National Treasures of Chiba
千 葉 県 の 国 宝Chiba’s national treasures — properties designated kokuhō for their exceptional value to the nation.
A mirror owned by Katori Jingu in Chiba Prefecture. Another one made from the very same mould is now among the Shosoin treasures over in Nara as well.
A Kamakura-period hand box kept in Tokyo. Three techniques answer to three colours in it: the gold of lacquer, the white of shell, the silver of inlay.
The Ino Tadataka Related Materials gather 2,345 items, from 123 finished Ino maps and 399 drafts to 63 instruments, showing how Japan's first measured map was made.
Nichiren's autograph treatise of 1273, written in exile on Sado Island, survives at Hokekyoji Temple in Ichikawa, Chiba, designated a National Treasure in 1952.
Hokekyoji Temple in Ichikawa, Chiba, preserves Nichiren's own 1269 copy of his warning to the shogunate, a 15.98-meter scroll named a National Treasure in 1952.
The National Treasure Nukatadera Garan narabini Jōrizu, held by the National Museum of Japanese History in Sakura, Chiba, is a rare large-scale map painted in the late Nara period (8th century) on four joined panels of hemp cloth. Depicting the jōri land-grid of Heguri District in Yamato Province and the detailed precinct of Nukatadera at its lower center, the map is an irreplaceable primary source on ancient Japanese land administration and Buddhist architecture.
This National Treasure is Retired Emperor Go-Uda's autograph diary, brushed in 1319 in the margins of an annotated court almanac, now preserved in Sakura, Chiba.
A National Treasure near Tokyo: a Southern Song printing of the Hanshu in 61 fascicles, holding the earliest reliable Chinese record of Japan, the Wa people.
A complete Southern Song printing of the Book of the Later Han, kept in Sakura, whose account of the eastern peoples names Queen Himiko and an embassy of 57 CE.
A National Treasure near Tokyo: the Song-dynasty Shiji printed by Huang Shanfu, the oldest complete copy of the three-commentary edition, all 130 chapters intact.
More from Chiba
Chiba’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.
The complete kokuhō catalogue — browse by prefecture, period, and category.
Nationwide jūyō bunkazai — architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts, and documents.