Vessel

Miyanomae, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Middle Jomon period, 2500 - 1500 BCE

Earthenware

1' 11 2/3" x 1' 1 1/4"

Dotaku (bell) with incised figural motifs

Kagawa Prefecture, Japan

Late Yayoi period

100 - 300 CE

Bronze

1' 4 7/8" high.

Tomb of Emperor Nintoku

Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Kofun period late 4th to early 5th centuries

Haniwa (cylindrical) warrior figure

Gunma Prefecture, Japan

late Kofun period.  5th to mid-sixth century

low-fired clay

4' 1 1/4" high.

Main hall, Ise shrine

Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan

as rebuilt in 1993.

Horyuji Kondo (Golden Hall)

Nara, Japan

Early Nara (Hakuho) period

680 CE