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

Landscape with Figures (Known as Senzui Byobu)

Six-panel folding screen　 ink and colors on silk　 Japan, Heian period, 11th century　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲227）

Gaki Zoshi (Stories of Hungry Ghosts)

Kyoto National Museum （A甲229）

Twelve Devas

Twelve handging scrolls　 ink and color on silk　 Heian period, 12th-century　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲283）

Shaka Rising from the Golden Coffin

ink and color on silk　 Heian period, 11th century　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲373）

Yamai no Soshi (Diseases and Deformities)

Handscroll　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲679）

Tales of the Buddhist Hells

1 scroll　 Ink and colors on paper　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （644）

The Extermination of Evil

5 hanging scrolls　 Ink and colors on paper　 Heian period/ 12th century　

Nara National Museum （1106）

Jūichimen Kannnon (Skt. Ekādaśamukha-avalokiteśvara)

1 hanging scroll　 Ink and colors 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）

Golden Light Sutra (Konkomyo-kyo), Volume 3, with Hakubyo (Black and White Ink) Painting

Kyoto National Museum （A甲260）

Amida (Amitābha) beyond the Mountains (Known as Yamagoshi Amida)

Hanging scroll　 ink and colors on silk　 Japan, Kamakura period, 13th century　

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

By Sesshū Tōyō (1420-1506?)　 Hanging scroll　 ink and light colors on paper　 Japan, Muromachi period, 16th century　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲228）

Hue of the Water, Light on the Peaks

Attributed to Shūbun　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink and light colors on paper　 Muromachi period/15th century　

Nara National Museum （1220）

Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotuses

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

Kyushu National Museum （A35）

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）

Waterfowl in a Lotus Pond

By Tawaraya Sōtatsu (n.d.)　 Hanging scroll　 ink on paper　 Japan, Edo period, 17th century　

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）

The illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect

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

Nara National Museum （757(絵151)）

Lotus Sutra

Booklet; ink and color on decorated paper　 Heian period, 11th century　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲1740）

The Pure Land of Amida (Skt. Amitābha)

1 hanging scroll　 Ink and colors on silk　Gold leaf　Cut gold leaf (kirikane)　Hanging scroll　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （650(絵137)）

The Fifty-Five Episodes of Sudhana’s Pilgrimage: Visiting Upāsikā Acala

1 piece　 Ink on colors on silk　Framed　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （888(絵178)）

Mandala of the Great Cranial Protuberance

1 hanging scroll　 Ink and colors on silk　Gold leaf (kinpaku)　Cut gold leaf (kirikane)　Hanging scroll　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （946(絵185)）

Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel (Skt. Ekākṣara-uṣṇīṣacakra)

1 hanging scroll　 Ink and colors on silk　Gold leaf (kinpaku)　Cut gold leaf (kirikane)　Hanging scroll　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （947(絵186)）

Fugen (Skt. Samantabhadra)

1 hanging scroll　 Ink and colors on silk　Gold leaf (kinpaku)　 Cut gold leaf (kirikane)　Hanging scroll　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （1009(絵197)）

Senju Kannon and Standig Kannon

2 pieces (1 hanging scroll & 1 statue)　 Ink and colors on silk　Hanging scroll　Standing statue: Wood with lacquered gold foil　Joined block construction　Carved eyes　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （1105(絵204 A)）

Iconographic Drawings: Emanations of Kannon (Skt. Avalokiteśvara)

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

Nara National Museum （1110(絵209 A)）

Tales of Śramaṇa Buddhist Hell: The Hell of Excrement

1 hanging scroll　 Ink and colors on silk　Hanging scroll　 Heian to Kamakura period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （1357(絵267)）

Iconographic Drawings from the Kaidan-in Doors at Tōdaiji Temple

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

Nara National Museum （1423(絵270)）

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）

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）

Detached Segment of Caricatures of Frolicking Animals and People

Ink on paper　 Heian period, 12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-8）

The Bodhisattva Juntei, Mother of Buddhist Deities (Cundi)

Color on silk　 Heian period, 12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （A-12449）

Kōfuku-ji Mandala

Hanging scroll　 ink and color on silk　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲129）

Seating Order of Courtiers

Handscroll　

Kyoto National Museum （A甲233）