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In 1950, the Japanese government created a new system of cultural heritage, dividing the category of [[National Treasures]] - the top tier of sites and objects designated as being of exceptional cultural and historical importance - into an upper tier of National Treasures and a lower tier of Important Cultural Properties.
 
In 1950, the Japanese government created a new system of cultural heritage, dividing the category of [[National Treasures]] - the top tier of sites and objects designated as being of exceptional cultural and historical importance - into an upper tier of National Treasures and a lower tier of Important Cultural Properties.
  
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Important Cultural Properties are more numerous than National Treasures, and are generally considered to be of somewhat less considerable cultural or historical importance. There are currently approximately 12,760 objects & structures registered as Important Cultural Properties, identified by the Bunkachô (Agency for Cultural Affairs) logo, a stylized impression of a pair of hands holding up roof tiles.<ref>Hyung-il Pai, AAS Roundtable, "Who Moved My Masterpiece?...Cultural Heritage of Kyoto," Association for Asian Studies annual conference, San Diego, March 23 2013.</ref>
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Important Cultural Properties are more numerous than National Treasures, and are generally considered to be of somewhat less considerable cultural or historical importance. There are currently approximately 12,821<ref>"[http://www.bunka.go.jp/bunkazai/pamphlet/pdf/pamphlet_en_03_ver04.pdf Cultural Properties for Future Generations]," Pamphlet, Agency of Cultural Affairs (2013), 2.</ref> objects & structures registered as Important Cultural Properties, identified by the Bunkachô (Agency for Cultural Affairs) logo, a stylized impression of a pair of hands holding up roof tiles.<ref>Hyung-il Pai, AAS Roundtable, "Who Moved My Masterpiece?...Cultural Heritage of Kyoto," Association for Asian Studies annual conference, San Diego, March 23 2013.</ref>
  
 
==Selected List of Important Cultural Properties==
 
==Selected List of Important Cultural Properties==
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===Hokkaidô===
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*[[Former Hokkaido Prefectural Capitol]], [[Sapporo]] - example of [[Meiji architecture|Meiji period]] red-brick architecture
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===Miyagi Prefecture===
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*Sankeiden Shrine at [[Entsu-in|Entsû-in]]
  
 
===Ishikawa Prefecture===
 
===Ishikawa Prefecture===
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[[File:Ochaya Shima.jpg|right|thumb|240px|[[Shima (teahouse)|Shima teahouse]] in [[Kanazawa]]]]
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[[File:Ochaya Shima.jpg|right|thumb|320px|[[Shima (teahouse)|Shima teahouse]] in [[Kanazawa]]]]
 
*[[Shima (teahouse)|Shima]] teahouse, [[Higashi Chayagai]], [[Kanazawa]] - example of [[geisha]] house / teahouse ''[[machiya]]'' architecture
 
*[[Shima (teahouse)|Shima]] teahouse, [[Higashi Chayagai]], [[Kanazawa]] - example of [[geisha]] house / teahouse ''[[machiya]]'' architecture
  
 
===Chiba Prefecture===
 
===Chiba Prefecture===
 
*[[Hotta mansion|Hotta clan mansion]], [[Sakura]]
 
*[[Hotta mansion|Hotta clan mansion]], [[Sakura]]
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*[[Narita-san Shinsho-ji|Narita-san Shinshô-ji]] - Pagoda, Kômyô-dô, Shaka-dô, Niô-mon, Gakudô
  
 
===Tokyo===
 
===Tokyo===
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[[File:Tokyosymphonyhall.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Symphony Hall of the [[Tokyo Music School]]]]
 
[[File:Hoitsu-autumngrasses.JPG|right|thumb|320px|"Spring and Autumn Flowering Grasses," folding screens, by [[Sakai Hoitsu|Sakai Hôitsu]] ([[Tokyo National Museum]])]]
 
