Agency for Cultural Affairs
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The Agency for Cultural Affairs is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture.
Office building
Office building with kadomatsu in 2005
The opening ceremony of the new office was held in 2023.
Atsuko Tōyama
Nara National Museum
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The Nara National Museum is one of the pre-eminent national art museums in Japan.
Agency for Cultural Affairs
…A number of institutions come under the aegis of the Agency for Cultural Affairs: the national museums of Japanese and Asian art in Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Fukuoka, the cultural properties research institutes at Tokyo and Nara, and the national theaters. During the 1980s, the National Noh Theatre…
Original Museum Building
New museum building
Buddhist Art Library