Ogaki City Moriya Tadashi Art Museum

　Mr. Tadashi Moriya, born in Funa-machi, Ogaki City in 1912 is a well-known artist who has greatly contributed to Japanese culture. His artwork is annually exhibited by the Nihon Art Academy, where he graduated from. His Japanese style paintings are highly regarded for their accurate portrayal of historical events, their uniqueness and varied choice of subject matter, and for the excellent composition. He is a prominent Japanese painter of history whose style is graceful and refined.

　The Ogaki City Moriya Tadashi Art Museum opened on the 28th of July, 2001, displaying collections of his works of art and valuable references of art donated or entrusted by him. With the perfect location in the center of Ogaki, we hope that the Museum will be a place many people love to visit.

　The paintings have been classified, and exhibited in sections, each with a different theme. The painting entitled “Vienna ni Rokudan no Shirabe” (A Note of Koto in Vienna) in which Brahms and a countess Kiwako Toda are depicted, is included in a section featuring famous historical figures. He is known to have made a profound study of drawing historical figures. Another section proudly displays paintings of Ogaki City as his hometown.

　Visitors will be impressed not only by accuracy and refinement of the historical paintings but also by love and adoration of his hometown.

from 9am to 5pm

Tuesdays, days immediately following national holidays,

December 29th～January 3th, and

During the changing of exhibitions

adult 300 yen (150 yen for a group of more than 20 people)

• 10 minutes walk from JR/Yoro-Railway Ogaki Station
• 5 minutes bus ride from JR/Yoro-Railway Ogaki Station
• 15 minutes drive from Meishin Expressway Ogaki Interchange
• 25 minutes drive from Shinkansen Gifu Hashima Station

Please park at nearby parking lots.

　Tadashi Moriya was born in Funa-machi in Ogaki City on the 10th of August, 1912. After graduating from Ogaki Junior High School under the pre-war system, he studied under Maeda Seison who was already a reputable Japanese style artist. In 1936, he graduated from the Japanese Painting Department of Tokyo Art School, the present Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. In 1941, his work was accepted for the exhibition by the Nihon Art Academy for the first time. Then he was involved in the restoration project of old wall paintings of the Main Hall of the Horyuji Temple and of Takamatsuzuka Kofun (an ancient tomb), thus contributing to the preservation of traditional Japanese culture. Also, he drew the fusuma (sliding paper doors) paintings for the villa house of Kongobuji Temple in Koya-san. Furthermore, his works have been exhibited at the Louvre in Paris and other internationally known museums. He is one of the most prominent Japanese style artist in Japan.

　He received the Order of the Rising Sun in 1983, the Distinguished Service Medal from Ogaki City in 1984 and was recognized as an Honored Citizen of Ogaki. He was also recognized as a Cultural Contributor to Japan in 1996 and received the Order of Culture in 2001.

　The Ogaki City Moriya Tadashi Art Museum opened on the 28th of July, 2001. He died at 91 years old on the 22th of December, 2003.