Five works in our collection to be newly designated as National Treasure / Important Cultural Properties
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Following the approval by the Investigative Committee of Specialists, five artworks in our collection are to be newly designated (one as a National Treasure; four as Important Cultural Properties) by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.This designation will be officially confirmed once it is announced in the Official Gazette in a few months.
With this, the number of designated objects housed in the Museum will be sixteen in total: nine National Treasures and seven Important Cultural Properties.
Objects to be newly designated:
National Treasure
- Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Kumogami Version)
Two volumes. Attributed to Fujiwara no Yukinari. Heian period, 11th century
Volume 1 (detail) of the Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Kumogami Version)
Volume 1 (detail) of the Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Kumogami Version) [on view from March 12 to April 7]
Volume 1 (detail) of the Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Kumogami Version) [on view from April 9 to May 12]
On view at the Museum through May 12, 2024.
Volume 1 of Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Kumogami Version) is on view until May 12 at the current exhibition: The Aesthetics of the Imperial Court: Beauty Passed Down through the Ages, ‘III. Artworks that Adorned the Early Modern Imperial Palaces’.
Important Cultural Properties
- Portraits of Emperors, Regents, and Ministers
Four volumes. By Fujiwara no Tamenobu and Goshin. Kamakura–Nanbokucho period, 14th century
- Horse Stable
Pair of six-fold screens. Muromachi period, 16th century
- Decorative Shelf with Design of Chrysanthemums
Design by Rokkaku Shisui; lacquerwork by Kawanobe Itcho, et al.; metalwork by Unno Shomin. Meiji era, 1903.
- Bugaku Dancer, Taiheiraku
By Unno Shomin. Meiji era, 1899.