Ancient_Orient_Museum

Ancient Orient Museum

Ancient Orient Museum

Archaeology museum in Tokyo, Japan

For the similarly named museum in Istanbul, see Museum of the Ancient Orient.

The Ancient Orient Museum (古代オリエント博物館, Kodai Oriento Hakubutsukan) is a small private museum in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in artifacts of the ancient Near East and Central Asia.[1][2] It has a collection of Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, and several works of art pertaining to the art of Palmyra and Persia.[3][4]

Quick Facts Location, Type ...

Location

The Museum is located in the Sunshine City complex in Ikebukuro, at the 7th floor of the Cultural Center (文化会館), and the entrance fee is 900 yen.[5]

Collections

  • Gandhara stone palette
  • Fragment of a Gandhara stone palette
  • Gandhara Poseidon
  • Gandhara Triton
  • Aphrodite at her bath
  • Indo-Greek festivities
  • Indo-Parthian king and attendants
  • Indo-Greek drinking party
  • Indo-Parthian man hunting
  • Indo-Parthian revelers
  • Indo-Parthian couple
  • Coin of Cleopatra VII
  • Coin of Huvishka
  • Female figurine, Syria, 5000 BCE

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo.

References

  1. [1]
    Hudson, Kenneth; Nicholls, Ann (1985). The Directory of Museums & Living Displays. Springer. p. 589. ISBN 978-1-349-07014-5.
  2. [2]
    Bierbrier, Morris L. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. Scarecrow Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-8108-6250-0.
  3. [3]
    Guide du Routard Tokyo, Kyoto et environs 2020: +Osaka, Hiroshima, et les villes impériales (Japon pas cher !) (in French). Hachette Tourisme. 2019. p. 234. ISBN 978-2-01-118398-9.
  4. [4]
    Guides, Insight (2020). Insight Guides City Guide Tokyo (Travel Guide eBook). Apa Publications (UK) Limited. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-83905-230-9.
  5. [5]
    Bierbrier, Morris L. (2008). Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. Scarecrow Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-8108-6250-0.

35.728534°N 139.720785°E / 35.728534; 139.720785
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Ancient_Orient_Museum, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.