September 19, 2014

Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo, Japan

Some of my favorite finds from a trip to Tokyo National Museum below.

17th century tea house from Kyoto, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan

17th century tea house from Kyoto

Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan

Entrance to Hokan building

Textile & Objects
A pot, helmet, bowl and a beautifully crafted, detailed katabira.

Pot, Nara period, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Saigabachi Style Helmet Bowl, Edo period, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Edo period bowl, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
A Katabira, Edo period, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan

Ink, paint & pulp
Centuries old representations describing religion, culture, tradition and nature.

From The Taoist Immortals, Muromachi period, 16th century, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Scroll on the origin of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Muromachi period, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Daijodaiho Donichizo Kyo Sutra, Vol. 10, Kamakura period, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Monjushiri Bosatsu Konpon Daikyo'o Konjicho'o Bon Sutra, Heian peiod, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Kitagawa Utamaro, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Mountain in Thick Fog, Kawai Gyokudo, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Thrush and Japanese Snake Gourds, Watanabe Seitei, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan

Netsuke
Used to hold inro and tobacco pouches as they swung from obi sashes.

Beginning and End, Amber, ivory and silver, Kiho Takagi, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Hatching Turtle, Boxwood and tagua nut, Susan Wraight, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Dragon and Tiger, Hippopotamus tooth, Meikan Shoji, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Tiger, Ivory, Shinryo Suzuki, Tokyo National Museum | Tokyo, Japan
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