The Uehara Museum of Art was founded by Shoji Uehara, honorary chairman of Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., and his parents, Shokichi and Sae Uehara. We collect the works of art across time and culture from modern paintings by Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Ryuzaburo Umehara, Kunitaro Suda, Kokei Kobayashi and others, to Buddhist statues and ancient sutras from the Heian and Kamakura periods. In addition, we hold special exhibition of Buddhist art of Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka Prefecture based on our research. We hold lectures, workshops and educational outreach activities with schools.
The collection gathered by Uehara is characterized by the eye of individual – it is gentle, calm and ease. The museum is located in Inazusa, Shimoda-city, Shizuoka Prefecture, the birthplace of Sae Uehara. We hope you will take your time and relax in this Izu village surrounded by lush greenery.
―History
1983 Uehara Buddhist Art Museum opens
2000 Uehara Museum of Modern Art opens
2017 Uehara Buddhist Art Museum and Uehara Museum of Modern Art unite and reopen as "Uehara Museum of Art”
