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D. T. Suzuki Museum

The D. T. Suzuki Museum opened in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan in 2011. Dedicated to the life, writings, and ideas of Kanazawa-born Buddhist philosopher D. T. Suzuki, the facility, designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, includes a contemplative space overlooking the Water Mirror Garden.

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Hondamachi, Hondamachi, Japan

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D. T. Suzuki Museum in Hondamachi, Japan

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Yoshio Taniguchi

1937-2024 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Yoshio Taniguchi was a Japanese architect best known for his redesign of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which was reopened on 20 November 2004. Critics have emphasized Taniguchi's fusion of traditional Japanese and Modernist aesthetics. Martin Filler, writing in The New York Times, praised "the luminous ph…

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Yoshio Taniguchi and Associates

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