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Tokyo National Museum: Toyokan

The Toyokan (Asian Gallery) has an eclectic collection . Korean Art
of non-Japanese Eastern art, including textiles, sculpture, Dating from the Bronze Age (100
BC–AD 300), this dagger is one of
and ceramics. Many exhibits are from China and Korea – the older pieces on display in the
a result of their long ties with Japan. The layout of the Korean collection.
three floors is in a rough spiral; a well-marked route
takes visitors from the sculpture on the first floor up
to the Korean collection at the top. . Chinese Ceramics
Ceramics, such as this
8th-century Tang-
Chinese Sculpture dynasty camel,
One of a number of feature in the
beautiful Buddhist Chinese art
statues on the first section, along
floor, this 11-faced with bronzes,
Avalokitesvara from scrolls, jade,
Xian in China dates textiles, and
from the 11th glassware.
century.

Third floor

Second floor

Entrance

First floor

Key to Floor Plan
Chinese and Indian Sculpture
Vietnamese Ceramic Bowl
This delicately decorated Egyptian and West, Southeast, Indian Sculpture
and South Asian Art
15th- to 16th-century bowl This 2nd-century figure
is part of the collection of Chinese Art and Antiquities of a seated Bodhisattva,
Asian art on the first floor, Korean and Central Asian Art from Gandhara in Pakistan,
which also includes fabrics and Antiquities is grouped with the Indian
and statuary. Non-exhibition space sculptures on the first floor.

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