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Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography

Coordinates: 35°23′24″N 133°26′09″E / 35.3899°N 133.4358°E / 35.3899; 133.4358
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Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography

The Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography, is a museum in Hōki, Tottori, Japan that is solely dedicated to exhibiting and archiving the work of the photographer Shoji Ueda.[1]

The museum was founded in 1995.[2] The collection consists of over 12,000 works by Shoji Ueda.[3] The building was designed by Shin Takamatsu.[4] The architectural relationships between volumetric solids and voids (as scaled incisions in the volume) function to frame Mount Daisen.[5]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography". Japan Travel. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Ueda Shoji (born Sakaiminato, 1913–2000)". National Museum of Asian Art. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Three Photographers You Should Know". Musée Magazine. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography". Tourist Information for Tottori, Japan. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  5. ^ Porter, Tom (2014). The Architect's Eye. Taylor and Francis. pp. 90–91. ISBN 9781136744099. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

Further reading

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Cerver, Francisco Asenio. Shoji Ueda Museum of Photography in The Architecture of Museums, pgs. 162-170, University of Michigan Press, 1997. ISBN 9780823061310

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35°23′24″N 133°26′09″E / 35.3899°N 133.4358°E / 35.3899; 133.4358