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Kagawa 平安

Hizen no Kuni Fudoki (Gazetteer of Hizen Province)

A Heian manuscript in Kagawa Prefecture recording the gazetteer of Hizen, now Saga and Nagasaki. One of five surviving fudoki. National Treasure since 1955.

Kagawa 平安

One Character, One Buddha: the Lotus Sutra, Preface

A Heian-period text owned by Zentsuji in Kagawa Prefecture. Its own fields stand almost empty, while the title itself states how it was all made here.

Kagawa 唐

Gilded Bronze Staff Head

A Tang-period staff head owned by Zentsuji in Kagawa Prefecture. It came over from China long ago and is said to have changed the metalwork made here.

Kagawa 平安

Poetry Written by Fujiwara Sari

Discover the National Treasure "Fujiwara no Sukemasa Hitsu Shi-Kaishi," the oldest surviving poetry paper in Japan. Written in 969 by one of the legendary Three Traces calligraphers, this masterpiece at Kagawa Prefectural Museum reveals the birth of Japanese-style calligraphy.

Kagawa 平安

Map of the Fields of Yamada County, Sanuki Province, Owned

Kagawa 唐

Shu Shu〈Volume 11 Fragment〉

Kagawa 宋

Song and Sui Qifa Temple Monument

Kagawa 唐

Gilt Bronze Five-Pronged Bell (said to Be by Kukai Shorai)

Kagawa 平安

Colored Silk and Ink Calligraphy Urgently Commissioned

Kagawa 平安～室町

Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra