Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City | |
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入江泰吉記念奈良市写真美術館 | |
General information | |
Address | 600-1 Takabatake-chō |
Town or city | Nara, Nara Prefecture |
Country | Japan |
Coordinates | 34°40′32″N 135°50′44″E / 34.67558836°N 135.84543872°ECoordinates: 34°40′32″N 135°50′44″E / 34.67558836°N 135.84543872°E |
Opened | April 1992 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 2 (ground floor and basement) |
Floor area | 2,300 m2 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Kishō Kurokawa |
Website | |
Official website |
Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City (入江泰吉記念奈良市写真美術館 Irie Taikichi Kinen Nara-shi Shashin Bijutsukan?) opened in Nara, Japan, in 1992. Located near Shin-Yakushi-ji and designed by Kishō Kurokawa, the Museum was formerly known as the Nara City Museum of Photography (奈良市写真美術館?). The collection includes the complete oeuvre of Irie Taikichi (1905 – 1992), some 80,000 works; a set of 1,025 Meiji and Taishō glass plates by Kudō Risaburō (工藤利三郎?) (1848 – 1929) that are a Registered Tangible Cultural Property; and photographs by Tsuda Yōho (津田洋甫?) (1923 – 2014).