Nara National Museum

Nara National Museum

Japanese  Nara Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan,  

      in Nara, Japan, art museum devoted primarily to Buddhist art. Exhibits include dry-lacquer works, wooden statues, and lacquered wood from the earlier and later Heian periods. There are Kamakura sculptures, including Jizō-Bosatsu, and a relief of 1327 from Kōchi of Kobo Daishi (Kūkai), one of the best-known Buddhist saints in Japan. Pieces on display include a fine gilded-bronze halo of the Asuka period from the statue of the Nigatsudo.

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