National Treasures of Okayama
岡 山 県 の 国 宝Okayama’s national treasures — properties designated kokuhō for their exceptional value to the nation.
A Kamakura tachi owned by Setouchi City in Okayama, made by the Ichimonji smiths of Bizen. It descended in the Uesugi family. National Treasure since 1952.
The halls of Kibitsu Shrine in Okayama were rebuilt in 1425 by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Two hip-and-gable roofs joined front and back form a shape found nowhere else.
A local school begun in 1666 by Ikeda Mitsumasa in Bizen, Okayama. Its lecture hall of 1701, roofed in Bizen ware, became a National Treasure in 1953.
A fourteenth-century Yuan painting of a palace lady with a flute in a private collection, a National Treasure since 1952.
A late landscape by Sesshu in a private collection, a National Treasure since 1953, with two pines on a rock and layered lake and pavilions.
A late Heian great armor at the Okayama Prefectural Museum, a National Treasure since 1999, valued as one that escaped heavy later restoration.
A Kamakura tachi by Nagamitsu of Bizen Osafune at the Hayashibara Museum of Art, Okayama, a National Treasure since 1957, with its original tang and mounting.
A Kamakura tachi by Yoshifusa of the Fukuoka Ichimonji school at the Hayashibara Museum of Art, Okayama, a National Treasure since 1955.
An unsigned Kamakura tanto by Masamune at the Hayashibara Museum of Art, Okayama, a National Treasure since 1957, famed as Kuki Masamune.
More from Okayama
Okayama’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.
The complete kokuhō catalogue — browse by prefecture, period, and category.
Nationwide jūyō bunkazai — architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts, and documents.