[[File:Hoitsu-autumngrasses.JPG|right|thumb|320px|"Spring and Autumn Flowering Grasses," folding screens, by [[Sakai Hoitsu|Sakai Hôitsu]] ([[Tokyo National Museum]])]]
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[[File:Hibo-kannon.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Kano Hogai|Kanô Hôgai]], ''[[Kannon]] as Compassionate Mother'' (''[[Hibo Kannon]]''), 1883. Freer Gallery of Art<ref>While the Freer piece seen here is permanently housed outside of Japan, and is therefore not an Important Cultural Property, an earlier version of the same work, held today by the Tokyo University of the Arts, does bear that designation.</ref>]]
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[[File:Ueno-karamon.JPG|right|thumb|320px|The Karamon gate of [[Ueno Toshogu|Ueno Tôshôgû]]]]
 
*[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] (''Bunkachô''):
 
*[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] (''Bunkachô''):
 
**''[[Saigyo Hoshi|Saigyô Hôshi]] gyôjô-e'', handscroll painting by [[Tawaraya Sotatsu|Tawaraya Sôtatsu]]
 
**''[[Saigyo Hoshi|Saigyô Hôshi]] gyôjô-e'', handscroll painting by [[Tawaraya Sotatsu|Tawaraya Sôtatsu]]
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*[[Bank of Japan]]: Old Building
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*[[Eisei Bunko]]:
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**A bronze Buddhist sculpture from the [[Liu Song]] dynasty, dated [[437]]
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**''Haseo sôshi'' - a Kamakura period painting depicting the story of the [[Heian period]] figure [[Ki no Haseo]]
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**''Kuroki neko'' - a painting of a black cat by [[Hishida Shunso|Hishida Shunsô]], which appeared in the 4th [[Bunten]] competition in [[1910]]
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**Letter from [[Emperor Go-Fukakusa]] to [[Emperor Fushimi]] ([[1292]])
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**A porcelain jug decorated with peonies, from the [[Southern Song Dynasty]]
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**Suit of armor (''yoroi'') said to have been worn by [[Hosokawa Yoriari]] in battle in [[1358]].
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*[[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)|Gokoku-ji]]:
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**Gekkôden
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**Hondô
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*[[Holy Resurrection Cathedral]]
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*[[Idemitsu Museum of Arts]]:
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**[[Xu Zuo]] - hanging scroll painting of a fisherman<ref name=lacma>Exhibition checklist, "[http://www.lacma.org/sites/default/files/CPJC%20ROTATIONS%201%20AND%202_online.pdf Chinese Paintings from Japanese Collections]," LACMA, May 10 2014.</ref>
 
*[[Ikegami Honmonji]] - Pagoda (1608)
 
*[[Ikegami Honmonji]] - Pagoda (1608)
 
*[[Kan'ei-ji]] - Eikyûin Mausoleum, ''Chokugakumon'' (imperial scroll gate), water basin (''suibansha'')
 
*[[Kan'ei-ji]] - Eikyûin Mausoleum, ''Chokugakumon'' (imperial scroll gate), water basin (''suibansha'')
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*[[Kiyomizu Kannondo|Kiyomizu Kannondô]] (Ueno) - Main Hall
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*[[Meiji Gakuin University]]: Imbrie Pavilion (rep. of Meiji Western-style missionary architecture)<ref>[http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/guide/imbrie_en.html Imbrie Pavilion], Meiji Gakuin University website.</ref>
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*Mitsui Corporation Main Building (''Mitsui honkan'')
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*[[National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo]]:
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**[[Harada Naojiro|Harada Naojirô]] - "Kannon Riding a Dragon," oil on canvas
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**[[Wada Sanzo|Wada Sanzô]] - "South Wind", oil on canvas
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**[[Yorozu Tetsugoro|Yorozu Tetsugorô]] - "Nude Beauty," oil on canvas
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*[[Nezu Museum]]:
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**[[Mu Qi]] - hanging scroll painting, "Sparrows on Bamboo in the Rain"<ref name=lacma/>
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*[[Nezu Shrine]] - shrine buildings
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*[[Seikado Bunko Art Museum|Seikadô Bunko Art Museum]]:
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**[[Lan Ying]] - hanging scroll, "Autumn Landscape in the manner of [[Wang Meng]]"<ref name=lacma/>
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**[[Zhang Ruitu]] - hanging scroll painting, "Pine-covered Mountains Rising Through Clouds"<ref name=lacma/>
 
