National Treasures & Important Cultural Properties
of National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan

Nara National Museum

Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

Tokyo National Museum

Tokyo National Museum

Landscape

Kyoto National Museum （A甲227）

Gaki Zoshi (Stories of Hungry Ghosts)

Kyoto National Museum （A甲229）

Twelve Devas

Kyoto National Museum （A甲283）

Shaka Rising from the Golden Coffin

Kyoto National Museum （A甲373）

Yamai no Soshi (Diseases and Deformities)

Handscroll　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲679）

Hell Scroll

英作者　 英制作　 英出土地　 1 handscroll　 Color on paper　 Heian period, 12th century　

Nara National Museum （644）

Extermination of Evil

テスト英語作者　 テスト英語制作　 テスト英語出土地　 5 hanging scrolls　 Color on paper　 Heian period, 12th century　

Nara National Museum （1106）

Jûichimen Kannon,Eleven-Headed Kannon

1 hanging scroll　 Color on silk　 Heian period, 12th century　

Nara National Museum （1176(絵217)）

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva

1 hanging scroll　 Color on silk　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-1）

Fan-shaped Booklet of the Lotus Sutra

1 booklet　 Color on paper　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-7）

Hungry Ghosts Scroll

1 scroll　 Color on paper　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10476）

Kokūzō Bosatsu (Ākāshagarbha Bodhisattva)

1 hanging scroll　 Color on silk　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10498）

Senju Kannon

1 hanging scroll　 Color on silk　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10506）

Hell Scroll

1 scroll　 Color on silk　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10942）

Sixteen Arhats

16 hanging scrolls　 Color on silk　 Heian period/11th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10946, A-11085）

Kujaku Myouō

1 hanging scroll　 Color on silk　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-11529）

Amida (Amitabha) Coming over the Mountain

Kyoto National Museum （A甲282）

Illustrated Tale of the Heiji Civil War ： Scroll of the Imperial Visit to Rokuhara

1 scroll　 Color on paper　 Kamakura period/13th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-9976）

Illustrated Biography of the Priest Ippen： Volume 7

By Hougen Enni　 1 scroll　 Color on silk　 Kamakura period/Shouan 1(1299)　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10944）

View of Amanohashidate

Kyoto National Museum （A甲228）

Hue of the Water, Light on the Peaks

Attributed to Shûbun　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink and light color on paper　 Muromachi period, 15th century　

Nara National Museum （1220）

Zhou Maoshu Appreciating Lotuses, ink and light color on paper

By Kanō Masanobu　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink and light color on paper, hanging scroll 　 Muromachi period/15th century　

Kyushu National Museum （A-35）

Reading in a Bamboo Grove

Purportedly by Shūbun. Preface by Jikuun Touren, and poems by Kousei Ryuha and other four monks　 1 hanging scroll　 light color on paper　 Muromachi period/15th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-1164）

Autumn and Winter Landscapes

By Sesshū Touyou　 2 hanging scrolls　 Ink on paper　 Muromachi period/end of 15th century- start of 16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-1398）

Maple-Viewing screen

By Kanō Hideyori　 1 six-fold screen　 Color on paper　 Muromachi -Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10470）

Landscape with ink broken

By Sesshū Touyou. Preface by Sesshū, praises by Gettou Shūkyou and other five monks　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　 Muromachi period/Meiou 4(1495)　

Tokyo National Museum （A-282）

Cypress Trees screen

By Kano Eitoku　 A pair of four-fold screens　 Ink on paper covered with gold leaves　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-1069）

Pine Trees screen

By Hasegawa Touhaku　 A pair of six-fold screens　 Ink on paper　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10471）

Merrymaking Under the Cherry Blossoms

By Kano Naganobu 　 A pair of six-fold screens　 Color on paper　 Azuchi-Momoyama -Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-11530）

Waterfowls in Lotus Pond

Kyoto National Museum （A甲261）

Portrait of Takami Senseki

By Watanabe Kazan　 1 hanging scroll　 Color on silk　 Edo period/Tenpou 8(1837)　

