The Best Things to See at Tokyo National Museum in Ueno

The Best Things to See at Tokyo National Museum in Ueno, Tokyo, Japan (B)

Cool, unique, important and very old (Some are from the past of thousands years ago!) arts are waiting for us.

(Sometimes the museum changes the permanent exhibition on display, but we see other important arts in this case.)

Among them remaining today, this Dogu is so well-designed that it appears on textbooks. Nobody knows exactly what purpose ancient people made Dogus for, but the influential idea is that they are goddess sculptures for rich harvest and generation.

Ancient people made some earthenware for their daily lives and festivals. Again this fantastic design makes this particular bowl famous.

Wind God and Thunder God are often paired in Japan. A good example is that they are at the gate of Sensoji Temple in Asakusa.

There are Wind Gods in other cultures such as Greek myths. The right is the Japanese style Wind God and the left is Thunder God.

Korin Ogata is famous for this kind of paintings. Students memorize his name for Japanese History exams.

"Japanese sword" reminds us of Samurais. Of course it is totally true, but swords had an aspect as arts (and sometimes charms.) ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: The Best Things to See at Tokyo National Museum in Ueno
Guide Location: Japan » Tokyo
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Kozue Mitani
Read it on Author's Website: http://blog.tokyo-direct-guide.com/2014/05/the-best-things-in-tokyo-national-museum.ueno.arts.html
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