National Treasure

Discover the Ryūsui-mon Dōtaku, National Treasure bronze bells adorned with flowing water patterns and pictorial scenes of Yayoi-period life, housed at Kobe City Museum in the heart of Kobe's historic foreign settlement.

Discover the National Treasure Amida Triad on Silk at Renge Sanmai-in, Mount Kōya, Wakayama. This Kamakura-period Buddhist masterpiece features a unique iconography with Amida Buddha forming the teaching mudrā. Learn about its artistic significance, the legend of monk Myōhen, and how to visit Kōyasan Reihōkan museum.

The keep of Inuyama Castle above the Kiso River in Aichi, a National Treasure since 1952, built in stages from 1601 and regarded as the oldest surviving keep in Japan.

Oda Urakusai's two-and-a-half-mat teahouse of about 1618, known for its calendar-papered walls and slanting wall, now standing in Inuyama's Urakuen Garden.

The National Treasure Hanshu Shihuo Zhi Volume 4, held by Ōsu Kannon temple in Nagoya, is one of the world's oldest surviving manuscripts of the Book of Han's Treatise on Food and Money — ancient China's earliest economic history. Copied during the Nara to Heian period with Tang dynasty annotations, it bears the seal of Japan's ancient Ministry of Ceremonies and stands as a remarkable testament to cultural exchange across East Asia.

A Tang manuscript of a poetry collection in the Osu library of Hoshoin, Nagoya, a National Treasure.

Three volumes brushed by the monk Kenyu around 1371 form the oldest surviving copy of the Kojiki, Japan's earliest history. A National Treasure held by Osu Kannon.

Sesshu's only figure painting among his six National Treasures, signed at age 77 in 1496. The monk Huike cuts off his arm to prove his resolve to Bodhidharma.

A Kamakura tanto by Rai Kunimitsu at the Nagoya Japanese Sword Museum, a National Treasure since 1955, treasured by Oda Uraku and later kept by the Maeda family.

Chōgyokushū, a Tang anthology lost in China, survives only as volumes 12 and 14, copied in Japan in 747. A National Treasure held at Ōsu Kannon in Nagoya.

A National Treasure dagger by Kyoto master Rai Kunitoshi, dated 1316 and made when he was about 76. Owned by Atsuta Jingu, it is shown at the Tokyo National Museum.

The main hall of Taisanji in Matsuyama, Ehime, dated 1305 by its inscriptions and a National Treasure since 1956, a large esoteric hall of unusual plan.

The early Kamakura main hall of Daihoji in Matsuyama, Ehime, a National Treasure since 1953, simple and well-proportioned and the oldest wooden building in the prefecture.

A Heian armor at Oyamazumi Shrine, Ehime, combining the great armor and the domaru, the only survivor of its kind and a National Treasure since 1952.

An unsigned Nanbokucho odachi attributed to Tomoyuki of Bungo at Oyamazumi Shrine, Ehime, a National Treasure since 1958, said to have belonged to Omori Hikoshichi.

A 135.7 cm odachi of 1366 by Senjuin Nagayoshi at Oyamazumi Shrine, Ehime, a National Treasure since 1953, said to have been offered by Emperor Gomurakami.

A late Heian great armor at Oyamazumi Shrine, Ehime, a National Treasure since 1952, said to have been offered by Kono Michinobu and laced with hemp.

An early Kamakura great armor laced with purple twill at Oyamazumi Shrine, Ehime, a National Treasure since 1953 and the oldest of three known twill-laced armors.

The divine sword of Kashima Jingu, Ibaraki, 223.4 cm long and the largest surviving straight sword, with a Heian mounting; a National Treasure since 1955.

A late Heian great armor at the Okayama Prefectural Museum, a National Treasure since 1999, valued as one that escaped heavy later restoration.