Ōtsuka Museum of Art

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{{Infobox museum

| name = Ōtsuka Museum of Art

| native_name = 大塚国際美術館
Ōtsuka Kokusai Bijutsukan

| native_name_lang = ja

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| image = The Otsuka Museum of Art20s3203-B-T.jpg

| caption = The museum in 2014

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| established = {{start date|1998}}

| location = Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

| type = Art museum

| collections = Full-size ceramic reproductions of noted artworks

| collection_size = >1,000

| website = {{URL|https://o-museum.or.jp}}

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The {{nihongo|Ōtsuka Museum of Art|大塚国際美術館|Ōtsuka Kokusai Bijutsukan}} in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture is an art museum founded in 1998 and is one of the largest exhibition spaces in Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/arrange/attractions/facilities/art_museums/83dn3a000000hd27.html |title=Ōtsuka Museum of Art |publisher=Japan National Tourism Organization |accessdate=25 April 2011}}

Established by Otsuka Pharmaceutical as a celebration of its 75th anniversary,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Otsuka Museum of Art {{!}} Naruto {{!}} Japan Travel Guide - Japan Hoppers|url=https://www.japanhoppers.com/en/shikoku/naruto/kanko/967/|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Japan Hoppers - Free Japan Travel Guide|language=en}} it houses over a thousand full-size ceramic reproductions of major works of art, including the Sistine Chapel, Scrovegni Chapel, triclinium of the Villa of the Mysteries, and Guernica.{{cite web |url=http://www.o-museum.or.jp/english/floor/ |title=Floor Guide |publisher=Ōtsuka Museum of Art |accessdate=25 April 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.o-museum.or.jp/english/enjoy/display.html |title=Three Exhibition Methods |publisher=Ōtsuka Museum of Art |accessdate=25 April 2011}} The works are transfer-printed from photographs before being fired and retouched.{{cite web |url=http://www.o-museum.or.jp/english/character/ceramic.html |title=Ceramic Board Masterpiece Art Museum |publisher=Ōtsuka Museum of Art |accessdate=25 April 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ohmi.co.jp/en/rauscheberg_shigaraki.html |title=Rauschenberg and Shigaraki |publisher=Ōtsuka Ohmi Ceramics Company |accessdate=25 April 2011}} The purpose of this is to give Japanese people who cannot travel abroad the opportunity to see these famous pieces.{{Cite web|date=2017-06-28|title=9 Museums You Must Visit Outside Tokyo|url=https://japanology.org/2017/06/9-museums-you-must-visit-outside-tokyo/|access-date=2020-08-31|website=Japanology|language=en-US}} A robot named 'Mr Art' gives hour-long gallery talks.{{cite web |url=http://www.o-museum.or.jp/english/enjoy/ |title=Ōtsuka Museum of Art - Enjoy |publisher=Ōtsuka Museum of Art |accessdate=25 April 2011}} The museum cost industrialist Masahito Ōtsuka $400,000,000.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4716544/The-biggest-repro-job-in-the-world.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201071833/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4716544/The-biggest-repro-job-in-the-world.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 February 2014 |title=The biggest repro job in the world |publisher=The Telegraph |date=30 December 1998 |accessdate=25 April 2011}}