[1] The museum was founded in 1952 by the founder of Bridgestone Tire Co., Ishibashi Shojiro (his family name means stone bridge).

[2] The museum's collections include Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and twentieth-century art by Japanese, European and American artists, as well as ceramic works from Ancient Greece.

The museum was located in the headquarters of the Bridgestone Corporation in Chūō, Tokyo.

[6] During the long-term closure, various items from the museum's collection have been loaned out for display in other institutions.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article related to a museum in Japan is a stub.