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Gallery of Hōryu

TIME : 2016/2/17 14:24:56

This enchanting gallery, part of the Tokyo National Museum, displays masks, scrolls and gilt Buddhas from the temple Hōryū-ji (in Nara Prefecture, dating from 607). The spare, elegant building (1999) was designed by Taniguchi Yoshio.