Interactive timeline allows visitors to view representative works of Japanese art in a segmented chronology that extends from AD 500 to 1000. Includes examples from different periods in Japanese history and from all geographical regions. Click backward or forward in time to assess the full sweep of Japanese art in its historial context, from 8000 BC to the present day. With historical overviews, references to key historical events, a slideshow gallery of the art of each period, and related content.