{"id":2134,"date":"2026-03-17T10:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=2134.html"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T01:33:08","slug":"20240319_01","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/news\/20240319_01","title":{"rendered":"Five works in our collection to be newly designated as National Treasure \/ Important Cultural Properties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">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.<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0With this, the number of designated objects housed in the Museum will be sixteen in total: nine National Treasures and seven Important Cultural Properties.<br><br><strong>Objects to be newly designated:<\/strong><br><strong>National Treasure<\/strong><br>- Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Kumogami Version)<br>Two volumes. Attributed to Fujiwara no Yukinari. Heian period, 11th century<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu-1024x587.jpg\" alt=\"-\tCollection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing (Kumogami Version)\" class=\"wp-image-2135\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu-1024x587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu.jpg 1304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">Volume 1 (detail) of the&nbsp;<em>Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing<\/em>&nbsp;(Kumogami Version)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu_2.jpg\" alt=\"\u96f2\u7d19\u672c\u548c\u6f22\u6717\u8a60\u96c6\" class=\"wp-image-2137\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu_2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu_2-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu_2-768x421.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">Volume 1 (detail) of the\u00a0<em>Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing<\/em>\u00a0(Kumogami Version) [on view from March 12 to April 7]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu_3-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"\u96f2\u7d19\u672c\u548c\u6f22\u6717\u8a60\u96c6\" class=\"wp-image-2139\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu_3-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu_3-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu_3-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_roeishu_3.jpg 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">Volume 1 (detail) of the\u00a0<em>Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing<\/em>\u00a0(Kumogami Version) [on view from April 9 to May 12]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_display-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"\u7687\u5c45\u4e09\u306e\u4e38\u5c1a\u8535\u9928\u3000\u96f2\u7d19\u672c\u548c\u6f22\u6717\u8a60\u96c6\u5c55\u793a\u98a8\u666f\" class=\"wp-image-2141\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_display-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_display-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_display-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/wakan_display.jpg 1337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">On view at the Museum through May 12, 2024.<br><br>Volume 1 of\u00a0<em>Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing<\/em>\u00a0(Kumogami Version) is on view until May 12 at the current exhibition:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pr-shozokan.nich.go.jp\/miyabi\/index_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Aesthetics of the Imperial Court: Beauty Passed Down through the Ages,<\/em>\u00a0\u2018III. Artworks that Adorned the Early Modern Imperial Palaces\u2019.<\/a><br><br><strong>Important Cultural Properties<\/strong><br>- Portraits of Emperors, Regents, and Ministers<br>Four volumes. By Fujiwara no Tamenobu and Goshin. Kamakura\u2013Nanbokucho period, 14th century<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">- Horse Stable<br>Pair of six-fold screens. Muromachi period, 16th century<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">- Decorative Shelf with Design of Chrysanthemums<br>Design by Rokkaku Shisui; lacquerwork by Kawanobe Itcho, et al.; metalwork by Unno Shomin. Meiji era, 1903.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\">- Bugaku Dancer,&nbsp;<em>Taiheiraku<\/em><br>By Unno Shomin. Meiji era, 1899.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-p\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","news-category":[],"class_list":["post-2134","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2142,"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2134\/revisions\/2142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shozokan.nich.go.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=2134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}