Tokyo National Museum facts for kids

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Tokyo National Museum

東京国立博物館
Honkan building
Established	1872
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Type	Art museum

The Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館code: ja is deprecated , Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) or TNM is the oldest and largest museum in Japan.

TNM collects houses, and preserves a collection of art works and archaeological objects of Asia. In the collection, there is an emphasis on Japan.

The museum is in Ueno Park in Tokyo.

History

TMN was founded in 1872.

In 1882, the museum was established in its Ueno Park location.

The museum went through several name changes. It was called the Imperial Museum in 1886. It was known as the Tokyo Imperial Household Museum from 1900 through 1947.

Related pages

• Kyoto National Museum (KNM)
• Kyushu National Museum
• Nara National Museum (NNM)
• National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT)
• National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO)
• National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK)
• National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (MOMAT)
• National Museum of Western Art (NMWA)
• List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan
• List of national museums

Images for kids

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  The front of the original Honkan after the Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)

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  East elevation

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  The entrance to the Honkan (May 2019)

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  The TNM garden as seen from the Honkan terrace (March 2018)

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  The Heiseikan (2009)

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  The Toyokan (2009)

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  The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures (2018)

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  The Hyokeikan (2019)

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  Kuroda Memorial Hall

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  A Middle Jōmon vessel (3000–2000 BCE).

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  Kokin Wakashū, Heian period, 10th century.

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  Samantabhadra, Heian period, 12th century.

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  Cintamani in flame type, 12th–13th century.

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  A gilt-wood statue of Vairocana Buddha, Heian period, 11th-12th century.

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  Twelve Heavenly Generals, Kamakura period, 13th century.

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  Tachi Okanehira, Heian period, 12th century

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  Ō-yoroi, Edo period, 16th century.

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  Kakiemon, Edo period, 17th century

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  Noh mask from the Konparu school, Edo period, 18th century.

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  Kosode, Edo period, 18th century

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  Eagle by Suzuki Chokichi, 1892

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  The earliest polished stone tools in the world. Pre-Jōmon (Japanese Paleolithic) period, 30,000 BCE.

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  Incipient Jōmon pottery (radiocarbon dated to 12500 ±350 BP)

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  A Final Jōmon statuette (1000–400 BCE).

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  Horse chariots during the Kofun period. Detail of bronze mirror (5th–6th century). Eta-Funayama Tumulus, Kumamoto.

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  Iron helmet and armour with gilt bronze decoration, Kofun period, 5th century.

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  Haniwa horse statuette, complete with saddle and stirrups, 6th century, Japan.

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  The Buddha, Asuka period, 7th century.

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  Temple tiles from Nara, 7th century.

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  Vine and grape scrolls from Nara, 7th century.

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  One of the first representations of the Buddha, 1st–2nd century CE, Gandhara from Pakistan.

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  Seated Buddha, Gandhara, 1st–2nd century CE.

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  Maitreya, seated on a throne in the Western manner, with Kushan devotee. 2nd century Gandhara.

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  Drinking scene, Greek drinking cups, Greek dress. Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara. 3rd century CE.

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  Greek scroll supported by Indian Yaksas, Amaravati, 3rd century.

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  Northern Wei Buddha Maitreya, 443.

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  Tang-dynasty Bodhisattva.

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  Wooden plate with inscriptions in Tocharian. Kucha, China, 5th–8th century.

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  The Toyokan's collection of Chinese bronzeware