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2 unusual facts about National Museum of Western Art


Boating on the River Epte

This series began with La Barque Rose (private collection) and also worthy of mention are canvases La Barque à Giverny (Musée d'Orsay, Paris) and En Barque (National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo).

Matsukata Masayoshi

Although not achieved during his lifetime, the 1959 creation of the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo was a vindication of this passion for art and a demonstration of the foresight which benefits his countrymen and others.


Base isolation

The technique has been incorporated to protect statues and other works of art - see, for instance, Rodin's Gates of Hell at the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo's Ueno Park.


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