Hara Museum of Contemporary Art

The building was originally built as a private mansion designed by Jin Watanabe in 1938 for the grandfather of current museum president and international collector Toshio Hara.

[2][3] Designed in a Bauhaus style, it is a rare example of early Shōwa period architecture .

It underwent a major renovation in 2008, including a new lighting system designed by Shozo Toyohisa.

[5] Its permanent collection had included works by Karel Appel, Alexander Calder, Buckminster Fuller, Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Surasi Kusolwong, Aiko Miyawaki, Yasumasa Morimura, Daisuke Nakayama, Maruyama Ōkyo, Jackson Pollock, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, George Rickey, Mark Rothko, Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jason Teraoka, Zhou Tiehai, Lee U-Fan, Andy Warhol, and Miwa Yanagi.

[1] Its street address was: 4-7-25 Kita-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0001, Japan.