The is a small private museum in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
,
Japan
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, specializing in artifacts of the ancient
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
and
Central Asia
Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...
. It has a collection of
Greco-Buddhist art
The Greco-Buddhist art or Gandhara art of the north Indian subcontinent is the artistic manifestation of Greco-Buddhism, a cultural syncretism between Ancient Greek art and Buddhism. It had mainly evolved in the ancient region of Gandhara.
The s ...
of
Gandhara
Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Vall ...
, and several works of art pertaining to the art of
Palmyra and
Persia
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
Location
The Museum is located in the
Sunshine City complex in
Ikebukuro
is a commercial and entertainment district in Toshima, Tokyo, Japan. Toshima ward offices, Ikebukuro station, and several shops, restaurants, and enormous department stores are located within city limits. It is considered the second largest ...
, at the 7th floor of the Cultural Center (文化会館), and the entrance fee is 900 yen.
Collections
Image:Palette.JPG, Gandhara stone palette
Image:PalletteFragment.JPG, Fragment of a Gandhara stone palette
Image:PoseidonGandhara.JPG, Gandhara Poseidon
Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and myth, god of the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, he was venerated as a ch ...
Image:GandharaTriton.JPG, Gandhara Triton
Triton commonly refers to:
* Triton (mythology), a Greek god
* Triton (moon), a satellite of Neptune
Triton may also refer to:
Biology
* Triton cockatoo, a parrot
* Triton (gastropod), a group of sea snails
* ''Triton'', a synonym of ''Triturus' ...
Image:IndoGreekAphrodite.JPG, Aphrodite
Aphrodite ( ; grc-gre, Ἀφροδίτη, Aphrodítē; , , ) is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess . Aphrodite's major symbols include ...
at her bath
Image:IndoGreekBanquet.JPG, Indo-Greek festivities
Image:IndoParthianKing.JPG, Indo-Parthian king and attendants
Image:IndoGreekFestivities.JPG, Indo-Greek drinking party
Image:IndoParthianHunting.JPG, Indo-Parthian man hunting
Image:IndoParthianReveling.JPG, Indo-Parthian revelers
Image:IndoParthianCouple.JPG, Indo-Parthian couple
Image:CleopatraVIICoin.jpg, Coin of Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...
Image:HuvishkaOrientMuseumCoin.jpg, Coin of Huvishka
Image:FemaleFigurineSyria5000BCE.jpg, Female figurine, Syria, 5000 BCE
See also
*
List of museums in Tokyo
The following is a list of museums and art galleries in Tokyo.
See also
* List of museums in Japan
Resources
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References
External links
Ancient Orient Museum(English)
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Ikebukuro
Art museums and galleries in Tokyo