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Feature Exhibition: The Sacred Function of Bronzes in the Yayoi Period
January 2?February 4, 2024
Heisei Chishinkan Wing, Gallery 1F-2
JR, Kintetsu Railway, Keihan Railway, Hankyu Railway, City Bus / Map
Mondays *The museum will be open on Monday, January 8, and closed on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.
9:30 a.m.?5:00 p.m. (Entrance Until 4:30 p.m.) Open until 7:00 p.m. on Fridays (Entrance Until 6:30 p.m.) Extended Evening Hours: Fridays, January 2 to March 24, 2024
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The technologies needed to work with iron and bronze were introduced to the Japanese archipelago almost simultaneously during the Yayoi period (ca. 5th c. BCE?ca. 3rd c. CE). While iron was mainly used for functional purposes such as tools, bronze was reserved for ritual objects. Yayoi culture developed a wide range of bronze bells, swords, spears, axes, and other ritual wares, which are predominantly found in the Kinki and Kyushu regions. While bronze objects originated on the mainland, they underwent unique transformations within Japan, eventually evolving into implements essential for rituals. This exhibition focuses on the use of bronze objects in sacred rituals, tracing the development of the distinctive bronze culture of the Yayoi period.
Important Art Object D?taku Ritual Bell with Flowing Water Design Kyoto National Museum