Ōtsuka Museum of Art

The Ōtsuka Museum of Art (大塚国際美術館, Ōtsuka Kokusai Bijutsukan) in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture is an art museum founded in 1998 and is one of the largest exhibition spaces in Japan.[1]

Ōtsuka Museum of Art
大塚国際美術館
Ōtsuka Kokusai Bijutsukan
The museum in 2014
Established1998 (1998)
LocationNaruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
TypeArt museum
CollectionsFull-size ceramic reproductions of noted artworks
Collection size>1,000
Websiteo-museum.or.jp

Established by Otsuka Pharmaceutical as a celebration of its 75th anniversary,[2] it houses over a thousand full-size ceramic reproductions of major works of art, including the Sistine Chapel, Scrovegni Chapel, triclinium of the Villa of the Mysteries, and Guernica.[3][4] The works are transfer-printed from photographs before being fired and retouched.[5][6] The purpose of this is to give Japanese people who cannot travel abroad the opportunity to see these famous pieces.[7] A robot named 'Mr Art' gives hour-long gallery talks.[8] The museum cost industrialist Masahito Ōtsuka $400,000,000.[9]

  • Otsuka Museum of Art, Tokushima
  • Otsuka Museum of Art, Tokushima
  • Reproduction of Sistine Chapel
Full-size ceramic reproduction of the Scrovegni Chapel at the Ōtsuka Museum of Art

See also

References
  1. "Ōtsuka Museum of Art". Japan National Tourism Organization. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  2. "The Otsuka Museum of Art | Naruto | Japan Travel Guide - Japan Hoppers". Japan Hoppers - Free Japan Travel Guide. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. "Floor Guide". Ōtsuka Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  4. "Three Exhibition Methods". Ōtsuka Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  5. "Ceramic Board Masterpiece Art Museum". Ōtsuka Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  6. "Rauschenberg and Shigaraki". Ōtsuka Ohmi Ceramics Company. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  7. "9 Museums You Must Visit Outside Tokyo". Japanology. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  8. "Ōtsuka Museum of Art - Enjoy". Ōtsuka Museum of Art. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  9. "The biggest repro job in the world". The Telegraph. 30 December 1998. Retrieved 25 April 2011.


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