National Treasures of Fukuoka

A solid gold seal of the Yayoi period at the Fukuoka City Museum, found on Shikanoshima in 1784. Its five characters set out the diplomatic ranking of the Han.

Objects said to come from the Okitsumiya ritual site on Okinoshima. The word attributed marks unconfirmed provenance, kept apart from the confirmed finds.

Heian copper plates found on Mount Kubote in Fukuoka, now at the Kyushu National Museum. Made in 1142; the images on their box are a rare pictorial source.

Finds from the Okitsumiya ritual site on Okinoshima in Fukuoka, spanning the Kofun to Heian periods. Designated a National Treasure as a single lot in 1962.

Grave goods from an early seventh-century mound in the precinct of Miyajidake Shrine in Fukuoka, including gilt bronze horse trappings. National Treasure since 1952.

Yayoi-period finds in Fukuoka Prefecture, listed as a single lot. What came from the central burial is the property, and all of the rest an appendage.

Discover the National Treasure tantō signed Yoshimitsu, a Kamakura-period masterpiece by Awataguchi Tōshirō Yoshimitsu, treasured by the Tachibana samurai family for nearly 700 years at Tachibana Museum in Yanagawa, Fukuoka.

A 14th-century National Treasure katana named for a killing: Oda Nobunaga reputedly pressed it through a serving shelf to fell a fleeing attendant. Now in Fukuoka.

Preserved at Seiganji Temple in Imazu, Fukuoka, this National Treasure scroll was brushed by Myōan Eisai — the monk who would go on to introduce Rinzai Zen and green tea culture to Japan — on the fifteenth day of the seventh month in 1178. Dedicated to the temple's Urabon (Obon) ceremony, the scroll records Eisai's sponsorship of a copy of the Lotus Sutra and survives as one of the earliest autograph works of this pivotal figure. Executed in bold Song-influenced calligraphy on sheets of red, white, and indigo paper decorated with mica-printed clouds and birds, the scroll was designated a National Treasure in 1953 and is entrusted to the Kyushu National Museum.

Encounter the Nikko Ichimonji, a 13th-century Bizen Fukuoka Ichimonji masterpiece and National Treasure at Fukuoka City Museum, once treasured by the Hōjō clan and Kuroda family.

Made in 1142, this gilt-bronze casket held 33 copper plates engraved with the Lotus Sutra and was buried on Mount Kubote. Its four faces carry fine Buddhist figures.