1st floor: Sculpture of China, India and Gandhara / Bronze Drums

Indian and Gandharan Sculpture   Room 1 March 16, 2004 - October 17, 2004 Sculpture of Gandhara, Pakistan and those of Mathura, India Including: First Sermon, Schist, Gandhara, Pakistan, Kushan dynasty, 2nd - 3rd century Head of Buddha, Sandstone, Mathura, India, Kushan Dynasty, 2nd - 3rd century (Ms. Furusawa Shizuko) *New acquisition

Chinese Sculpture   Room 1 & 2 March 16, 2004 - October 17, 2004 Exhibiting large stone buddhist sculpture from Ancient China Including: Ekadasamukha, Limestone, Baoqingsi Temple, Xi'an, Shanxi Province, China, Tang dynasty, 8th century (Important Cultural Property, gift of Mr. Hosokawa Moritatsu) Buddha, Sandstone, Probably Cave 21, the Tianlongshan Grottoes, Shanxi Province, China, Tang dynasty, 8th century

Asian Archaeology  Bronze Drums Room 2 March 16, 2004 - April 3, 2005 Exhibiting: Bronze Drum, excavated from Thailand, 6th - 5th century B.C. (Lent by the Idemitsu Museum of Art)

1st floor: Egypt and Near Eastern Art / South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology

Egyptian and Near Eastern Art   Room 3 March 16, 2004 - April 4, 2005 Art of Egypt and Countries of the Near East - Iran, Iraq, etc. Including: (Egypt) Mummy and Carthnaige Coffin, Dynasty 23, ca. 935 - 730 B.C. (Near East) Painted pottery conical bowl, Kerman, Iran, c.3000 B.C.

Archaeology of India and Southeast Asia  Archaeological objects from India, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc. Room 3 March 16, 2004 - April 3, 2005 Including: Black Pottery Pot with incised design, Reportedly from northern Thailand, Banchiang culture, 1st millennium B.C.

Southeast Asian Sculpture   Room 3 March 16, 2004 - October 24, 2004 Stone sculptures of the Angkor period, Kambodia and standing Bodhisattva from Indonesia.

Art and Craft of Southeast Asia  Wayang Room 3 March 16, 2004 - August 8, 2004 Exhibiting Wayang from Indonesia

Southeast Asian Ceramics  Ceramics of Khmer, Thailand, Vietnam Room 3 March 16, 2004 - May 30, 2004 Exhibiting ceramics of 10th -16th century Thailand and Khmer, as well as 12th - 16th century Vietnamese ceramics Including: Dish with design of flowering plant in overglaze enamels, Vietnam, 16th century (Important Art Object, Private Collection) Jar with Incised ornament, Khmer, Angkor period, 10th - 11th century (On exchange from l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient) Ewer with arabesque pattern with opaque white glaze and brown glaze, Si Satchanalai ware, Thailand, 15th - 16th century (Private collection)

Textiles of India and West Asia   Room 3 March 16, 2004 - May 9, 2004 Including: Persian Carpet, Design of Flowers, Iran, 18th century (Private Collection)

2nd floor: Chinese Archaeology and Decorative Art

Chinese Archaeology  Archaeological objects from the Neolithic Era to the Qing Dynasty and Stone Reliefs of Shandong Province, jade objects, arms, oracle bones, and seals Room 4 March 16, 2004 - December 5, 2004 Including: Painted Pottery Jar, Probably from Gansu or Qinghai Province, Neolithic age, Majiayao culture, Majiayao type, ca. 3100 - 2800 B.C. Oracle Bones, From Yixu, Anyang, Henan Province, Shang dynasty, 13th - 11th century B.C.

Chinese Archeology  Bronze ware from Chun-Qiu period to Han dynasty Room 5 March 16, 2004 - December 5, 2004 Bronze Ding Cooking Vessel,Tripod cauldran ding with coiling dragon design, probably from Zhujiaji, Shou country, Anhui province.Warring States period, 3rd century B.C. Bronze bell with design of animals, probably from vicinity of Luoyang, Henan province.Warring states period, 5th - 4th century B.C.

Chinese Archeology  Northern Chinese Culture, ash/green-glazed potteries Room 5 March 16, 2004 - September 5, 2004 Including: Ash Glazed Pottery Jar, Warring States period, 5th - 3rd century BC Green Glazed Pottery Base with four ornamental tubes, Eastern Han dynasty, 1st - 2nd century

Chinese Ceramics  Ceramics from the Three Kingdoms period to the Tang dynasty Room 5 March 16, 2004 - April 18, 2004 Including: Jar with Two Handles, Celadon glaze, Old Yue ware, Three Kingdoms(Wu) - Western Jin dynasty, 3rd century (Important Cultural Property, Gift of Dr. Yokogawa Tamisuke) Bowl, Yellow glaze with inscription in underglaze iron, Changsha ware, Tang dynasty, dated 838

Chinese Ceramics  Ceramics of the Song - Qing Dynasties Room 5 March 16, 2004 - April 25, 2004 Including: Bowl, Reddish brown glaze with peonies and butterflies in gold, Ding ware, attributed provenance : Korea, Northern Song dynasty, 11th - 12th century (Important Cultural Property, Gift of Mr. Inoue Tsuneichi and Ms. Inoue Fumiko) Tea Bowl Known as Bakohan, Celadon glaze, Longquan ware, Southern Song dynasty, 13th century (Important Cultural Property, Gift of Mr. Mitsui Takahiro)

