Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
{{Infobox museum| name = Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
| native_name = 東京都庭園美術館
| native_name_lang = Japanese
| image = Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum 02.jpg
| imagesize = 250
| caption = Teien Art Museum
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| map_type = Japan
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| map_caption = Location of The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum in Japan
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| coordinates = {{coord|35.636889|139.719083|type:landmark_region:ISO 3166-2|display=inline}}
| established =
| location = 5-21-9 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
| type = Art museum
| owner = Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
| website = http://www.teien-art-museum.ne.jp/en/
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The {{Nihongo|Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum|東京都庭園美術館|Tōkyō-to Teien Bijutsukan}} is an art museum in Shirokanedai 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.{{cite book|last1=Flannigan|first1=Thomas|title=Tokyo Museum Guide: A Complete Guide|date=1993|publisher=Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co.|location=Tokyo|isbn=978-1-4629-0424-2|page=23}}
History
The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum building was previously the residence of Prince Asaka Yasuhiko and his family from 1933 to 1947. The prince, who studied at the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in France, and travelled to the United States in 1925, was greatly enamoured of the Art Deco movement. On his return to Japan he 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.
After World War II the building served as the official residence of the Prime Minister (1947–50), and as a State Guest House (1950–74). The residence was first opened to the public as a museum in 1983. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefectural government.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA671&dq= "Museums"] in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 671-673. Teien means Japanese garden, and the museum is so named because the building is surrounded by a garden and sculptures.
Current facilities
After undergoing extensive renovation in 2013, the museum was re-opened in November 2014. The new museum annex, designed in collaboration with Hiroshi Sugimoto includes modern exhibition spaces, a café and museum shop.
Gallery
File:Prince Asaka residence.jpg|Prince Asaka Residence
File:Teien Museum Garden.jpg|Teien Museum from Garden
File:Teien Annex.jpg|Teien Museum Annex (completed 2014)
File:Tokyo_Metropolitan_Museum_entrance.jpg|Museum Entrance
Winter Garden in Tokyo Metropolotan Teien Art Museum.jpg|Winter garden on the rooftop
Ceiling illumination made of staind glass ceiling in the Tokyo Metropolotan Teien Art Museum.jpg|The illumination made of stained glass
Private Dining Room in the Tokyo Metropolotan Teien Art Museum.jpg|This room was used for the Asakanomiya family's daily meals.
A lighting fixture of René Lalique in the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum.jpg|A lighting fixture of René Lalique in the great dining room
A lighting fixture of René Lalique in the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum2.jpg|A lighting fixture of René Lalique in the great dining room
The figure of penguins in the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum.jpg|Ornament of pottery in around 1920 of Danish Royal Copenhagen which was modeled on the penguin put in the room
Great Dining Hall in the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum.jpg| A great dining room
The porcelain fountain in the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum.jpg|A white porcelain "perfume tower" in the room called "Tsugi-no-ma"The tower was designed by Henri Lapin in 1932 and built by the National Sabre Pottery Studio. Because the perfumed tower had a mechanism to allow water to flow, it was described as "Fountain" in drawings of the Imperial Household Ministry, etc., but later it came to be called "perfume tower" because Prince Asaka put perfume on the upper part of the lighting to give the fragrance by the heat of the lighting. At Savle Ceramics in France, it is recorded that "Vase Lumineux Rapin" (Lappan's Shining Container).
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.teien-art-museum.ne.jp/en/ Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum: General information], English website.
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Category:Residential buildings completed in 1933
Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1983
Category:1983 establishments in Japan
Category:Art museums and galleries in Tokyo
Category:Imperial residences in Japan