Opened in 1981 in the heart of Sendai (15min-walk from the castle), this museum is mainly devoted to Japanese art from the Meiji era to the present day. In the company of Japanese artists of the likes of Sato Churyo, Takahashi Yuichi and Matsumoto Shunsuke are a few masters of modern western art such as Kandinsky, Klee and sculptor Barry Flanagan.