Kitano Museum of Art
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 Kitano Art Museum, Nagano (city) | |
  Location within Nagano, Nagano | |
| Established | 1968[1] |
|---|---|
| Location | 7963-2 Wakahowatauchi Nagano Nagano 381-0101 Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°37′04″N 138°15′10″E / 36.617722°N 138.252778°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | kitano-museum.or.jp/en/ |
The Kitano Museum of Art (北野美術館, Kitano Bijutsukan), which opened in 1968 as the first private art museum in Nagano Prefecture,[2] is today run by a public interest incorporated foundation, in the Wakaho district, in the southeastern section of Nagano in Nagano Prefecture. [3] The museum is located next to the Yushimatenmangu Shrine, a branch of Yushima Tenman-gū which was founded in 458 in Bunkyō in Tokyo. The entrance to the museum is through the Yushimatenmangu Shrine. The museum includes a Japanese garden by Mirei Shigemori, a notable 20th century modern landscape architect, that was completed in 1965.[4]
In addition to the museum in Wakaho, there is an annex, the Kitano Cultural Center, which is located in downtown Nagano on Chuo Dori near the Gocho Campus of the University of Nagano and Zenkō-ji Temple; and the Togakushi Branch Museum of Kitano Museum of Art, which is located in the mountainous Togakushi district of Nagano City near the entrance to Togakushi Shrine.[5] The Togakushi building received a Nagano City Landscape Award.[6]
