Inside the Iwate Museum of Art

20th Century Japan from Sculpture to Canvas

By Hannah Bambra Nov 29, 2013 - 1 min read

Area to relax and enjoy ancient mountains from a modern, luxurious art gallery

'Study of a Nude', 1908, Yorozu Tetsugoro, Oil on canvas

'Study for "The Conference"', 1980, Funakoshi Katsura, painted camphor wood

'In Bathing Costume', 1926, Yorozu Tetsuogor, Oil on canvas

'Distant Thaw', Hasegawa Makoto, Gesso on canvas

'Woman on Top of a Rock', 1978, Yamagohara Yoshitatsu, Bronze

'Attendants', 1/2, 1973, Hareyama Ei, 1973

'Self-portrait with Red Eyes', Yorozu Tetsugoro, 1912-13, Oil on canvas

'Wave Motion', vase, 1986, Koseki Rokuhei, Japanese lacquer on plastic

'Shadow Cast', plate, 1987, Koseki Rokuhei, Japanese lacquer on plastic

'After seeing a drawbridge', 19882, Funakoshi Katsura, painted comphor wood and marble

'View of Morioka', 1941, Matsumato Shunsuke, Oil on Canvas

Museum Collection

Museum Collection

outside the Museum Collection, turn left at this statue

We enter the Iwate Museum of Art, which is huddled amongst the mountains which surround Morioka City, to take a peek at their permanent Museum Collection. While temporary exhibitions come and go and bring great insights, this cluster of rooms on the gallery's second floor shows the progression of Japanese modern art, from an oil painting depicting Morioka in 1941 to bright, silk-screened posters from the 1970s. An easy ten minute walk from Morioka Station.

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