Curtains come down on Shoso-in exhibition

Curtains come down on Shoso-in exhibition The Yomiuri Shimbun NARA–The 60th Annual Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures ended here Monday after receiving 263,765 visitors over 17 days at the Nara National Museum. It was the second highest attendance in the exhibition’s history, following the 283,515 visitors marked in 2006, when the event lasted for 20 days. Among distinguished visitors to the annual exhibition–this year featuring 69 items preserved at the Shoso-in repository–were the Emperor a

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