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The Art Museum (1)
Mini-museum of the Kantei
"Fujiyama (Mt. Fuji)" Keigetsu Matsubayashi
"Fujiyama (Mt. Fuji)" Keigetsu Matsubayashi
Photo No.1 "Hakkonikagayaku (Light of the World)"  Taikan Yokoyama Photo No.2 "Fujiyama (Mt. Fuji)" Keigetsu Matsubayashi Photo No.3 "Washi (Eagle)" Shuho Ikegami
The Kantei was home to several dozen paintings. These included works of two Japanese painters: Taikan Yokoyama (1868-1958)'s "Hakkonikagayaku (Light of the World)," which hung on a wall in front of the Grand Hall, and Keigetsu Matsubayashi (1876-1963)'s ink painting "Fujiyama (Mt. Fuji)," which hung in the Ministerial Reception Room.

Shuho Ikegami (1874-1944)'s "Washi (Eagle)" painting (210cm x 246cm) was enshrined at the head of the front staircase, leading up from the Main Entrance Hall. The work was a conspicuous figure, even among the numerous masterpiece paintings in the Kantei. The great eagle, wide-eyed and wings spread over a windswept shore, greeted visitors to the Prime Minister's Office.

"La Boca", an oil painting by Argentine artist Quinquela Martin (1890-1977), hung in the Chief Cabinet Secretary's Office. This work was a gift from the Argentine Navy during a goodwill visit to Japan in 1940. Boca is a port town in the capital of Buenos Aires, and it is said that then President of the Argentine Republic Carlos Saul Menem was highly pleased when he saw the painting on his visit to Japan in 1998.
The Frogs and the Cats
The Art Museum (2)
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