Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum
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LocationHokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
平山郁夫シルクロード美術館 | |
 Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum | |
  Location within Japan | |
| Location | Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan |
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| Coordinates | 35°52′45″N 138°21′34″E / 35.879116°N 138.359384°E |
| Type | Archaeology museum |
| Website | https://www.silkroad-museum.jp/english/ |
The Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum is a museum named after the painter and collector Ikuo Hirayama located in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture of Japan.[1][2]
The museum opened in 2004.[3] It is one of the few and significant museums about the Silk Road to be located outside of China.[4]
Many of the objects of the collection were exhibited in China in 2018–2019.[5]
Gandhara Buddha
Stone palette
Bactrian statuette
Greek gods
Gandhara Atlas, 2nd-3rd cent. CE
Vajrapani, Gandhara, 3rd-4th cent. CE
Buddha, 2nd-3rd cent. CE
The Buddha and Heavenly kings, 2nd-3rd cent. CE
The Buddha's First Sermon, 2nd-3rd cent. CE
