On the other hand, we established“Yamagata Art Museum Award” to support young
Japanese painters(carried out every two years from 1971 to 1997), we have also tried to find new talents and purchase award-winning works.
Located in the north of Honshu, Akita Prefecture faces the Sea of Japan in the west and is bordered by four other prefectures: Aomori in the north, Iwate in the east,
Miyagi in the southeast, and Yamagata in the south.