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期間限定Ancient Coins 至2025-09-07止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-06-18 09:30 - 2025-09-07 17:00
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Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan) Japanese Archaeology Gallery
Coins known as wado kaichin, which were minted in 708 (Wado 1), represent the first serious effort in Japan to mint coins for circulation. Subsequently, twelve kinds of coins were minted in the Nara (710–794) and Heian (794–1192) periods. However, the minting of coins ceased by the latter half of the 10th century as the use of bronze coins imported from China became prevalent.
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期間限定Decorative Arts | 16th–19th century 至2025-10-26止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-09-04 09:30 - 2025-10-26 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 8
From the late 16th century, changes in society helped artisans to develop the decorative arts. In the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1573–1603), samurai warlords united Japan after more than a century of fighting. The following Edo period (1603–1868) saw economic growth under a new samurai government, with merchants and other people gaining the wealth to buy art.
Potters succeeded in making Japan's first porcelain in the early 17th century. Methods for decorating porcelain and other ceramics then became more diverse, as shown by works with gold, silver, and color enamels. Meanwhile, textiles saw rapid technical advances. The loom was improved to make complex weaves possible, while dyeing became as detailed and expressive as painting.
Items like furniture and dining sets were coated with lacquer and decorated with metal powders, most often gold. Lacquer workers refined this technique, called maki–e, and combined it with new materials for more elaborate designs. Metalworkers also began using a wider variety of base metals and alloys, creating works with greater detail and precision.
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期間限定Swords 至2025-11-24止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-09-04 09:30 - 2025-11-24 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 13
Room 13 features selected swords and sword–fittings from the Heian to Edo periods, including Blade for a Long Sword (Tachi), Named "Ima Aranami", By the Ichimonji school.
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期間限定Ancient Art | Ca. 11,000 BC–7th century AD 至2025-12-21止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-09-04 09:30 - 2025-12-21 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 1
Japan has some of the earliest pottery in the world, dating back about 13,000 years. It was created by the people of the Jōmon period (ca. 11,000–400 BC). These people built permanent settlements and relied on hunting, fishing, and gathering.
At the height of their culture, they made pottery with richly sculpted forms and figurines with distinctive shapes.
In the Yayoi period (ca. 4th century BC–first half of 3rd century AD), people from Northeast Asia (now China and Korea) immigrated to Japan. They brought knowledge of how to farm rice and make objects with bronze and iron. More food became available and people started making tools, weapons, and ritual objects with metal.
In the Kofun period (ca. second half of 3rd–7th century), regional rulers seized power and resources. They formed an early state and the imperial line became its central authority. These rulers had giant tomb mounds built for themselves, with clay sculptures placed outside and valuable objects buried inside to express the rulers’ authority even after death.
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期間限定Arms and Armor of the Samurai | 12th–19th century 至2025-11-09止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-09-04 09:30 - 2025-11-09 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Rooms 5 & 6
The samurai ruled Japan for nearly 700 years, from the late 12th to the 19th century. They emulated the imperial court, which was the home of high culture, but also borrowed from the practices of common people. Wishing for divine protection in this life and salvation in the next, they worshipped both Shinto and Buddhist deities. The culture of the samurai was complex and ever–changing, but always reflected their authority as the warrior class of Japan.
This gallery focuses on the most prominent symbols of samurai authority: swords, armor, and other military equipment. These had many purposes. Through diverse colors and materials, they showed the tastes of their owners. Differences in shape and construction reflected differences in rank and social standing. Many samurai passed down this equipment as heirlooms, while high–ranking samurai exchanged it as diplomatic gifts. Swords and armor were also donated to Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines in prayer for victory in battle.
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期間限定Tea Ceremony 至2025-11-09止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-09-04 09:30 - 2025-11-09 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 4
Tea drinking and its role in society changed over time. In the 12th century, Zen monks introduced a new kind of tea drinking from China: green tea was ground into a powder and mixed with hot water. Monks drank this tea as a medicine and to stay awake during meditation.
Before long, the samurai also began to drink tea and competed for prizes in blind tasting competitions. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the elite samurai who ruled Japan focused on the aesthetics of tea drinking. They collected valuable Chinese works like paintings and tea bowls, displaying and using them during tea gatherings.
A century later, Sen no Rikyū (1522–91) established the foundations of the tea ceremony. When serving tea, he used valuable Chinese works together with simple utensils. He also stressed humility and the beauty of imperfection. Elite samurai practiced his style and its variations as a social, aesthetic, and spiritual pursuit.
