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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum広島平和記念資料館
- Location
- Hiroshima Prefecture Hiroshima (Naka Ward)
- Opened
- 1955
Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Overview
The Atomic Bomb Dome beyond the pilotis. An architecture of prayer shaped by the city's axis.
A museum opened in 1955. Designed by Kenzo Tange, it forms an urban axis along which the view passes in a straight line from the main building, raised on pilotis, to the Cenotaph and on to the Atomic Bomb Dome.
In 2006 it became the first postwar building to be designated a national Important Cultural Property. Together with the Peace Memorial Park, it continues to pass the memory of the atomic bombing on to the future.
This description has been translated from the Japanese original.
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- Opened
- 1955
- Architect
- Kenzo Tange
- Use
- Museum
- Location
- 1-2 Nakajimachō, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Designated Important Cultural Property
- 2006
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Architect
Kenzo Tange
Kenzo Tange1913–2005
Born in Osaka Prefecture. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University and working in the office of Kunio Maekawa, he taught at the University of Tokyo after the war while undertaking numerous national projects.
His works, including the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Yoyogi National Gymnasium, St. Mary's Cathedral, Tokyo and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, came to symbolise their respective eras. In 1987 he became the first Japanese recipient of the Pritzker Prize.
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Location
1-2 Nakajimachō, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
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Sources
References
- 広島平和記念資料館 — WikipediaWikipedia日本語版
- Wikidata Q1200076Wikidata
- 広島平和記念資料館 公式サイト広島平和記念資料館
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Photo Credits
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01Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, 20240817 0829 4208.jpg
Photo: Jakub Hałun
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02Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, G7 Hiroshima 001.jpg
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Photo: そらみみ
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Photo: Motokoka
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