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Japan Ukiyo-e Museum

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The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum is home to the largest collection of woodblock prints in the world. Located in Nagano, the museum was started by a wealthy woodblock print collector over 300 years ago. The size of his collection grew and his descendants added on to it and the count currently stands at over 100,000 pieces.

Japan Ukiyo-e Museum Website.

Written by Tony Owusu.

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