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期間限定The Art of Fashion | 17th–19th century 至2025-10-13止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-09-04 09:30 - 2025-10-13 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 10
Japan's traditional clothing, kimono, are based on kosode — the outer wear of the Edo period (1603–1868). At first, the court nobility and samurai wore kosode under other clothing. But from about the 15th century, the samurai began using them as daily outer wear. In the 17th century, kosode became the most common clothing for men and women of all classes.
Wealthy women placed orders for custom-made kosode at luxury clothing stores. They often chose the patterns from clothing design books that were published and widely circulated. Together with these kosode, they wore hairpins and combs to accent their elaborate hairstyles.
In contrast, men wore kosode with understated patterns like stripes or checks.
Their usual fashion accessories were a small case (inrō) and a toggle (netsuke) for securing the case to the sash. This gallery features kosode and accessories, together with prints and paintings (ukiyo-e) showing how people wore them and how fashions changed over time.
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期間限定Metalwork 至2025-10-19止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-09-04 09:30 - 2025-10-19 17:00
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Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 13
This exhibition provides a historical overview of Japanese metalwork from the Heian (794–1192) to the Edo (1603–1868) period. Objects are displayed by category, such as Buddhist ritual implements, mirrors, tea kettles, objects with designs in cloisonné, decorative fittings, and okimono ornaments. Visitors are invited to view the beauty of metals such as gold, silver, copper, and iron, as well as the shapes they were crafted into, and the designs they were freely embellished with.
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期間限定The Eta Funayama Burial Mound and the Advanced Culture of Provincial Clans 至2026-02-01止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-09-04 09:30 - 2026-02-01 17:00
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Japanese Archaeology and Special Exhibition (Heiseikan) Japanese Archaeology Gallery
Eta Funayama, which is located in Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan, is a keyhole-shaped burial mound with a length of 77 meters. The numerous objects excavated from this mound include a now-famous sword with inscriptions in silver inlay, jewelry and other ornaments made of gold, silver, and gilt bronze, imported bronze mirrors, horse tack, and weapons. As prime examples of objects excavated from a burial mound in Japan, they were designated National Treasures in 1965.
The jewelry and accessories, in particular, which are made from precious metals, are equivalent in quality to Korean accessories related to prestigious governmental ranks. Moreover, the gilt bronze crowns and ornamental shoes served as models for objects created later in Japan, and led to the custom of wearing metal accessories in the 6th century. Horse tack was also excavated from this mound and shows that the Japanese had acquired the technique of horseback riding.
Furthermore, unique Japanese armor, which was made in the Kinai region, suggests that the entombed individuals were advanced and had strong connections with the central Yamato Kingdom.
These excavated objects shine light on the activities of provincial clans in Japan, which interacted with Korean kingdoms such as Baekje.
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期間限定Ethnic Cultures of Asia: The Kris: A Mysterious Weapon from Indonesia 自2025-09-23起
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-09-23 09:30 - 2025-11-16 17:00
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Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 13
The kris is a dagger that was used widely on the Malay Peninsula and the surrounding islands in Southeast Asia. A kris consists of a blade, a hilt, and a sheath that are made of different materials, and each of these components is distinctively shaped. Kris blades are either straight or wavy, and many of them have unique patterns created through their forging process during which multiple types of metals were wrought.
Kris daggers were believed to possess magical powers, granting their owners protection and serving as symbols of the owners’ prestige. Even today, kris daggers are worn by Indonesian men around their waists as part of their traditional attire at ceremonial occasions such as weddings. They are not only weapons, but also works of art, as well as objects symbolizing their owners’ spirituality and social standing.
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期間限定Woodwork, Lacquerware, Incense Woods, and Measuring Instruments 至2025-11-24止
查看活動說明與參加條件- 活動日期 2025-09-04 09:30 - 2025-11-24 17:00
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The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures Room 4
Wooden and lacquered objects include examples of Buddhist ritual implements, furnishings, musical instruments, stationery, measuring tools, and arms & armor, which range in date from the 7th to 17th century. Among these are notable pieces from the 8th century like the Bamboo Cabinet, which was donated by the famous Hōryūji priest Gyōshin, and a sutra box decorated with marquetry that shows the beautiful grain patterns of its jinkō wood. The Seven-stringed Zither is also valuable for its ink inscription, which tells us it was produced in China’s Sichuan Province in 724. The inscriptions on the pieces of incense wood in this collection also have revealed important facts about Persia’s involvement in the trade of such wood. Through these works one can not only see the culture of Japanese decorative art but can also get a sense of the cultural exchanges that occurred within East Asia centuries ago.