Kamakura

Discover the Chorakuji Hoto, a rare Kamakura-period stone pagoda inscribed with the year 1276, standing atop an ancient burial mound at Chorakuji Temple in Ota, Gunma. Explore the Tokugawa clan's ancestral temple and the surrounding Nitta-sho heritage sites.

Preserved at Fudō-ji Temple in Gunma Prefecture, this stone standing statue of Fudō Myōō bears the inscribed signatures of two In-pa (院派) school sculptors — In-ryū and a second master whose name is partially illegible. Stone Buddhist statues bearing the signatures of named sculptural masters are exceedingly rare in Japan, where wooden images dominate. This article explores the work's iconography, the history of the In-pa school, the reasons for its cultural designation, and recommendations for visitors planning a trip to Gunma.

A Southern Song celadon vase of shimokabura form, a Japanese National Treasure with a smooth, crackle-free pale-blue glaze. Its kiln is still debated by scholars.