Publication Date：08/22/2012 •Source： Taiwan Today •By Grace Kuo
Treasured antiquities from Taiwan’s National Palace Museum will be showcased at the Tokyo National Museum in 2014, according to the NPM Aug. 22.
The NPM made the announcement after meeting with TNM Executive Director Masami Zeniya and other representatives from the museum.
“The display of NPM artifacts in Japan’s museums is part of ROC President Ma Ying-jeous diplomatic policy,” the NPM said, noting that negotiation efforts accelerated after the Japanese parliament passed a law in March 2011 protecting foreign-owned collections on loan in Japan from seizure by a third country.
“Details including loan items and exact dates of the exhibition are yet to be finalized,” the NPM said, adding that the museum’s artifacts may also be shown at the Kyushu National Museum afterward, with particulars yet to be discussed.
Established in northern Taipei City in 1965, the National Palace Museum is home to the world’s largest collection of Chinese imperial art, boasting 650,000 antiquities including scrolls, calligraphy, vases and bronze utensils spanning 7,000 years from the prehistoric Neolithic period to the end of the Qing dynasty.
