Museum of the Fallen Art Students: A Tribute to Dreams Cut Short

The Mugonkan museum stands secluded on a wooded hilltop.

Inside the main building.

Nude. Hidaka Yasunori.

Shizuko. Sakuma Osamu.

Nude. Sakuma Osamu.

Family. Izawa Hiroshi.

A quiet, contemplative atmosphere envelops the Mugonkan’s newer addition, known as the Dome of Damaged Canvases.

Dome of Damaged Canvases in the new building.

Mugonkan founder and director Kuboshima Seiichirō.

The names of the original donors who supported the museum’s construction adorn a brick wall in the main building.

Art students’ personal effects on exhibit in the main building.