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About Kōjirō Matsukata
Kōjirō Matsukata was a Japanese businessman who, in parallel to his professional activities, devoted his life and fortune to amassing a collection of Western art which, he hoped, would become the nucleus of a Japanese national museum focused particularly on masterworks of the Western art tradition. Although his plans were not realized in his lifetime, his vision is partly realized in Japan's National Museum of Western Art (NMWA) in Ueno Park, central Tokyo. where part of his collection is exhibited.
Everything about Kōjirō Matsukata →- Occupation
- art collector, entrepreneur, politician, businessperson
- Position held
- member of the House of Representatives of Japan
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Born
- January 17, 1865, 1865
- Died
- June 24, 1950