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National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo , also known as MOMAT, is the foremost museum collecting and exhibiting modern Japanese art. The museum, in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, is known for its collection of 20th-century art and includes Western-style and Nihonga artists. It has a branch, the National Crafts Museum, in the city of Kanazawa.

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Kitanomaru Park, Kitanomaru Park, Japan

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National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in Kitanomaru Park, Japan

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Kunio Maekawa

1905-1986 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Kunio Maekawa was a Japanese architect and a key figure of modernism in post-war Japan. After early stints in the studios of Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond, Maekawa began to articulate his architectural language after establishing his firm in 1935, maintaining a continuous tension between Japanese traditional design…

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Mayekawa Associates

practice · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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