Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum (東京都庭園美術館 Tōkyō-to Teien Bijutsukan) is an art museum in Tokyo, Japan. The museum is located in Minato ward, just east of Meguro Station. The Art Deco building, completed in 1933, has interiors designed by Henri Rapin and features decorative glass work by René Lalique.

The building was previously the residence of Prince Asaka Yasuhiko (1933–47) and his family. The prince, having studied at École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in France and who travelled to the United States in 1925, was greatly enamoured of the Art Deco movement and on his return to Japan commissioned the construction of his own private residence in this style. Although many of the interiors were designed according to plans submitted by Henri Rapin, the main architect of the building itself is credited as Gondo Yukichi of the Works Bureau of the Imperial Household Ministry.

東京都庭園美術館 / Kentaro Ohno

WebSite:

Name : Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum

Category : Art

Website : HTTP://WWW.TEIEN-ART-MUSEUM.NE.JP/INFO/E_INDEX.HTML

TEL : 03-3443-0201

Area : Tokyo (Kanto)

Address : 5-21-9 Shiroganedai Minato-ku 108-0071
〒108-0071 東京都港区白金台5-21-9
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