Chinese Metalwork  Metalworks of the Tang dynasty Room 5 March 16, 2004 - September 20, 2004 Including: Jar with cover, Sui - Tang dynasty, 6th - 7th century Metal Fittings with bird motif, Tang dynasty, 8th - 9th century

Chinese Textiles   Room 5 March 16, 2004 - May 9, 2004 Including: Buddhist treasures on multi-colored stripes, Known as "Konparu kinran (gold brocade)", Ming dynasty, 16th - 17th century Embroidered Velvet with design of clouds and dragon on yellowish green ground, Qing dynasty, 19th century

Chinese Lacquerware   Room 5 March 16, 2004 - June 27, 2004 Including: Foiled Tray, with design of Dragon and waves in mother-of-pearl inlay, Yuan dynasty, 14th century (Important Cultural Property) Covered Box, with design of boys in lacquer painting with gilded hair-line engraving, Ming dynasty, Jiajing era (1522 - 1566) (Private collection)

Chinese Decorative Art  Bamboo Sculpture Room 5 March 16, 2004 - June 27, 2004 Exhibiting: Crabs'Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century Lions'Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century

Chinese Archeology  Stone bass-relief from Shangdong province Room 6 & 7 March 16, 2004 - April 3, 2005 Including: Stone bass-relief, excavated from the xiaonagshan, Changqing county, Shangdong province, Eastern Han dynasty, 2nd century

2nd floor: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

Chinese Painting  Modern Chinese paintings Room 8 March 16, 2004 - March 28, 2004 Including: Lady under the plum blossoms by Tang Luming, Qing dynasty, dated 1843 (Private collection) Landscape of Mt.Huang by Zhu Xuan, Zhonghuaminguo, 20th century (Private collection)

Chinese Calligraphy  Cursive Scripts and Couplets Room 8 March 16, 2004 - March 28, 2004 Including: Poem in Cursive Script by Wen Zhengming, Ming Dynasty, 16th century (Gift of Mr. Takashima Kikujiro) Couplet of eleven-character lines in Regular Script by Zhang Tingji, Qing dynasty, 19th century (Gift of Mr. Takashima Kikujiro)

Chinese Calligraphy  Thematic Exhibition "Takuhon Rubbings Special feature exhibition of selected masterpieces concurrently held at three museums  Room 8 March 30, 2004 - June 6, 2004 Exhibiting masterpieces of rubbings of famous Chinese calligraphy. This exhibition is concurrently held at the the Mitsui Bunko Museum of Art (annex), the Taito City Museum of Calligraphy and the Tokyo National Museum.

3rd floor: Korean Art and Archaelogy / Art of Central Asia

Archaeology of Northeast Asia  The Naitô Shunpo Collection of Korean Bricks and Roof Tiles  Room 9 March 16, 2004 - September 12, 2004 Korean Roof Tiles and Bricks collected by Mr. Naitô Shunpo Including: Round Eave Tile with design of lotus flower, From Ochon-ri, Pyeongyang, Korea, Three Kingdoms period (Goguryeo), 6th - 7th century (Gift of Mr. Naito Shunpo) Brick with Inscription Nangnang (Lelang), 1st - 3nd century (Gift of Mr. Naitô Shunpo)

Art and Archaeology of Northeast Asia  Korean Archaeology and Metalworks Room 9 & 10 March 16, 2004 - September 12, 2004 Including: Gilt Bronze Headgear, with openwork decoration, Three Kingdoms period, 6th century (Important Cultural Property, Gift of the Ogura Foundation) Bronze Bell with inscription, Goryeo dynasty, dated 1107 (Important Cultural Property, Private collection)

Ceramics of Northeast Asia  Korean Ceramics Room 10 March 16, 2004 - June 6, 2004 Ceramics from the Goryeo to Joseon dynasty Including: Ewer, Celadon glaze with carved lotus arabesque, Goryeo dynasty, 12th century (Gift of Mr. Yamada Ushitaro)

Sculpture of Northeast Asia  Korean Sculpture Room 10 March 16, 2004 - November 7, 2004 Buddhist sculpture from the Koguryo period to the Unified Silla dynasty - Goryeo dynasty Including: Sakyamuni at birth, Three Kingdoms Period, 7th century Kneeling Bodhisattva, Unified Silla Dynasty, 7th-8th century

Lacquerware of Northeast Asia  Korean Lacquerware Room 10 March 16, 2004 - May 9, 2004 Korean Furnitures of 17th - 20th century Including: Box, Peony arabesque in mother-of-pearl inlay, Joseon dynasty, 17th-18th century (Important Cultural Property)

Paintings of Central Asia   Room 10 March 16, 2004 - March 28, 2004 Including: Figures under a Tree, from Astana, 8th century (Important Cultural Property)

Sculpture and Decorative Art of Central Asia   Room 10 March 16, 2004 - March 28, 2004 Including: Head of a Bodhisattva, Pelliot collection, Tumshuk, 4th - 5th century, Exchanged with Musee Guimet Census record, Otani collection, from Astana, After 714 (Important Cultural Property)