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The Nara National Museum is located in Nara, which was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. Katayama Tōkuma (1854–1917) designed the original building, which is a representative Western-style building of the Meiji period and has been designated an Important Cultural Property in Japan.
Nara was Japan's first truly urban center. It soon had a population of 200,000 (representing nearly 7% of the country's population) and some 10,000 people worked in government jobs. Economic and administrative activity increased during the Nara period. Roads linked Nara to provincial capitals, and taxes were collected more efficiently and ...
Heijō-kyō (平城京, also Heizei-kyō, sometimes Nara no miyako) was the Capital of Japan during most of the Nara period, from 710 to 740 and again from 745 to 784. The imperial palace is a listed UNESCO World Heritage together with other places in the city of Nara (cf. Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara).
Nara Prefectural Museum of Art (奈良県立美術館, Nara kenritsu bijutsukan) opened in Nara, Japan in 1973. The collection numbers some 4,100 items and special exhibitions are also held. The collection numbers some 4,100 items and special exhibitions are also held.
8th century - Nara period The imperial residence and the administrative centre in the Japanese capital city Heijō-kyō (today's Nara) for most of the Nara period (710 to 794 AD), Heijō Palace was abandoned after the capital moved to Kyoto in 794. Nothing was left by the 12th century, but archaeological excavations and reconstructions since ...
Heian period: Nara: National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) 168.8 centimetres (66.5 in) by 89.6 centimetres (35.3 in) *Twelve Devas, colour on silk 絹本著色十二天像
The roof tiles fired at this tile kiln site are mainly round tiles and flat tiles, and are the same as the roof tiles found at the Heijō-kyō Palace from the end of the Nara period. It was designated a National Historic Site in 1976. It is located on the east-facing slope of the western hill facing the Shika River in northern Nara. [2]
[9] [10] The designs of these Japanese and East Asian treasures show Iranian, Greek, Roman, and Egyptian influences due to cultural exchange via the Silk Road. [9] [10] [11] Although these collections are not open to the public, selections are shown at Nara National Museum once a year in autumn.