Tsushima Shrine Main Hall
Discover Tsushima Shrine's Important Cultural Properties - the 1605 Main Hall donated by Tokugawa family and the 1591 Tower Gate gifted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Experience authentic Japanese architecture and the spectacular Tenno Festival.
Black Raku Tea Bowl (Shigure) by Koetsu
Discover the Important Cultural Property "Shigure" (Passing Autumn Rain), a black raku tea bowl handcrafted by legendary artist Hon'ami Koetsu in the 17th century. Learn about its unique glazing technique, poetic origins, and rich provenance from the Mitsui family collection.
Shoku Nihongi (Kanazawa Bunko Edition)
Discover the Shoku Nihongi Kanazawa Bunko manuscript, Japan's oldest surviving copy of the imperial chronicle. This Important Cultural Property offers a window into Nara period history at Housa Bunko in Nagoya.
Purple Haori with Hollyhock Crest and Hollyhock Leaf
Discover the Purple Ground Haori with Aoi Mon, an Important Cultural Property featuring the rare tsujigahana dyeing technique worn by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Explore this exceptional textile masterpiece preserved at the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya.
Sword (Unsigned (Yoshioka Ichimonji))
Discover the unsigned katana attributed to the Yoshioka Ichimonji school, an Important Cultural Property from the Kamakura period housed in Aichi Prefecture. Learn about its brilliant chōji-midare hamon, the legacy of Bizen swordsmiths, and how to appreciate Japanese sword artistry.
Three-Eared Jar with Chrysanthemum Design (Tamba)
Discover the Three-Eared Jar with Chrysanthemum Design (Tamba ware), an Important Cultural Property of Japan housed at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum. Crafted in the early 13th century at one of Japan's Six Ancient Kilns, this exquisite jar features bold chrysanthemum incisions and a pristine form. Learn about its history, artistic significance, and visitor information.
Black Thread Decorated Domaru Armor (with Antler Flanked
The Kuroito Odoshi Domaru Gusoku (Black-Laced Domaru Armor) is an Important Cultural Property of Japan, worn by Honda Tadakatsu (1548–1610), one of the Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings. Featuring towering deer antler helmet crests, a fierce lion-biting front piece, and gold-leafed Buddhist rosary beads, this iconic armor embodies the spirit of a legendary warrior who fought in 57 battles without receiving a single wound. Currently deposited at the Mikawa Bushi no Yakata Ieyasukan in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture.
Remaining Volumes of the Kokin Wakashu (Sekido Edition)
Discover the Sekido-bon Kokin Wakashū, a National Treasure of Japan featuring exquisite 11th-century kana calligraphy on richly dyed paper. Learn about its history, artistry, and where to view fragments at museums in Nagoya, Tokyo, and New York.
Former Sapporo Telephone Exchange
Completed in 1898 in central Sapporo, the Former Sapporo Telephone Exchange is a two-story stone building that housed Hokkaido's first telephone exchange operations. Built with locally quarried Sapporo soft stone in an elegant Renaissance-inspired style, it is designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan. Now preserved at Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, it features an interactive exhibition on the history of telephone communication in Japan.
Fujiwara No Kintsune's Handwritten Paper (poems About
Discover the Important Cultural Property 'Poetry Paper by Fujiwara no Kintsune' at the Tokugawa Art Museum in Nagoya. This Kamakura-period calligraphic masterpiece features a waka poem on the theme 'Flowers Have the Color of Joy,' handwritten by one of medieval Japan's most powerful courtiers and a celebrated poet of the Hyakunin Isshu. Learn about kaishi art, Kintsune's legacy, and visitor information.
Light Blue Kosode with Hollyhock Crest and Tsujigahana
Angen Ogasa Diary
Sword〈Folded Inscription, Chugoku Jutsunao〉
Sword (Gold Inlaid Masamune Polished / Honami Kao) (famous
Sword (unsigned, Attributed to Yoshihiro)
Sword (Unsigned Ichimonji (famous Nansen Ichimonji))
Sword〈Mumei Sukeshin〉
Sword (Unsigned Masamune)
Sword (inscribed Nagayoshi, Tensho 18th Year, May 3rd, Koin,