Ukiyo-e Ōta Memorial Museum of Art

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Ukiyo-e Ōta Memorial Museum of Art

The Ukiyo-e Ōta Memorial Museum of Art (浮世絵 太田記念美術館, Ukiyo-e Ōta kinen bijutsukan) is a museum that opened in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, in January 1980. It presents rotating exhibitions of Ukiyo-e from Ōta Seizo V's collection of over 12,000 pieces. [1]

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  1. "Ota Memorial Museum of Art marks 20th anniversary". The Japan Times . 4 March 2000. Retrieved 30 January 2012.[ dead link ]

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