*[[Senso-ji|Sensô-ji]] ''Nitenmon'' gate - downgraded from National Treasure in 1950
 
*[[Senso-ji|Sensô-ji]] ''Nitenmon'' gate - downgraded from National Treasure in 1950
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*[[Tokyo University of the Arts]]:
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*[[Tokyo Imperial Palace]]:
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**Symphony Hall of the [[Tokyo Music School]]
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**Former Outer Sakurada-mon (gate) of [[Edo castle]]
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**''[[Hibo Kannon]]'' by [[Kano Hogai|Kanô Hôgai]] - pioneering work of [[Nihonga]]
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**Former Shimizu-mon (gate) of Edo castle
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**Former Tayasu-mon (gate) of Edo castle
 
*[[Tokyo National Museum]]:
 
*[[Tokyo National Museum]]:
 
**''[[Azekura]]'' storehouse of [[Jurin-in|Jûrin-in]], Nara
 
**''[[Azekura]]'' storehouse of [[Jurin-in|Jûrin-in]], Nara
 
**Gate of the [[Inshu-Ikeda Edo mansion|Inshû-Ikeda Residence]]
 
**Gate of the [[Inshu-Ikeda Edo mansion|Inshû-Ikeda Residence]]
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**''[[Kyogen|Kyôgen]]'' mask of [[Ebisu]], from the [[Okura school|Ôkura school]][https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/17284207115/sizes/l]
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**[[Liang Kai]] - hanging scroll painting of [[Li Bai]]<ref name=lacma/>
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**[[Lu Ji]] - set of four hanging scrolls, "Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons"<ref name=lacma/>
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**[[Ma Yuan]] (attr.) - hanging scroll, "The Priest Dongshan Wading Across a Stream"<ref name=lacma/>
 
