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

Embroidery of Shakamuni (Skt. Śākyamuni) Preaching at Vulture Peak

Embroidery on white plain weave silk (shiro hira ginu)　 Nara period or Tang dynasty/8th century　

Nara National Museum （647(染73)）

Sacred Treasures from Asuka Shrine

Muromachi period　

Kyoto National Museum （I甲68）

Embroidered Samaya Banners and Brocade Banners

17 embroidered banners, 2 brocade banners　 Embroidered on silk twill　Brocade　 Kamakura period/13th-14th century　

Nara National Museum （1186(工251 H)）

法会所用具類（高野山天野社伝来）

Tokyo National Museum （I-2254, I-2260~I-2269, I-2270~I-2276, I-2279~ I-2281, H-3423, H-3424, H-3426, C-448~470, C-14, C-1147, F-18955~F-19858）

Kosode with Alternating Blocks of Flowers and Plants

Kosode　

Kyoto National Museum （I甲366）

Kosode (kimono with small wrist openings), flower-and-bird pattern on white silk-warp fabric in tsuji-ga-hana-zome (combination of tie-dyeing and hand-painting)

1 suit　 Muromachi period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-3455）

Kosode (kimono with small wrist openings), paulownia tree and bamboo pattern on pale-brown twill weave fabric

1 suit　 Muromachi period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-4069）

Dôbuku with Paulownia and Arrows Fletches

Dôbuku　 Momoyama period/16th century　

Kyoto National Museum （I甲430）

Kosode with Snow-Laden Tachibana Orange

Kosode　 16th century　

Kyoto National Museum （I甲730）

Coat (worn over armor, jin-baori), red felt with crossed sickles

1 suit　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-393）

Nuihaku (Nō costume)— red and white fabrics based, with design of tanzaku cards, bridges, and snowy

1 suit　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-2904）

Nuihaku (Nō costume)—design of lily and court-cow-carriage patterns on brown fabric

1 suit　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-3231）

Nuihaku (Nō costume)—red and white fabrics based, with design of chrysanthemum, reed and water-bird

1 suit　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-3232）

Nuihaku (Nō costume)—white fabric based, with design of snowy willows and folding fans on top and bottom parts

1 suit　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-3233）

Nuihaku (Nō costume)—white fabric based, with design of paulownia tree, fire-bird, reed, cherry blossoms and snowy bamboo on top and bottom parts

1 suit　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-3245）

Nuihaku (Nō costume)—design of grass and flower patterns on shoulders and bottom on white fabric

1 suit　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-3246）

Surihaku (Nō costume)—design of decorated shikishi and grape pattern on violet fabric

1 suit　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-3248）

Kosode (kimono with small wrist openings), skin of pine-tree and bamboo pattern on white silk-warp fabric

1 suit　 Azuchi-Momoyama - Edo period/16-17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-3865）

Dōfuku—design of ginko leave and snow circle patterns on diagonal stripes of light blue, white and purple / Light-blue thin hemp kimono, with hollyhock crest motif

1 suit/ 1 suit　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16-17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-4070）

Sakamoto Ryôma's Formal Kimono with Family Crest

Kimono　 Edo period/19th century　

Kyoto National Museum （I甲22）

Kosode with Flowering Plants and Pine Bark Lozenges

Kosode　 Edo period/17th century　

Kyoto National Museum （I甲367）

Sakamoto Ryôma's Formal Kimono with Family Crest

Edo period/19th century　

Kyoto National Museum （I甲22）

Kosode with Lozenges and Hexagons

Silk figured twill with overall fawn-spot tie-dyeing　 Japan, Edo period, 17th century　

Kyoto National Museum （IK837）

Katabira (Summer Kimono) with Chrysanthemums and Hemp Palms

Ramie with tie-dyeing and embroidery　 Japan, Edo period, 17th century　

Kyoto National Museum （I甲402）

Kosode (kimono with small wrist openings), autumn flower-plants pattern on twill weave fabric

By Ogata Kōrin　 1 suit　 Edo period/18th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-721）

Atsuita (heavy-weave Nō costume) with poems in red letters on gold fabric on the one side, the colors reversed on the other

1 suit　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-3205）

Kosode (kimono with small wrist openings), with wisteria motif on fabric dyed in white, black and red

1 suit　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-4072）

Kosode (Garment with small wrist openings), Design of Mandarin Ducks and Waves on Black Figured Satin)

1 piece　 Edo era, 17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-2924）

Kosode (kimono with small wrist openings) Young pine, small flower, deer, and maple leaf design on parti-colored figured satin ground

Satin-weave silk　 Edo period, 17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-2775）

Furisode (kimono with long sleeves) Plum tree, standing screen, and falcon design on white chirimen crepe ground

Edo period, 18th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-3869）

Kosode (kimono with small wrist openings), with geometric patterns of plants, crane and turtle on black and red figured satin

1 suit　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （I-4092）

Buddhist Priest's Robe with Peony Arabesques (Known as the Dream-Affirming Robe)

Silk damask with painted gold　 China, Southern Song dynasty, or Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 13th–14th century 　

Kyoto National Museum （IK308）

Kujō (nine horizontal cloths) robe with gold-leaf arabesque pattern on purple-red base

1 piece　 Ra (gauze-like thin silk) with gold-leafed pattern, reverse side: plain silk　 Yuan period/14th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TI-421）