, also known as IPMA, is the main art gallery of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Museums" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673.
The collection includes some of the prefecture's most important cultural assets and works by artists with some connection to the region.Reiber, Beth et al. (2010). It is located in Kanazawa, IshikawaIshikawa Prefectural Museum of Art (IPMA), homepage within the grounds of the Kenrokuen Garden.Whipple, Charles et al. (2005).
The gallery was first opened in 1959. When the collection outgrew its original building, a new facility was constructed. The current structure was completed in 1983.IPMA, History
The museum has a large permanent collection; and only part of it is exhibited at any one time.IPMA, Greetings The core collection includes significant works from the Maeda family collection which had been previously housed in at the University of Tokyo.Lillehoj, Elizabeth. (2007). Acquisition: Art and Ownership in Edo-period Japan. p. 89.
See also List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others) Maeda Ikutokukai Prefectural museum
Notes
References Lillehoj, Elizbeth. (2007). Acquisition: Art and Ownership in Edo-period Japan. Warren, Connecticut: Floating World Editions. ;
External links
Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art website ; Japanese website