Tokyo National Museum

The Tokyo National Museum is the oldest Japanese national museum and the largest art museum in Japan.

The museum has a comprehensive collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia and especially Japan.

The museum holds over 110,000 objects. There is also an extensive collection of Greco-Buddhist art.

Highlights the Tokyo National Museum

• Gandhara Buddha
• Noh Mask, Edo period, 18th century
• Drinking scene sculpture, the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara. 3rd century CE
• Haniwa horse statuette
• Kosode, Edo period, 18th century
• Iron helmet and armor with gilt bronze decoration, Kofun period, 5th century
• Wooden plate with inscriptions in Tocharian. Kucha, China, 5th–8th century
• Gigaku Masks
• Chinese ritual bronzes
• Chinese painting
• Indian Miniature Paintings

Tokyo National Museum

• Name:               Tokyo National Museum
• City:                   Tokyo
• Country:            Japan
• Inaugurated:     1872
• Type:                 Art museum
• Location:           Taito, Tokyo, Japan