Ōtsuka Museum of Art
Art museum in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ōtsuka Museum of Art (大塚国際美術館, Ōtsuka Kokusai Bijutsukan) in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture is an art museum founded in 1998 and is one of the largest exhibition spaces in Japan.[1]
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大塚国際美術館 Ōtsuka Kokusai Bijutsukan | |
Established | 1998 (1998) |
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Location | Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan |
Type | Art museum |
Collections | Full-size ceramic reproductions of noted artworks |
Collection size | >1,000 |
Website | o-museum |
Established by Otsuka Pharmaceutical as a celebration of its 75th anniversary,[2] it houses over a thousand full-size ceramic reproductions of major works of art, including the Sistine Chapel, Scrovegni Chapel, triclinium of the Villa of the Mysteries, and Guernica.[3][4] The works are transfer-printed from photographs before being fired and retouched.[5][6] The purpose of this is to give Japanese people who cannot travel abroad the opportunity to see these famous pieces.[7] A robot named 'Mr Art' gives hour-long gallery talks.[8] The museum cost industrialist Masahito Ōtsuka $400,000,000.[9]