Tokyo National Museum

The Tokyo National Museum located at the northern end of Ueno park was established in 1872. It is Japan's oldest and largest museum and sports a number of collections focused on Japan and Asia. The museum consists of five exhibition buildings: Toyokan, Horikan, Heiseikan, Hyokeikan and the Horyu-ji gallery.


01 Main building	02 Buddha statue	03 Head of Buddha	04 Worshipping of the bowl and Maitreya	05 Bodhisattva statue


06 Amitabha triad	07 Bronze Bo bell with coiling snakes	08 Bronze Bo bell with coiling snakes	09 Statue of Tang dynasty official	10 Seated Monju Bosatsu and attendants	11 Statue of attendant


12 Covered jar Edo period	13 Tachi sword	14 Haniwa warrior in Tanko armour	15 Haniwa terracotta figure of woman	16 Haniwa terracotta figure of woman


17 Haniwa terracotta figure of woman	18 Three colour glazed pottery divine warrior	19 Bronze spearheads	20 Covered enamel and gold jar	21 Goblins on Oeyama flower vase	22 Goblin on Oeyama flower vase


23 Buddha statue	24 Bronze statue of Avalokitesvara	25 Buddha statue	26 Kannon Bosatsu Akalokitesvara statue	27 Statue of Amitabha and two attendants	28 Statue of seated Bodhisattva

Other Tokyo galleries: Tokyo daytime skylines ▪ Tokyo skylines by night ▪ Bay of Tokyo skylines ▪ Tokyo central station ▪ Around the Central Station ▪ Ginza ▪ Tokyo International Forum ▪ Akihabara ▪ Meiji Jingu shrine ▪ Roppongi ▪ Shinjuku skyscraper district ▪ Shibuya by day ▪ Harajuku ▪ Shinjuku by night ▪ Shibuya by night ▪ Senso-ji Kannon temple ▪ Ueno ▪ Ueno park ▪ Odaiba ▪ Miscellaneous photos

Categories: Archaeological sites ▪ Statues ▪ Jewelry and artefacts ▪ Museums

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