The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo Ueno, Tokyo

Japan’s leading museum devoted to Western art, with a collection of Western art masterpieces

This museum with a main building designed by the French architect Le Corbusier specializes in Western art. It houses over 6,000 works centering around the Matsukata Collection and exhibits works of Western art from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century by painters and sculptors such as Degas, Van Gogh, and Rodin.
In 2016, the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, became the twentieth World Heritage site in Japan as one of the sites in the Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement.

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国立西洋美術館 National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

国立西洋美術館はフランス政府から寄贈返還された松方コレクション（印象派の絵画およびロダンの彫刻を中心とするフランス美術コレクション）を基礎に、西洋美術に関する作品を広く公衆の観覧に供する機関として、1959（昭和34）年4月に発足しました。以来、広く西洋美術全般を対象とする唯一の国立美術館として、展覧事業を中心に、西洋美術に関する作品および資料の収集、調査研究、保存修復、教育普及、出版物の刊行等を行っています。

The National Museum of Western Art was established in April 1959 and was based on the Matsukata Collection focusing on the Impressionist paintings and Auguste Rodin's sculptures previously stored by the French government. The museum's purpose is to provide the public with opportunities to appreciate western art. Since its opening, the museum, as Japan's only national institution devoted to western art, has been involved in exhibitions, art work and document acquisition, research, restoration and conservation, education and the publication of materials related to western art.