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

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）

Map of Naruto Village of Imizu District in Etchu Province

1 hanging scroll　 Ink and light colors on bast fiber　No mounting　 Nara period/Tempyo Hoji 3(759)　

Nara National Museum （1420(書145)）

The Golden Light of the Most Victorious Kings Sutra

10 scrolls　 Gold ink on purple-dyed paper　Handscroll　Gold boundary 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 Saicho known as Kyukakujo

By Saicho　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　Hanging scroll　 Heian period/Konin 4(813)　

Nara National Museum （648(書18)）

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

By Kukai　 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 boundary lines　 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）

Lotus Sutra, Chapter on "Expedient Means" (Chikubushima Sutra)

1 scroll　 Ink on paper　 Heian period/11th century　

Tokyo National Museum （B-2401）

Imperial Decree Granting Ecclesiastical Rank of Hōin Daikashō and Posthumous Name Chishō Daishi to Daishi to Enchin

By Ono no Tōfū　 1 scroll　 Ink on decorative paper　 Heian period/Enchou 5(927)　

Tokyo National Museum （B-2405）

Documents Related to Enchin

8 scrolls　 Ink on paper　 Heian period/9th century　

Tokyo National Museum （B-2405）

Genryaku-koubon Manyoushuu (Anthology of Ten Thousand Leaves, Genryaku Edition)

20 volumes　 Ink on decorative paper / Ink on paper (Volume 6)　 Heian period/11th century (Vol.6: Kamakura Period/12th century)　

Tokyo National Museum （B-2530）

Gunsho Chiyou (summary of good governing skill from various materials)

13 scrolls　 Ink on decorative paper　 Heian period/11th century　

Tokyo National Museum （B-2531）

Autumn BushｰClover Scroll/Commentary on the Military Strategy Chapter of The Great Brilliance of Huainan(on the reverse side document)

Purportedly by Ono no Tōfū　 1 scroll　 Ink on decorative paper　 Heian period/11-12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （B-2532）

Poetic Anthology of Bo Juyi

By Fujiwara no Kousei　 1 scroll　 Ink on decorative paper　 Heian period/Kannin 2(1018)　

Tokyo National Museum （B-2533）

Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems, Gen'ei Version

2 booklets　 Ink on decorative paper　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （B-2814）

Prescriptions from the Heart of Medicine (Ishinpō)

30 scrolls　 Ink on paper　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （B-3178）

Essay on Ten Styles of Japanese Poems

1 scroll, 1 hanging scroll　 Ink on decorative paper　 Heian period/11th century　

Tokyo National Museum （B-3231, B-3232）

Postscript from the Yoshida Edition of Nihon Shoki (Nihongi)

Ink on paper　 Kamakura period/13th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲768）

Tale of Flowering Fortunes

17 books (10 large books, 7 small booklets)　 Ink on paper　 Kamakura period, 13th century　

Kyushu National Museum （B19）

Illustrated Tales of the Three Buddhist Jewels

3 volumes　 Ink on paper　 Kamakura period/Bunnei 10(1273)　

Tokyo National Museum （B-3046）

漢書楊雄伝第五十七

Kyoto National Museum （B甲1113）

Segment of Shishuo xinshu (New Account of Tales of the World)

Tang dynasty, China/7th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲549）

Segment of Shishuo xinshu (New Account of Tales of the World)

Kyoto National Museum （B甲549）

Part of the Collected Writings of Wang Bo, volume 29 and 30

1 scroll　 Ink on paper　 Tang dynasty/7-8th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TB-1203）

Elegant Orchid in the Stone Tablet Mode,

1 scroll　 Ink on paper　 Tang dynasty/7-8th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TB-1393）

Shishuo xinshu, Segment of Volume 6

1 scroll　 Ink on paper　 Tang dynasty/7-8th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TB-1570）

Old-Script Document of Antiquities (Guwen Shangshu), Volume 6

1 scroll　 Ink on paper　 Tang dynasty/7th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TB-1572）

Teaching on Enlightenment ("Torn Xutang")

By Xutang Zhiyu　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　 Southern Song dynasty/13th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TB-1169）

Certificate of Buddhist Spiritual Achievement ("Floating Yuanwu")

By Yuanwu Keqin　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　 Northern Song dynasty/Senwa(Xuanhe) 6(1124)　

Tokyo National Museum （TB-1171）

Letter of Dahui Zonggao

By Dahui Zonggao　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　 Southern Song dynasty/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TB-1173）

Letter of Wuzhun Shifan ("Calligraphy of the Board Gift")

By Wuzhun Shifan　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　 Southern Song dynasty/Junyuu(Chunyou) 2(1242)　

Tokyo National Museum （TB-1174）

Teaching on Enlightenment

By Liaoan Qingyu 　 1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　 Yuan dynasty/Shisei(Chih-cheng) 7(1341)　

Tokyo National Museum （TB-1175）

Poems Dedicated to Muin Genkai

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

Tokyo National Museum （TB-1176）

Collection of Poems by Priest Myoe

Kyoto National Museum （B甲773）

Ippongyô kaishi (Poems on the Chapters of the Lotus Sutra)

Set of fourteen folios　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲1000）

Household Registers of Kawanobe Village of Shima District in Chikuzen Province

1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　Black boundary lines　Hanging scroll　On the back of the scroll: Ink on paper　 Asuka period/Taiho 2(702), reverse side Tempyo 20(748) 　

Nara National Museum （871(書34)）

Household Registers of Te’i Village of Nakatsu District in Buzen Province

1 hanging scroll　 Ink on paper　Hanging scroll　 Asuka period/Taiho 2(702)　

Nara National Museum （1262(書123)）

Daihannyaharamittakyô (Great Wisdom Sutra), Volume 250 (Known as the Wadô Sutra)

Accordion book　 Nara period, 8th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲47）

Daihannyaharamittakyô (Great Wisdom Sutra), Volume 522

Handscroll　 Nara period, 8th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲50）

Daihannyaharamittakyô (Great Wisdom Sutra), Volume 514

Handscroll　 Nara period, 8th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲51）

Bussetsu Anan Shijikyô (Sutra of the Four Provisions of Ananda) (also known as the Gankô-ji Sutra)

Handscroll　 Nara period, 8th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲53）

Zoku Kôsôden (The Continued Biographies of Eminent Priests), Volume 28 (also known as Empress Kômyô Prayer Sutra)

Handscroll　 Nara period, 8th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲54）

Jishin Bonten kyô (Brahmadeva Sutra), Volume 4 (Offered by Empress Kômyô on the First Day of the Fifth Month)

Handscroll　 Nara period, 8th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲60）

Bonmôkyô (Brahma Net Sutra), Chapter 10 "Vairocana Buddha Teaching on the Mind Ground to the Bodhisattvas," Volume 2 (Sutra Offered by Priest Reishun)

Handscroll　 Nara period, 8th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲64）

Yokuzôkyô (Sutra for Bathing Statues)

Handscroll　 Nara period, 8th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲65）

Yugashijiron (Yogacara Bhumi Sastra, Discourse on the Stages of Concentration Practice), Volume 21 (Gyôshin Offeratory Scripture)

Handscroll　 Nara period, 8th century　

Kyoto National Museum （B甲68）