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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF TOKYO

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13-9 Uenokōen, Taitō-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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2024
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2024

The museum's incredible collections and the surrounding Ueno Park are essential to discover the country's rich history.

It is the largest and oldest museum in Japan. It was originally established in 1871 as the Imperial Household Museum. After its partial destruction in 1923 during the earthquake, the main building was rebuilt between 1932 and 1937. It contains about 100,000 pieces, but only a part of the collection is accessible to the public. The museum covers an area of just over 10 hectares and consists of four large buildings: the Honkan in the center for Japanese art with sculptures (Nara, Kyōto, Kamakura), ancient fabrics, swords and armor, porcelain; the Heiseikan, an archaeological building for Japanese prehistory; the Tōyōkan, offering a gallery of oriental art from Southeast Asia, the Pacific, Korea and China, or Mediterranean countries; and finally the Hōryūji Homotsu Kan, which houses works from the Hōryūji, the famous temple founded by Prince Shōtoku Taishi near Nara, and masterpieces from the Asuka period. This last part is incredible! It contains sculptures, bronze statues of monks, masks, textiles, paintings and metal objects. Another hall, Hyokeikan, houses temporary exhibitions. Of the four buildings, the most interesting for non-specialists is surely the Honkan. This den of imperial architecture houses the world's largest collection of traditional Japanese art. Between different buildings and temporary exhibitions, it is impossible to see everything at once, but it remains an essential step of a stay in Tokyo.


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Granules
Visited in november 2019
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Mon musée préféré à Tokyo
Très beau et agréable musée. Quelques livres en anglais du musée dans la boutique. A coupler avec la visite du parc Ueno.
Cortofred72
Visited in july 2019
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Un très beau musée mais...
Le Musée National est un incontournable de Tokyo mais mieux vaut avoir un bon guide car pour le profane en art asiatique, la visite devient vite indigeste... De plus, il est souvent impossible de voir les oeuvres d'Hokkusai (sans que j'ai pu comprendre pourquoi ?)
georgetta
Visited in october 2018
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Situé dans un des parcs les plus agréables de la ville, très bonne présentation et mise en scène des oeuvres. La visite se fait facilement et assez rapidement. Possible de profiter du parc et du quartier de Ueno par la suite.
rnv23
Visited in june 2018
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Tokyo's largest museum. Beautiful museum with multiple rooms left on several buildings. Located in the Ueno Park. beautiful Japanese art set, sculptures, armor… Very large bookstore with a huge choice of books including a section of books in English (I didn't find a book in French)
cygne73
Visited in october 2016
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Je conseille la visite du musée national, situé dans le parc de Ueno. Les collections sont magnifiques: kimonos, armures de samuraïs...

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