A Tang Manuscript in the Osu Library
The Collection of Poems by Hanlin Academicians (翰林学士詩集) is a Tang-dynasty manuscript of a poetry collection owned by Hoshoin (Osu Kannon) in Osu, Naka Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, which in 1952 was designated a National Treasure.
The Agency for Cultural Affairs records one handscroll owned by Hoshoin.
Nagoya City describes it as a Tang manuscript, with volume five of the collected memorials of Amoghavajra written on its reverse.
The Osu Library
Nagoya City's list of designated properties records its designation under the old system on 23 April 1908 and as a National Treasure from 9 June 1951.
Nagoya City gives its location as Hoshoin in Osu, Naka Ward.
What to Look For
According to Osu Kannon, the Osu library of Hoshoin is counted with the sutra repositories of Daigoji and Negoroji as one of three great collections, holding some fifteen thousand volumes known as the Shinpukuji or Osu texts. This collection is one of its National Treasures, alongside the Kojiki, the Hanshu treatise on food and money and the Diaoyuji.
A collection copied in Tang China has been preserved, together with the text on its reverse, in a temple library in Nagoya.
Visiting the Collection of Poems by Hanlin Academicians
The manuscript is owned by Hoshoin and is not always on display; check Osu Kannon's announcements.
Q&A
- When was it designated a National Treasure?
- The Agency records 1952; Nagoya City's list gives 1951.
- What is it?
- A Tang manuscript of a poetry collection.
- What is on the reverse?
- Volume five of the memorials of Amoghavajra.
- What is the Osu library?
- Hoshoin's library of some 15,000 volumes, the Shinpukuji texts.
- What other National Treasures are there?
- The Kojiki, the Hanshu treatise and the Diaoyuji.
Basic Information
| Name | Collection of Poems by Hanlin Academicians (翰林学士詩集) |
|---|---|
| Location | Hoshoin, 2-21-47 Osu, Naka Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture |
| Designation | National Treasure (book) |
| Year Designated | Designated 1952/3/29 (Showa 27); Nagoya City lists 1951/6/9 |
| Quantity | 1 handscroll |
| Dimensions | Not recorded in the Agency for Cultural Affairs database |
| Owner | Hoshoin |
| Public Access | Not always on display |
References
- Agency for Cultural Affairs Database: Hanlin Academicians' Poems (Japanese)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails/201/616
- Nagoya City: Nationally Designated Cultural Properties (Japanese)
- https://www.city.nagoya.jp/kankou/rekishi/1017268/1034462/1017206.html
- Osu Kannon: Osu Library (Japanese)
- https://www.osu-kannon.jp/about/bunko.html
Last verified: 2026.10.01