The Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum is an art museum in Tokyo, Japan.
The museum is located in the Minato district, east of Meguro station.
The Art Deco building, completed in 1933, contains interiors designed by Henri Rapin and decorative glass works by René Lalique.
eien means Japanese garden, and the museum is so named because the building is surrounded by a garden and sculptures. The building was previously, from 1933 to 1947, the residence of Prince Asaka Yasuhiko and his family.
The prince, who studied at the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr in France, and traveled to the United States in 1925, was in love with the Art Deco movement. Upon his return to Japan, he commissioned the construction of his private residence in this style.
Although many of the interiors were designed according to the plans presented by Henri Rapin, the main architect of the building was Gondo Yukichi of the Imperial Family Ministry Works Office.
Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum
Address: 5 Chome-21-9 Shirokanedai, Minato City
Phone: +81334430201
Site:
https://www.teien-art-museum.ne.jp/Location inserted by
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