**[[Ogata Korin|Ogata Kôrin]] - Fûjin/Raijin screen paintings
 
**[[Ogata Korin|Ogata Kôrin]] - Fûjin/Raijin screen paintings
 
**Painting on Zen Enlightenment, panel paintings from ''hôjô'' of [[Daisen-in]], attr. [[Kano Motonobu|Kanô Motonobu]]
 
**Painting on Zen Enlightenment, panel paintings from ''hôjô'' of [[Daisen-in]], attr. [[Kano Motonobu|Kanô Motonobu]]
 
**[[Sakai Hoitsu|Sakai Hôitsu]] - Screen paintings of Spring and Autumn Flowering Plants
 
**[[Sakai Hoitsu|Sakai Hôitsu]] - Screen paintings of Spring and Autumn Flowering Plants
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*[[Ueno Toshogu|Ueno Tôshôgû]]
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**[[Shi Ke]] (attr.) - pair of hanging scrolls, "Two Patriarchs Harmonizing Their Minds"<ref name=lacma/>
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**[[Sun Junze]] (attr.) - hanging scroll landscape<ref name=lacma/>
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**[[Unkoku Togan|Unkoku Tôgan]] - landscape, pair of folding screen paintings[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/8522834217/in/dateposted-public/]
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**Various 16th-17th century artworks and artifacts related to the [[Society of Jesus]] and Japanese [[Christianity]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15754571850/in/dateposted-public/]
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**[[Yan Hui]] (attr.) - pair of hanging scroll paintings of [[Hanshan]] and [[Shide]]<ref name=lacma/>
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**[[Zhu Duan]] - hanging scroll, "Solitary Angler on a Winter River"<ref name=lacma/>
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*[[Tokyo University of the Arts]]:
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**Symphony Hall of the [[Tokyo Music School]]
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**''[[Hibo Kannon]]'' by [[Kano Hogai|Kanô Hôgai]] - pioneering work of [[Nihonga]]
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*[[Ueno Toshogu|Ueno Tôshôgû]]: Main Hall, Karamon gate, other buildings; stone torii; and fifty copper lanterns
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*[[University of Tokyo]]:
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**Akamon ("Red Gate"), former gate of the [[Kaga Edo mansion]] (Hongô campus)
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**Former [[Maeda clan|Maeda Family]] Main Residence (Komaba campus)
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**''Daimyôji monjo'', records of [[Daimyo-ji|Daimyô-ji]] temple in [[Osumi province|Ôsumi province]] (held at [[Shiryohensanjo|Shiryôhensanjo]])
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**''Gumaiki'', diary of [[Sanjo Sanefusa|Sanjô Sanefusa]], and ''Go-Gumaiki'', diary of [[Sanjo Kintada|Sanjô Kintada]] (held at [[Shiryohensanjo|Shiryôhensanjo]])
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**Documents related to the [[Hayashi clan]] (held at [[Shiryohensanjo|Shiryôhensanjo]])
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**Documents related to the Hishijima family of [[Satsuma province]] (held at [[Shiryohensanjo|Shiryôhensanjo]])
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**''Jien oshô musôki'', a diary of the monk [[Jien]] (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**Documents related to [[Kondo Juzo|Kondô Jûzô]] (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**''Minkoku sappu'', a Ming document granting official office to [[Maeda Geni|Maeda Gen'i]] (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**''Nakanoin ipponki'', a diary of [[Nakanoin Michifuyu]] (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**''Namu Amida butsu sazenshû'', diary of the monk [[Chogen|Chôgen]] (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**Documents related to the [[Nikaido clan|Nikaidô clan]] (held at [[Shiryohensanjo|Shiryôhensanjo]])
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**''[[Sappan kyuki zatsuroku|Sappan kyûki zatsuroku]]'' (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**''Satsuma no kuni Hioki Hongô shimoji chûbun ezu'', a 14th c. Kyushu map (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**''Shôshû shibun'', a [[1556]] document sent by [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] envoy [[Jiang Zhou]] regarding the ''[[wako|wakô]]'' (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**''Shûgaishô'' (medieval encyclopedia, held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**''Sanetaka kôki'', diary of [[Sanjonichi Sanetaka|Sanjônishi Sanetaka]] (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**''Taiki'', diary of [[Fujiwara no Yorinaga]] (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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**Diary of [[Uwai Akitane|Uwai Kakken]] (held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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*''Wakamanajoshû'' (collection of prefaces to ''[[waka]]'' poetry collection, held at Shiryôhensanjo)
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*[[Waseda University]]: Ôkuma Auditorium
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*[[Zojo-ji|Zôjô-ji]]: Sangedatsumon ''sanmon'' gate; Taitokuin mausoleum gate; Yûshôin mausoleum Nitenmon gate
  
 
===Kanagawa Prefecture===
 
===Kanagawa Prefecture===
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**Gekkaden, formerly of [[Fushimi castle]], built [[1603]] by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]
 
**Gekkaden, formerly of [[Fushimi castle]], built [[1603]] by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]
 
**Pagoda - formerly of [[Tomyo-ji|Tômyô-ji]], [[Muromachi period]], oldest pagoda in the Kantô
 
**Pagoda - formerly of [[Tomyo-ji|Tômyô-ji]], [[Muromachi period]], oldest pagoda in the Kantô
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**Rinshunkaku -  summer home for [[Kishu Tokugawa|Kishû Tokugawa]] family head [[Tokugawa Yorinobu]], [[1649]], Wakayama
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**Rinshunkaku -  summer home for [[Kishu Tokugawa clan|Kishû Tokugawa]] family head [[Tokugawa Yorinobu]], [[1649]], Wakayama
 
