Monday, February 28, 2005

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 Jizo-Bosatsu, and a relief of 1327 from Kochi of Kobo Daishi (Kukai), one of the best-known Buddhist saints in Japan. Pieces on display include a fine gilded-bronze

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