Tamukeyama Shrine Treasure House

A Nara-Period Log Storehouse

The Tamukeyama Shrine Treasure House (手向山神社宝庫) is a Nara-period log storehouse at Tamukeyama Hachimangu in Nara of the Nara period (8th century) in Zoshicho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, and was designated an Important Cultural Property on November 14, 1953 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a log storehouse three bays by two with a hipped tiled roof; designation number 01258.

A Log Storehouse of the Nara Period

The treasure house of Tamukeyama Shrine in Zoshicho, Nara City, is a storehouse of the Nara period (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is a log storehouse three bays by two, with a hipped roof of tiles.

In a log storehouse (azekura), timbers of triangular section are stacked crosswise to form the walls. The precinct also holds the late Kamakura main hall of the Sumiyoshi Shrine, another Important Cultural Property (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Why It Is an Important Cultural Property

The Agency record has no commentary; the date, the Nara period, and its form, a three-by-two-bay log storehouse with a hipped tiled roof, set out what was designated.

What to Look For

At the treasure house, look for the walls of stacked triangular timbers (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The storehouse is owned by Tamukeyama Hachimangu (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official information on visiting or access was found.