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A new museum focusing on the unique cultural heritage of Japan, and cultural interchange with the rest of Asia.
 Guide to the Main Exhibition Rooms
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 Miyajidake Ancient Tomb and Asia
Kyushu's largest ancient tomb with a cave chamber located in Fukutsu city, Fukuoka. These burial objects are considered to be national treasures and have a wide range of cultural exchange among the Korean Peninsula, China and West Asia. The tomb is presumed to belong to the Munakata clan, who were a local ruling family, taking charge of negotiations and festivities in Okinoshima.
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I Jomon Culture: Ocean-Bound
This exhibit represents human history from the Ice Age, when the islands of Japan as we now know today took shape, and people hunted large animals such as Naumann elephants; right up to times when people made their way into sea for fishing and woods for hunting, collecting acorns because of warming temperature and they created clay pots and developed spiritual culture. Wrought palaeolith, beautifully patterned Jomon ware, beads for accessories and bone hair sticks, as well as clay dolls for incantation are displayed proving broad interchange in Asia.
 1 Sea, forest and volcano
Violent eruptions with pyroclastic flows from Mt. Aso 90,000 years ago became the foundation of modern-day Dazaifu, after sweeping away timber and animals. Archeological findings illustrate freezing times to anathermal.
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Kazushige Kaneko Memorial eShaping racesf
Kazushige Kaneko, who has engaged in investigating Asian races and collecting data for over 40 years, donated his special collection at the opening of this museum. He would like to contribute this space to allow visitors to understand the various lifestyles developing in Asia.
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II Political Power: Cultivating Rice
The Yayoi era - when rice cultivation was first began and metal work started. Since Wajin (ancient Japanese) appeared in East Asia, a new nation began to rapidly emerge. The chief of a tribe became King and went to his last home with a lot of funerary goods. In the Kofun period, metal art and pottery were greatly innovated by non-Japanese and they also brought with them horse riding customs. Okinoshima, in North Kyushu was a central stage of negotiations and people dedicated luxurious goods to gods of the sea to pray for safe sailing.
3 Wajin legend
Jomon ware from all over Japan, as well as relevant hardware and bronze ware in North Kyushu, which is famous for metal. Mirrors excavated from Wajin countries are represented to show how various techniques supported these enation buildingf times.
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4 Kofun gala
Clay and stone figures placed around the outer circumference of ancient tombs are historical witnesses which express the atmosphere of this era. We would like to invite you to the Kofun gala, displaying replicas and photos of Kofun culture in North and Middle Kyushu.
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III Nation Building: The Age of the Envoys
Following China as a model, East Asia organized its centralized government. In Japan, Buddhism, walled cities and the envoys played a major role. Through trade and exchange of knowledge between the cosmopolitan city of Changan, which drew lots of goods from all over the world via the Silk Road, Buddhism, Kanji, and Sansai pottery emerged. We focus on the Dazaifu dynasty, and the expansion of a wide range of exchange in worldwide items.
5 Virtual Theater of decorative Kofun
Decorative Kofun, which is currently closed is re-created by a visual image with brand-new technology. You can experience as if you were in the actual stone caves looking at mural decorations.
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6 Asian utopias
Buddha statues suggest that Asia continued to seek an ideal image. In this exhibition room, Buddhist sculptures and paintings are on display. We would like you to enjoy the Buddhist art world and their evolution in Asia.
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7 Ding-dong, bell, drum
Bronze musical instruments used for festivals in China, Vietnam and Indonesia can be experienced by seeing the actual tools and screen images with six sides view. This display expresses the interaction between gods and humans through musical instruments.
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8 The Envoys and Silk Road
Displays cover the area from Greece, Rome to Dazaifu and the cargo replica of the Japanese envoy to China in the Tang Dynasty are exhibited. They re-create Envoy's mecca Changan and also Silk Road commerce.
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IV Merchants of the Asian Seas
In the Middle Age, when seaports enjoyed their highest peak, Asian traders could ship freely. Civilian commerce became lively, so a stream of artworks which Shogun clans loved and new ideas came and went. The main stage was Hakata and Ryukyu. In North Kyushu, debris of violent wars between Mongolia are left in the sea. This exhibition reminds us of the memories of these dynamic times.
9 Asian art works
This exhibition room is for Asian ceramics and lacquer ware. Lacquer wares are from Japan, Korea, China and Ryukyu. We change the display every two months. Ceramics are not only from East Asia, but also Southeast Asia and Europe.
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10 Color and shape of Korean ceramics
Famous and delicate Korean ceramics from The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka are presented. We change the display every year and express its particular atmosphere.
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V Smaller World, Closer West
In the age of geographical discovery, European countries pursued the silver island, known as Japan. Japanese society experienced significant innovation from contact with unknown cultures and knowledge. The cultural exchange between East and West, such as firearms, Christianity, and artworks, limited access policies and monopoly trade among China and Holland in Nagasaki. Later on, a new era started with the arrival of the Black Ships seeking free trade.
11 Versatile Edo culture
We focus on ceramics and paintings from versatile Edo culture. Ceramics are taken from the prestigious Tanakamaru collection. Paintings are chosen from various themes.
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Theater 4000
Super High-Vision Theater. High resolution digital image, 16 times of existing high vision is displayed. Thatfs the ideal beauty which canft be explained without seeing. The worldfs first sensational image produced by a big screen of 300 inches is waiting for you.
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