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Kitanomaru Park (北の丸公園, Kitanomaru Kōen) is a public park in Chiyoda, central Tokyo, Japan, just north of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. It is the location of the Nippon Budokan indoor sports and performance venue, the Science Museum, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
(kept at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo) materials and techniques of western oil painting applied to the Japanese subject of a white-robed Kannon, holding a willow branch in one hand and a water jar in the other [5] 272.0 centimetres (107.1 in) by 181.0 centimetres (71.3 in)
Shinjuku Central Park or Shinjuku Chūō Park (新宿中央公園, Shinjuku chūō kōen) is a park in western Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.The park is bordered by Honnnan Dori and Kita Dori to the north, Junisha Dori to the west, Suido Dori or Minami Dori to the south, and Koen Dori to the east.
The Imperial Palace (皇居, Kōkyo, literally 'Imperial Residence') is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan.It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda district of the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo and contains several buildings including the Fukiage Palace (吹上御所, Fukiage gosho) where the Emperor has his living quarters, the main palace (宮殿, Kyūden) where various ceremonies ...
Almost all major Japanese learned societies are based in Tokyo. The Japan Academy, the country's academy of sciences, was established in 1879 to bring together leading scholars in various disciplines. [208] The Japan Art Academy was established in 1919 with a similar purpose. [209] These two national academies are headquartered in Ueno Park.
There are four national parks in Tokyo: Chichibu Tama Kai National Park, in Nishitama and spilling over into Yamanashi and Saitama Prefectures; Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park, around Mount Takao to the south of Hachioji. Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, which includes all of the Izu Islands. Ogasawara National Park.
Hasui Kawase (川瀬 巴水, Kawase Hasui, May 18, 1883 – November 7, 1957) was a Japanese artist who was one of 20th century Japan's most important and prolific printmakers. He was a prominent designer of the shin-hanga ("new prints") movement, whose artists depicted traditional subjects with a style influenced by yōga (Western-style ...
Ueno Park occupies land once belonging to Kan'ei-ji, founded in 1625 in the "demon gate", the unlucky direction to the northeast of Edo Castle. [3] Most of the temple buildings were destroyed in the Battle of Ueno in 1868 during the Boshin War, when the forces of the Tokugawa shogunate were defeated by those aiming at the restoration of imperial rule.