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Art Museum Attractions In Kirishima

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Kirishima was a warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I and World War II. Designed by British naval engineer George Thurston, she was the third launched of the four Kongō-class battlecruisers. Laid down in 1912 at the Mitsubishi Shipyards in Nagasaki, Kirishima was formally commissioned in 1915 on the same day as her sister ship, Haruna. Kirishima patrolled on occasion off the Chinese coast during World War I, and helped with rescue efforts following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. Starting in 1927, Kirishima's first reconstruction rebuilt her as a battleship, strengthening her armor and improving her speed. From 1934, a second reco...
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Art Museum Attractions In Kirishima

  • 1. Matsushita Art Museum Kirishima
    Matsushita Museum of Art opened in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, in 1983. The collection of some three thousand works is exhibited in six buildings: the first, with works by Japanese artists associated with Kagoshima Prefecture, in particular Kuroda Seiki, Fujishima Takeji, and Wada Eisaku, as well as western artists including Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Picasso; the second for installation art; the third, antiquities; the fourth, kakejiku; the fifth, masks, including those used in kagura; and the sixth, Satsuma ware, works by the Museum's first director Matsushita Kanetomo , and a gallery space for contemporary artists.
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