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 Kannon (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）

Jomyogenron (Jingming xuan lun; Commentary on the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra)

Kyoto National Museum （B甲671）

Fragmentary Volume of Senju Sengen Daranikyo Sutra (Also Known as Genbogankyo)

Nara period/8th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲62）

Moshiogusa (Brinish Seaweed) Album of Exemplary Calligraphy

Kyoto National Museum （B甲414）

Drawing of Naruto Village of Imizu District in Etchū Province

1 hanging scroll　 Ink and light colors on bast-fiber textile　No mounting　 Nara period/Tenpyō Hōji 3 (759)　

Nara National Museum （1420(書145)）

The Golden Light of the Most Victorious Kings Sutra

10 scrolls　 Gold ink on purple paper　Handscroll　Gold ruled lines　 Nara period/8th century　

Nara National Museum （759）

Wooden documents from the Nara Palace Site

Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties （6ABOBH80000008）

Sutra of the Wise and Foolish (Large Shōmu)

Purportedly by Emperor Shōmu　 1 scroll　 Ink on paper　 Nara period/8th century　

Tokyo National Museum （B-2402）

Draft Letter by Fujiwara Tadamichi

Kyoto National Museum （B甲415）

Hokuzansho (Manual on Courtly Etiquette)

Ink on paper　 Heian period/11th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲416）

Fragment from the Hon'ami Edition of Kokin Wakashu (Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems)

Heian period/11th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲548）

Segment of Kongo Hannyakyo Kaidai (Commentary on the Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita Sutra)

Heian period/ 9th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲550）

Fragment from the Ranshi Edition of Man'yoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves), Volume 9

Kyoto National Museum （B甲597）

Poems from Wakan Roeishu (Collection of Japanese and Chinese Verses) on Paper with Design of Reeds

Kyoto National Museum （B甲598）

Shinsen Ruirinsho (Anthology of Chinese Poetry)

Heian period/ 9th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲616）

Daebojagyeong Sutra, Volume 32 in Gold Characters

Handscroll　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲678）

The Iwasaki Edition of Nihon Shoki (Nihongi), Volumes 22 and 24

Heian period　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲769）

Letter by Saichō, Known as Kyūkakujō

By Saichō　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　Hanging scroll　 Heian period/Kōnin 4 (813)　

Nara National Museum （648(書18)）

Kūkai’s Explication of the Diamond Sutra (Remaining Section)

By Kūkai　 1 scroll　 Ink on paper　Handscroll　 Heian period/9th century　

Nara National Museum （649(書19)）

Chronicles of Japan (Nihon shoki), Vol. 10

1 scroll　 Ink on paper　Ink ruled lines Handscroll　 Heian period/9th century　

Nara National Museum （1190(書93)）

Poems from the Poetry Match Held by the Empress in the Kanpy� Era (Jukkan-bon)

Purportedly by Munetaka Shinnou　 1 scroll　 Ink on paper　 Heian period/11th century　

Tokyo National Museum （B-20）

Rule of the Engi era for the implementation of the penal code and administrative law

28 hand scrolls　 Ink on paper　 Heian period/11th century　

Tokyo National Museum （B-2370）