Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum

Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum (Japanese: 香川県立東山魁夷せとうち美術館, romanized: Kagawa Kenritsu Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Bijutsukan) is an art museum in the city of Sakaide where Kaii's grandfather's birthplace.[1][2]

Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum
香川県立東山魁夷せとうち美術館
General information
Town or citySakaide, Kagawa Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates34.3495°N 133.8242°E / 34.3495; 133.8242
OpenedApril 2005
Website
Official website

Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum is dedicated to Japanese painting master, Kaii Higashiyama.[2] The museum has 350 works of Kaii Higashiyama that Kaii's wife donated after he died.[3][4]

The museum was designed by famed architect Yoshio Taniguchi and opened in Sakaid, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, in 2005. Located near the Great Seto Bridge.[1][5]

Great Seto Bridge from the museum

Access

About 15~20 minutes by bus from Sakaide Station.[6]

References
  1. "東山魁夷せとうち美術館". うどん県ネット. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. "東山魁夷せとうち美術館" (in Japanese). 瀬戸内美術館ネットワーク. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. "Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum" (in Japanese). Kagawa prefectual. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. "東山魁夷せとうち美術館" (in Japanese). じゃらん. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  5. 東山魁夷せとうち美術館 [Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum] (in Japanese). Kagawa prefectual. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. "Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum" (in Japanese). 巡るめく四国. Retrieved 20 August 2019.


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