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Japan · Kōka-shi
Miho Museum
MIHO MUSEUM
Designed by I. M. Pei as a modern-day 'Shangri-La', the museum is beautifully integrated into a forested mountain landscape, with three-quarters of the structure built underground to preserve the natural environment.
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The Miho Museum is an art museum located southeast of Kyoto, Japan, in the Shigaraki neighborhood of the city of Kōka, in Shiga Prefecture.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Notable Works
- 象と鯨図屏風Wikipedia (ja)
- 曜変天目茶碗Wikipedia (ja)不明
重要文化財
Museum basics
- Founded
- 1997
- Architect
- I. M. Pei
- Building completed
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- Renovated
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- Director
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- Operated by
- 公益財団法人秀明文化財団
- Annual visitors
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- National treasures
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- Important cultural properties
- 9
- Site area
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- Floor area
- 17,400 m²
- Exhibition area
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- 建築容積の8割が地下に埋没
- Approximately three-quarters of the building is situated underground, carved out of a rocky mountaintop
Sources
The structured data and prose on this page are grounded in the following primary sources.
- Official website — miho.jp ↗
- Wikipedia (Japanese) ↗CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikipedia (English) ↗CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata — Q1268542 ↗CC0
- Official PDF — 団体申込書 ↗3 pages
- Official PDF — 駐車場の地図はこちら ↗1 pages
- Official PDF — こちら ↗2 pages
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