Kamakura

Discover the Kujaku-mon Kei, a gilt-bronze Buddhist ritual gong designated as a National Treasure of Japan. Housed at Chūson-ji Temple in Hiraizumi, this exquisite Kamakura-era masterpiece features elegant peacock motifs and connects to the legacy of the Ōshū Fujiwara clan.

Discover the Interior Furnishings of the Sutra Repository at Chūsonji (Kyōzō Dōnaigu), a Japanese National Treasure featuring exquisite mother-of-pearl inlay and lacquerwork from the late Heian period. Located at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture.

Held by Chusonji Temple in Hiraizumi, Iwate, these four Important Cultural Property masks include the Wakajo, whose ink inscription on the reverse dates it to 1291—making it the oldest dated Noh mask known to survive in Japan. Together with two Okina masks and one Roujo mask, they are still worn each year by Chusonji's monks during Kojitsu Shikisanban, a medieval ennen performance offered on May 4–5 and November 3 at the Hakusan Shrine Noh stage.