallery - - Information on three graphic arts museums: the Ginza Graphic Gallery of Tokyo, the DDD of Osaka, and the Center for Contemporary Graphic Art of Fukushima.

Higashikawa Culture Gallery - - Museum in a Hokkaido town which calls itself the ''Photo Town''. Specializes in sculpture and, of course, photography. Has an unusual feature: a ''Civilians' Corner'', which presents constantly changing exhibits of local residents' work.

Honolulu Academy of Art - - Museum of international art housing over 34,000 objects. The museum is known for its important Asian holdings, including the James Michener Collection of Japanese woodblock prints.

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art - - 20th century art, with an emphasis on works by Hyogo artists.

The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum - - Located in Matsumoto City, in Nagano, showcasing the collection of the Sakai family over several generations. Images and information.

Japanese Museums - - Duke University links, organized by type and location.

Kaga Cultural and Recreational Guide - - Descriptive list of museums in this region of Ishikawa Prefecture.

Kanazawa Cultural & Recreational Guide - - Descriptive list of museums in this area of Ishikawa Prefecture.

Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art - - Collection includes 17th century Japanese screens, French Impressionists, Kandinsky, and Stella's mixed media works. Illustrated samples from the various collections.

Kawasaki City Museum - - Emphasizes the use of modern media technology to record, research and present the art of the past.

Kushigata Shunsen Museum of Fine Arts - - Collection comprises mainly Shunsen Natori's woodblock prints of kabuki actors, in addition to Japanese style paintings, book illustrations and bindings. Includes hours and admission fees.

Kyoto National Museum - - Ceramics, sculpture, paintings, calligraphy, and metalwork. The masterworks section contains both good enlargements and good explanatory text.

Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art - - Located in Kagawa Prefecture. Includes an online gallery with about 100 of Inokuma's works.

Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo - - International collection of modern and contemporary art.

Miho Museum - - Shiga Prefecture. Housed in a building designed by I. M. Pei, the Miho collects and exhibits Japanese and international art, including a large collection of lacquerware.

Museum Information Japan - - List of Japanese museums by area. States when a site is in Japanese only, but some of the other pages contain much more Japanese text than English.

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo - - Opened in 1995. Art of the last 50 years. Interesting photos of the building itself; only a few pics from the exhibits, and the text for those is Japanese.

The National Museum of Art, Osaka - - Exhibits show the development of Japanese art, without restriction of time periods or regional divisions, in relation to the rest of the world. Permanent exhibits include fine collection of contemporary Japanese art.

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto - - 20th century paintings and crafts, with an emphasis on Japanese work, particularly of the Kansai region.

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo - - Japan's first national art museum includes the collection and preservation of works of art, craft, and film as well as of related materials; surveys and research on these works; and exhibitions and screenings organized for the public.

Nezu Institute of Fine Arts - - Includes paintings, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, metal, wood, and Buddhist art.

The Niigata Prefectual Museum of Modern Art (Nagaoka) - - Features permanent exhibits of modern Asian art as well as admissions and events information.

Noto Cultural & Recreational Guide - - Descriptive list of museums on the Noto Penninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.

The Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art - - Japanese and international art, with an emphasis on artists connected with Okayama.

The Ruth and Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Art - - Collection of paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts representing artistic activity in Japan from the 10th into the 21th century. Includes virtual tour and membership application. Located in Hanford, California.

Saitama Museum of Contemporary Art (Urawa-shi) - - Contemporary art museum. Includes information on exhibits and educational activities.

Sakura City Museum of Contemporary Art - - Modern, as well as contporary, art, mostly from the Chiba area. Occasional exhibits of works from other parts of the world.

Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art - - The museum's core collection is comprised of the works of Seiji Togo, a noted Japanese artist. Togo donated some 200 of his own works to the museum, along with his collection of over 250 works by other Japanese and foreign artists.

Setagaya Art Museum (Tokyo) - - From the prehistoric to the contemporary, with an emphasis on works with an element of naivete. The Mukai Junkichi Annex celebrates the life and work of a 20th century painter whose main passion was recording the thatched roof farmhouses of Japan.

Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography - - Offers several black and white photos from the collection, as well as 11 color shots of the museum itself.

Takaoka Art Museum (Toyama) - - Traditional and contemporary art and crafts, with an emphasis on local works.

The Tokugawa Art Museum (Nagoya) - - Collection based on the personal holdings of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa family (furniture, armor, swords, fine art, and the items of daily life). Artifacts are displayed in galleries which reconstruct their original settings in order to accord with the importance of the sense of placement in Japanese aesthetics.

Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum - - Paintings and sculptures by artists of the Yamaguchi area.

Yokohama Museum of Art - - Specializes in modern and contemporary arts, including photography, with an emphasis on works connected with Yokohama in some way.