Kōjirō Matsukata was a Japanese businessman who, in parallel to his professional activities, devoted his life and fortune to amassing a collection of Western art which, he hoped, would become the nucleus of a Japanese national museum focused particularly on masterworks of the Western art tradition. Although his plans were not realized in his lifetime, his vision is partly realized in Japan's National Museum of Western Art (NMWA) in Ueno Park, central Tokyo. where part of his collection is exhibited.
Kōjirō Matsukata
Queen Anne's Interior in 1901
Entrance plaza at National Museum of Western Art
A "Thinker"-like detail above the closed doors of the entrance at Rodin's "Gates of Hell" in front of the National Museum of Western Art
National Museum of Western Art
The National Museum of Western Art is the premier public art gallery in Japan specializing in art from the Western tradition.
Its logo and National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo designed by Le Corbusier
Auguste Rodin's The Thinker near the entrance of the National Museum of Western Art.
Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1916, oil on canvas, 200.5 × 201 cm (78.9 × 79.1 in)
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. One of the examples of architecture by Le Corbusier
