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She also reinterpreted jewelry worn by the rulers of Korea’s ancient Silla kingdom in a contemporary, decorative sculptural form.

The T’ang, allied with the Silla kingdom, swept down from the north and pushed their way into Puyo.

Japanese tourists who visit this city, the seat of the ancient Silla kingdom and home to numerous Buddhist temples and pagodas, often stop at the nursing home.

But also on display are a Rembrandt engraving, 19th-century prints by Daumier and Hiroshige, and ancient ceramics from China’s Han Dynasty and Korea’s Silla kingdom.

The area is chock-full of temples and sites linked to the ancient Silla Kingdom, one of three that controlled the peninsula around the time of the Roman Empire.