Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City

Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City
Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City
入江泰吉記念奈良市写真美術館
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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).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ 豊科近代美術館、奈良市写真美術館開館 [Toyashina Museum of Modern Art, Nara City Museum of Photography] (in Japanese). Tobunken. April 1992. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ 入江泰吉記念奈良市立写真美術館 [Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City] (in Japanese). Nara Prefecture. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ 収蔵品について [About the Collection] (in Japanese). Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
^ 工藤利三郎撮影写真ガラス原板 [Photographic Glass Plates by Kudo Risaburo] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 26 October 2015.