The Historian · Hana · Tokyo
Tokyo National Museum — Honkan
The building tells the story before you enter a single gallery. It's the state performing its relationship to Japanese tradition for an international audience on the cusp of war.
Japan's oldest and largest museum, founded 1872. The Honkan building is 1938 Imperial Crown Style architecture — itself a political document of what Japan wanted to be.
— Hana, The Historian
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