Tokyo National Museum （A-9972）

Chinese Landscape screen

By Ike no Taiga　 A pair of six-fold screens　 Ink and color on paper covered with gold leaves　 Edo period/18th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10430）

Family enjoying the evening cool

By Kusumi Morikage　 1 two-fold screen　 light color on paper　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-11878）

The area in and around the Kyoto city (Funaki-version)

By Iwasa Matabei　 A pair of six-fold screens　 Color on gold-leafed paper　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-11168）

Red and White Cotton Roses

By Li Di　 2 hanging scrolls　 Color on silk　 Southern Song dynasty/Keigen(Qingyuan) 3(1197)　

Tokyo National Museum （TA-137）

Sakyamuni descending the mountain after asceticism/Snowy Landscape

By Liang Kai　 3 hanging scrolls　 Ink and light color on paper 　 Southern Song dynasty　

Tokyo National Museum （TA-141、617、642）

Dream Journey along the Xiao and Xiang Rivers

By Li　 1 scroll　 Ink on paper　 Southern Song dynasty/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TA-161）

Han-shan and Shi-de

By Yintuoluo　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　 Yuan dynasty/14th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TA-343）

Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect (J., E-inga Kyo)

1 scroll　 Handscroll; ink and colors on paper　 Nara period/8th century　

Nara National Museum （757(絵151)）

Mandala of the Pure Land of Amida (Amitabha), (J., Amida Jodo Mandara)

1 hanging scroll　 Color on silk, gold-leaf, decorated with thin metal strips 　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （650(絵137)）

Sudhana's Pilgrimage to Fifty-five Spiritual Teachers as Described in the Flower Ornament Scripture (Avatamsaka Sutra), (J., Kegon Gojugosho E), (Scene of Sudhana Meeting Upasika)

1 piece　 Panel; ink and colors on silk　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （888(絵178)）

Mandala of the Great Cranial Protuberance (Skt., Mahosnisacakra), (J., Daibutcho・Mandara)

1 hanging scroll　 Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk, gold-leaf, decorated with thin metal strips　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （946(絵185)）

Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel (Skt., Ekaksarosnisacakra), (J., Ichiji Kinrin Mandara)

1 hanging scroll　 Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk, gold-leaf, decorated with thin metal strips　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （947(絵186)）

Fugen (Samantabhadra)

1 hanging scroll　 Hanging scroll; ink, colors and gold on silk, decorated with thin metal strips　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （1009(絵197)）

Thousand-Armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja); Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

2 pieces (1 hanging scroll & 1 statue)　 Ink and colors on silk; Lacquered wood with gold leaf, carved eyes, jointed block construction　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （1105(絵204 A)）

Iconographic Drawings of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

1 scroll　 Handscroll; ink on paper　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （1110(絵209 A)）

Monk-in-Hell Scroll (Hell of boiling excrement)

1 hanging scroll　 Color on paper, hanging scroll　 Heian to Kamakura period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （1357(絵267)）

Todai-ji Kaidan-in Tobira Ezu (Painting for the doors of Kaidan-in of Todai-ji temple)

1 scroll　 Ink on paper, scroll　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （1423(絵270)）

Buddhist patriarchs

By Genshou　 1 scroll　 Ink and light color on paper 　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10）

Fragment of the Fifty-five Visits (of Sudhana) as Narrated in the Avatamsaka-sutra (Samantabhadra)

1 hanging scroll　 Light color on paper　 Heian period, 12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10493）

Fragment of the Fifty-five Visits (of Sudhana) as Narrated in the Avatamsaka-sutra (Manjushri)

1 hanging scroll　 Light color on paper　 Heian period, 12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10494）

Buddha's Nirvana

1 hanging scroll　 Color on silk　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-10599）

Juntei Kannon ('Pure' Avalokitesvara)

1 hanging scroll　 Color on silk　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-11796）

Scroll segments from Diseases and Deformities

3 hanging scrolls, 1 sheet　 Color on paper　 Heian to Kamakura period, 12th century　

Kyushu National Museum （A66,A76,A78,A87）

Kôfuku-ji Mandala

Hanging scroll　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲129）

Seating Order of Courtiers

Handscroll　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲233）