National Museum of Western Art

museibyggnad · 1959 · Ueno-kōen, JP · Le Corbusier, Kunio Maekawa

National Museum of Western Art (Ueno-kōen, Japan) dates from 1959. The catalogue names Le Corbusier and Kunio Maekawa as the architects. According to Wikidata, the building belongs to the ‘Post-war modernism’ style. The date falls within the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.

The building was inaugurated in 1959. The building is protected as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site and Important Cultural Property of Japan.

The catalogue has 36 more buildings by Le Corbusier. 191 other buildings on this site lie within 25 kilometres; the nearest is Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 141 m away.

• Le Corbusier
• Kunio Maekawa
• Post-war modernism