**Shunsôrô tearoom built by [[Oda Urakusai]]
 
**Shunsôrô tearoom built by [[Oda Urakusai]]
 
**Former main hall of Tômyô-ji, Muromachi period, Kyoto
 
**Former main hall of Tômyô-ji, Muromachi period, Kyoto
 
*[[Sogen-ji (Kanagawa)|Sôgen-ji]], Twelve Heavenly Generals ([[Kamakura period]] sculptures, representative of [[Unkei]]'s style)
 
*[[Sogen-ji (Kanagawa)|Sôgen-ji]], Twelve Heavenly Generals ([[Kamakura period]] sculptures, representative of [[Unkei]]'s style)
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*Former Yokohama Specie Bank Headquarters - example of [[Meiji period]] architecture
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*Former [[Yokohama Specie Bank]] Headquarters - example of Meiji period architecture
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===Shizuoka Prefecture===
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*[[Kunouzan Toshogu clock]], held by the [[Kunouzan Toshogu Museum]]
  
 
===Aichi Prefecture===
 
===Aichi Prefecture===
 
[[File:Nagoya-SEtower.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The southeast corner tower at [[Nagoya castle]]]]
 
[[File:Nagoya-SEtower.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The southeast corner tower at [[Nagoya castle]]]]
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*[[Nagoya castle]] - the three remaining corner towers, of an original eleven, are designated Important Cultural Properties
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*[[Nagoya castle]] - the three remaining corner towers, of an original eleven
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*[[Tokugawa Art Museum]]:
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**[[Chen Rong]] - hanging scroll painting of a dragon<ref name=lacma/>
  
 
===Shiga Prefecture===
 
===Shiga Prefecture===
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*[[Hikone castle]] - various buildings, including Ninomaru Sawaguchitamon-yagura. Main ''tenshu'' is a National Treasure.
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*[[Hikone castle]] - various buildings, including Ninomaru Sawaguchitamon-yagura and stables (''umaya''). Main ''tenshu'' is a National Treasure.
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* Hôshû-kai, Takatsuki Town - various documents and paintings associated with [[Amenomori Hoshu|Amenomori Hôshû]]<ref>''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', Okayama Prefectural Museum (2007), 67-68.</ref>
  
 
===Nara Prefecture===
 
===Nara Prefecture===
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*Clarke Memorial Hall at [[Doshisha University|Dôshisha University]]
 
*Clarke Memorial Hall at [[Doshisha University|Dôshisha University]]
 
*[[Daitoku-ji]] [[Shinju-an]] - various paintings, works of calligraphy, etc. including works of calligraphy by [[Daito Kokushi|Daitô Kokushi]].
 
*[[Daitoku-ji]] [[Shinju-an]] - various paintings, works of calligraphy, etc. including works of calligraphy by [[Daito Kokushi|Daitô Kokushi]].
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*[[Former Kyoto Prefectural Headquarters]] (1904)
 
*[[Ginkaku-ji]] - entire complex; includes two buildings designated as National Treasures.
 
*[[Ginkaku-ji]] - entire complex; includes two buildings designated as National Treasures.
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*[[Honpo-ji|Honpô-ji]] - two portraits by [[Hasegawa Tohaku|Hasegawa Tôhaku]] of Buddhist priests
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*[[Kodai-ji|Kôdai-ji]] - various buildings, incl. Shigure-tei tea room
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*Kyoto University Museum:
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**Fake letter from King of Korea to Japan, forged by [[Tsushima han]], [[1607]]
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*[[Manpuku-ji]] - various buildings
 
*[[Nanzen-ji]] [[tatchu|sub-temple]] [[Tenju-an]]:
 
