Nara National Museum 奈良国立博物館
Founded in 1895, it displays about a hundred Buddhist statues from the Asuka to the Kamakura period.
The Nara National Museum, founded in 1895, is a state institution devoted to ancient Japanese Buddhist art. Its historic building, now called the Butsuzōkan, was the original home of the museum in the Meiji era and is designated an Important Cultural Property. The museum holds and displays about a hundred Buddhist statues from the Asuka to the Kamakura period, and every autumn it hosts the Shōsōin Exhibition (正倉院展).
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