Highlight objects

A selection of highlight objects on display in the exhibition
The power of dogu: ceramic figures from ancient Japan.

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  Masked dogū from Nakappara, Nagano prefecture, Japan. 1500–1000 BC. On loan from the Chino City Board of Education. Designated 'Important Cultural Property' by the Japanese Government.

  Masked dogū from Nakappara

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  Dogū with palms pressed together, Kazahari I, Aomori prefecture, Japan. 1500–1000 BC. On loan from Hachinohe City. Designated a National Treasure in 2009 by the Japanese Government.
  Photograph © Ogawa Tadahiro.

  Dogū with palms pressed together

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  Slab-shaped cruciform dogū. Sannai Maruyama, Aomori prefecture, Japan. 2500–1500 BC. On loan from Aomori Prefectural Board of Education. Designated 'Important Cultural Property' by the Japanese Government.

  Slab-shaped cruciform dogū

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  Goggle-eyed dogū. Kamegaoka, Aomori prefecture, Japan. 1000–300 BC. On loan from Tokyo National Museum. Designated 'Important Cultural Property' by the Japanese Government.

  Goggle-eyed dogū

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  Deep earthenware vessel with face-shaped handle. Kaido, Nagano prefecture, Japan. 2500–1500 BC. On loan from Okaya City Board of Education. Designated 'Important Cultural Property' by the Japanese Government.

  Deep earthenware vessel with face-shaped handle

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  Animal-faced dogū. Kamikurokoma, Yamanashi prefecture, Japan. 2500–1500 BC. On loan from Tokyo National Museum.

  Animal-faced dogū

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  Hollow clay figure. Chobonaino, Hokkaido, Japan. 1500–1000 BC. On loan from the Hakodate City Board of Education. Designated a National Treasure in 2007 by the Japanese Government.
  Photograph © Ogawa Tadahiro

  Hollow clay figure

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  Tanabatake ‘Venus’. Tanabatake, Nagano prefecture, Japan. 2500–1500 BC. On loan from the Chino City Board of Education. Designated a National Treasure in 1995 by the Japanese Government.

  Tanabatake ‘Venus’