*[[Nanzen-ji]] [[tatchu|sub-temple]] [[Tenju-an]]:
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**32 fusuma paintings by [[Hasegawa Tohaku|Hasegawa Tôhaku]], self-portrait of Daimin-kokushi, self-portrait of Shôichi-kokushi, portrait of the priest Heiden, and two portraits of [[Hosokawa Fujitaka|Hosokawa Yûsai]] and his wife
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**32 fusuma paintings by Hasegawa Tôhaku, self-portrait of Daimin-kokushi, self-portrait of Shôichi-kokushi, portrait of the priest Heiden, and two portraits of [[Hosokawa Fujitaka|Hosokawa Yûsai]] and his wife
 
*[[Ninna-ji]]:
 
*[[Ninna-ji]]:
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**Bell tower (''shôrô'', c. 1620s-1640s)
 
**Kannon-dô (1640s)
 
**Kannon-dô (1640s)
 
**Mie-dô (c. 1624-44)
 
**Mie-dô (c. 1624-44)
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**[[Nio|Niô]]-mon (c. 1620s-1640s)
 
**Pagoda ([[1644]])
 
**Pagoda ([[1644]])
 
**Ryôkakutei
 
**Ryôkakutei
 
**Seated sculpture of [[Yakushi]]-nyôrai, in the Reimei-den
 
**Seated sculpture of [[Yakushi]]-nyôrai, in the Reimei-den
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**Sutra Hall (''kyôzô'', c. 1620s-40s)
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*[[Sanbo-in|Sanbô-in]] - ''[[Gienjugo nikki|Gienjugô nikki]]''
 
*[[Shimogamo Shrine]] - 53 various objects.
 
*[[Shimogamo Shrine]] - 53 various objects.
 
*[[Zenrin-ji]]:
 
*[[Zenrin-ji]]:
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**''Yûtsû nenbutsu engi'' by [[Tosa Mitsunobu]] (colors on silk)
 
**''Yûtsû nenbutsu engi'' by [[Tosa Mitsunobu]] (colors on silk)
 
**''Yûtsû nenbutsu engi [[kanjincho|kanjinchô]]'' (colors on paper)
 
**''Yûtsû nenbutsu engi [[kanjincho|kanjinchô]]'' (colors on paper)
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===Osaka Prefecture===
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*[[Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts]]:
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**[[Dong Qichang]] - handscroll paining, "The Pan'gu Farewell"<ref name=lacma/>
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**[[Wang Wei]] (attr.) - handscroll painting, "Fu Sheng Transmitting the Classic"<ref name=lacma/>
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===Okayama Prefecture===
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*[[Honren-ji]], [[Ushimado]]: ''hondô'', ''chûmon'', and sutra hall<ref>''Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama'', 34.</ref>
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===Hiroshima Prefecture===
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[[File:Otake-jutaku.JPG|right|thumb|400px|The Ôta family house (left) and Chôsôtei (right) in [[Tomonoura]]]]
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*[[Abuto Kannon]] (Fukuyama)
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*Fushimi yagura (tower) and Sujigane-gomon (gate) at [[Fukuyama castle]].
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*Ôta family house (former Nakamura family house) and Chôsôtei lodgings in [[Tomonoura]]; merchant home where [[Ryukyuan embassies to Edo]], various ''daimyô'', and ''[[kuge]]'' stayed at times.
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===Ehime Prefecture===
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*[[Uwajima castle]]: ''tenshu''
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===Kôchi Prefecture===
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*[[Kochi castle|Kôchi castle]]: a number of buildings, including the ''tenshu'', Kaitokukan (''[[shoin-zukuri]]'' style ''daimyô'' residence), East and West ''tamon yagura'', Kokutetsu-mon, Kurogane-mon, and Roka-mon gates.
  
