Uehara Museum

Uehara Museum of Art was established in Shimoda, Izu to display the Buddhist art collected by Shokichi and Koeda Uehara and the modern paintings collected by Shoji Uehara, the Emeritus Chairman. The Uehara Museum of Buddhist Art opened in 1983 and the Uehara Museum of Modern Art opened in 2000, before merging and reopening as the Uehara Museum of Art in 2017. The museum's collection includes art from both the East and the West and from many different genres, including Buddha statues, sutras and other Buddhist art from the Heian and Kamakura periods in Japan, and Western paintings including impressionist paintings and modern Japanese paintings.

The museum displays special exhibitions mainly featuring the museum's own collection and researches ancient Buddhist art in Izu. The museum also contributes to the improvement of local culture through its extensive cultural activities including the invitation of specialists to lecture, the holding of workshops and collaborations with schools to improve art education.

Projects for Culture Promotion during Fiscal 2021

Three special exhibitions were held throughout the year. A selection of masterpieces from the Uehara Collection was exhibited and a special exhibition of "Buddhist art from Shizuoka + Buddhist art from Izu" was held.
Collecting and preserving art.
Lending of its collection to exhibitions held at other museums in Japan.
Research of six temples in Shizuoka prefecture centering on the Izu Peninsula
Holding Buddha statue sculpture classes, sutra-copying classes, a Buddhist art course, sketching and watercolor painting classes and Japanese-style painting classes for the public.
Holding 11 lectures at the request of external parties
Conducting educational collaborations with communities and schools (e.g. facilitating classes taught in the museum and visiting schools for classes).
Raised cultural awareness through lectures about local Buddha statues.
The museum's curator specially cooperates with Mihotoke no Kiseki, a special exhibition held at the Hamamatsu Municipal Museum of Art.
Uehara Museum's curators served as Council for the Protection of Cultural Properties for five different municipalities in Shizuoka Prefecture and were involved in the project compiling a history of Kawazu Town.
Uehara Museum's curators participated in the group promoting the operations of the Shizuokaken Hakubutsukan Kyokai, lectured and were involved in other activities.