Kikuchi Kan Award
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Edition 59 (2005) award
Mugonkan
むごんかん
Mugonkan
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Museum Management
- Active Years
- 1997-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | Memorial activities for fallen art students | — | Kikuchi Kan Prize Executive Committee | 受賞 |
Kikuchi Kan Prize
2005
Work:
Memorial activities for fallen art students
Organization:
Kikuchi Kan Prize Executive Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Style & Themes
- Recurring Motifs
- War-deceased art students' late worksMemorialsMemory of war
Legacy
Mugonkan is a museum opened in 1997 in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to collecting and memorializing artworks by art students who died in World War II. Although a private museum, it holds numerous works nationwide and uniquely serves as both memorial and art museum. It won the Kikuchi Kan Prize in 2005. The memorial stone 'Palette of Memory' was built with donations from many supporters. Directed by Seiichiro Kuboshima, the museum houses over 600 works by 108 deceased art students.
Museums
- Mugonkan 3462 Sannouyama, Kozo, Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan Opened in 1997
- Mugonkan Second Exhibition Hall 'Dome of Wounded Canvas - Olive's Reading Room' Adjacent to 3462 Sannouyama, Kozo, Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan Opened in 2008
In Popular Culture
- Documentary film 'Hatachi no Mugonkan' (2017)
- NHK Sunday Art Museum Special 'The Door of Mugonkan: Continuing the Story of War-Deceased Art Students' (2020)
Trivia
- The name 'Mugonkan' means the exhibited artworks do not speak, yet they convey much to visitors silently.
- The opening was funded by about 40 million yen in donations from approximately 3800 contributors nationwide.
- In 2005, the memorial stone 'Palette of Memory' suffered red paint vandalism; traces of it remain preserved.