 
===Fukuoka Prefecture===
 
===Fukuoka Prefecture===
 
[[File:Ichinotorii.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The ichi-no-[[torii]] ("first gate") at [[Hakozaki Shrine]] in [[Fukuoka]]]]
 
[[File:Ichinotorii.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The ichi-no-[[torii]] ("first gate") at [[Hakozaki Shrine]] in [[Fukuoka]]]]
 
*Ichi-no-[[torii]] at [[Hakozaki Shrine]], [[1609]]
 
*Ichi-no-[[torii]] at [[Hakozaki Shrine]], [[1609]]
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*Letters from [[Nguyen Hoang]] to [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] ([[1591]]) and [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] ([[1601]]), [[Kyushu National Museum]]
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===Nagasaki Prefecture===
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*Nagasaki Prefectural Research Center for History of Tsushima:
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**Seating chart for shogunal audience addressing the [[Yanagawa Affair]] ([[1635]]/3/11).
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===Kumamoto Prefecture===
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*Lord's cabin (''goza/yakata'') of [[Hosokawa clan]] ship ''[[Naminashi Maru]]'', [[Kumamoto castle]], [[1839]]
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===Kagoshima Prefecture===
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*Three [[bronze mirrors]] held at [[Nitta Hachiman Shrine]], [[Satsumasendai]]
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*Main Building (''honkan'') at [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]], [[1865]]
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*Photograph of [[Shimazu Nariakira]] by [[Ichiki Shiro|Ichiki Shirô]], [[1857]], [[Museum of the Meiji Restoration]]
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*Red-threaded suit of armor　and helmet of [[Shimazu Tadahisa]], [[Tsurugane Shrine]]
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*[[Tachi]] by Bizen-no-kuni Jûunji, Tsurugane Shrine
  
 
===Okinawa Prefecture===
 
===Okinawa Prefecture===
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*[[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]] - named a National Treasure in 1933; destroyed in 1945. Rebuilt gates and bridge named Important Cultural Property in 1975.
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*[[Aragaki house]] and ''agari-nu-gama'' [[Ryukyuan pottery|pottery]] kilns in Tsuboya, Naha
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*[[Bridge of Nations Bell]] - collection of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum
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*[[Engaku-ji (Okinawa)|Engaku-ji]] - named a National Treasure in 1933; destroyed in 1945. Rebuilt gates and bridge named Important Cultural Property in 1975. Former temple bell (cast c. [[1495]]-[[1496]]), and a [[1697]] recreation of that bell both survive and have both been designated.
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*Documents and objects related to the [[Ie udun]] family. Designated in 2019.
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*[[Ie udun tomb]], Shuri
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*Collection of [[Kamakura Yoshitaro|Kamakura Yoshitarô's]] photographs from his survey of Okinawan arts; held by Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts.
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*''[[Magiri-zu]]'' maps, held by Okinawa Prefectural Museum
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*Mekaru tombs group site (incl. [[Izena dunchi tomb]], near Shintoshin Park, Naha)
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*[[Nakamura House]] in [[Nakagusuku]] Village
 
*[[Sogen-ji|Sôgen-ji]] - designated a National Treasure in 1933; destroyed in 1945. Surviving stone walls & gates are today an Important Cultural Property.
 
*[[Sogen-ji|Sôgen-ji]] - designated a National Treasure in 1933; destroyed in 1945. Surviving stone walls & gates are today an Important Cultural Property.
  
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==References==
 
==References==
 
*Gallery labels and explanatory plaques at various sites.
 
*Gallery labels and explanatory plaques at various sites.
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*Pamphlets available on-site.
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
  
 
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]
 
[[Category:Art and Architecture]]

Latest revision as of 20:17, 24 June 2022

Sign at Kan'ei-ji in Tokyo, bearing the Bunkachô logo, and identifying the site as containing Important Cultural Properties.
  • System Established: 1950
  • Japanese: 重要文化財 (juuyou bunkazai)

In 1950, the Japanese government created a new system of cultural heritage, dividing the category of National Treasures - the top tier of sites and objects designated as being of exceptional cultural and historical importance - into an upper tier of National Treasures and a lower tier of Important Cultural Properties.

