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Tokyo National Museum: Toyokan

Opened in 1968, the Toyokan (Asian Gallery) displays
an excellent and eclectic collection of non-Japanese . Korean Art
Dating from the Bronze Age (100
Eastern art that ranges from textiles to sculpture and BC–AD 300), this dagger is one of
ceramics. Many of the exhibits are from China and the older pieces on display in the
Korea – a consequence of these countries’ historic Korean collection.
ties with Japan. The layout of the three floors is in
a rough spiral, and a well-marked route guides . Chinese Ceramics
visitors through the collection. Ceramics, such as this 8th-century
Tang-dynasty camel, feature in the
Chinese Buddha Chinese art section, along with
One of a number of beautiful bronzes, scrolls, jade, textiles,
Buddhist statues on the and glassware.
first floor, this 11-faced
Avalokitesvara from Xian
in China dates from the
11th century.

Third floor

Second floor

Entrance

First floor

Key to Floor Plan
Vietnamese Ceramic Bowl Chinese and Indian sculptures
This delicately decorated 15th- Egyptian and West, Southeast, Indian Sculpture
to 16th-century bowl is part and South Asian art This 2nd-century figure, from the
of the collection of Asian art Chinese art and antiquities borders of modern Afghanistan
on the first floor, which also Korean and Central Asian art and Pakistan, is grouped with the
includes fabrics and statuary. and antiquities Indian sculptures on the first floor.
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