Fukuda Art Museum
Riverside gallery of some two thousand Japanese paintings, viewed up close through ultra-clear German display cases.
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This guide to the Fukuda Art Museum in Kyoto follows Yoshitaka Fukuda, a Kyoto-born businessman who quietly built a private hoard of nearly two thousand Japanese paintings, by names like Ito Jakuchu and Uemura Shoen, before opening the doors for free in 2019. It traces the museum's design, borrowed from Kyoto's old townhouses and merchant storehouses, and the view from its riverside café toward the Togetsukyo Bridge that shaped where he chose to build. Notice how close the German-made display cases let you stand to the silk itself.
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