Important Cultural Properties are more numerous than National Treasures, and are generally considered to be of somewhat less considerable cultural or historical importance. There are currently approximately 12,821[1] objects & structures registered as Important Cultural Properties, identified by the Bunkachô (Agency for Cultural Affairs) logo, a stylized impression of a pair of hands holding up roof tiles.[2]

Selected List of Important Cultural Properties

Hokkaidô

Miyagi Prefecture

Ishikawa Prefecture

Shima teahouse in Kanazawa

Chiba Prefecture

Tokyo

Symphony Hall of the Tokyo Music School
"Spring and Autumn Flowering Grasses," folding screens, by Sakai Hôitsu (Tokyo National Museum)
Kanô Hôgai, Kannon as Compassionate Mother (Hibo Kannon), 1883. Freer Gallery of Art[3]
The Karamon gate of Ueno Tôshôgû

Kanagawa Prefecture

A view of Sankeien in Yokohama, with the pagoda visible in the distance

Shizuoka Prefecture

Aichi Prefecture

The southeast corner tower at Nagoya castle

Shiga Prefecture

  • Hikone castle - various buildings, including Ninomaru Sawaguchitamon-yagura and stables (umaya). Main tenshu is a National Treasure.
  • Hôshû-kai, Takatsuki Town - various documents and paintings associated with Amenomori Hôshû[6]

Nara Prefecture

Kyoto Prefecture

Windows of the upper story of Clarke Memorial Hall at Dôshisha University
Pagoda at Ninna-ji, Kyoto

Osaka Prefecture

Okayama Prefecture

Hiroshima Prefecture

The Ôta family house (left) and Chôsôtei (right) in Tomonoura

Ehime Prefecture

Kôchi Prefecture

  • Kôchi castle: a number of buildings, including the tenshu, Kaitokukan (shoin-zukuri style daimyô residence), East and West tamon yagura, Kokutetsu-mon, Kurogane-mon, and Roka-mon gates.

Fukuoka Prefecture

The ichi-no-torii ("first gate") at Hakozaki Shrine in Fukuoka

Nagasaki Prefecture

  • Nagasaki Prefectural Research Center for History of Tsushima:

Kumamoto Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture

Okinawa Prefecture

  • Aragaki house and agari-nu-gama pottery kilns in Tsuboya, Naha
  • Bridge of Nations Bell - collection of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum
  • Engaku-ji - named a National Treasure in 1933; destroyed in 1945. Rebuilt gates and bridge named Important Cultural Property in 1975. Former temple bell (cast c. 1495-1496), and a 1697 recreation of that bell both survive and have both been designated.
  • Documents and objects related to the Ie udun family. Designated in 2019.
  • Ie udun tomb, Shuri
  • Collection of Kamakura Yoshitarô's photographs from his survey of Okinawan arts; held by Okinawa Prefectural University of the Arts.
  • Magiri-zu maps, held by Okinawa Prefectural Museum
  • Mekaru tombs group site (incl. Izena dunchi tomb, near Shintoshin Park, Naha)
  • Nakamura House in Nakagusuku Village
  • Sôgen-ji - designated a National Treasure in 1933; destroyed in 1945. Surviving stone walls & gates are today an Important Cultural Property.
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References

  • Gallery labels and explanatory plaques at various sites.
  • Pamphlets available on-site.
  1. ↑ "Cultural Properties for Future Generations," Pamphlet, Agency of Cultural Affairs (2013), 2.
  2. ↑ Hyung-il Pai, AAS Roundtable, "Who Moved My Masterpiece?...Cultural Heritage of Kyoto," Association for Asian Studies annual conference, San Diego, March 23 2013.
  3. ↑ While the Freer piece seen here is permanently housed outside of Japan, and is therefore not an Important Cultural Property, an earlier version of the same work, held today by the Tokyo University of the Arts, does bear that designation.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 Exhibition checklist, "Chinese Paintings from Japanese Collections," LACMA, May 10 2014.
  5. ↑ Imbrie Pavilion, Meiji Gakuin University website.
  6. ↑ Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama, Okayama Prefectural Museum (2007), 67-68.
  7. ↑ Chôsen tsûshinshi to Okayama, 34.
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