Close by is Osaka's most famous temple, Shitennoji, founded in 593 by the revered reforming lawgiver, Prince Shotoku.
Hitennoji was started in 593 and is Osaka's most famous temple.
Rooms 18-20 move on through the Archaic period to the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman eras with colossal marble statuary gracing the gallery space here.