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Nezu Museum
根津美術館Minato, Tokyo
Museum
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
The Nezu Museum is an art museum in Minami-Aoyama, Minato Ward, Tokyo. It is built around the pre-modern Japanese and East Asian art collected by the businessman Nezu Kaichiro. The museum opened in 1941, the year after his death, in his former residence, and it is one of the few private art museums in Japan that predate the Second World War.
The collection holds more than 7,000 objects, including seven National Treasures, among them Ogata Korin's folding screen of irises, which is shown each year from late April to early May. The current main building, designed by Kengo Kuma, opened in 2009, and its gabled roof recalls temple architecture. Behind it lies a Japanese garden with a pond, four tea houses and irises planted for the season.
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Visit Duration
90 minutes
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