Kōjirō Matsukata, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese businessman
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Place of Birth: Japan
About Kōjirō Matsukata
- Matsukata Kojiro (?? ???, January 17, 1865 – June 24, 1950) 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.
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