National Treasures of Osaka

A 1320 naginata by Sukemitsu of the Yoshioka Ichimonji school in a private collection, a National Treasure since 1953, an unaltered example of Kamakura form.

The Kannon Hall of Koonji in Kaizuka, Osaka, a late Kamakura National Treasure known as the hall without nails, mixes old and new styles under a gyoki-tiled roof.

The tahoto pagoda of Jigenin in Izumisano, Osaka, built in 1271, is a small cypress-bark National Treasure and a representative pagoda of the Kamakura period.

An unsigned straight double-edged Heian sword owned by Kongo-ji, tied by temple tradition to the monk Akan's esoteric rites and kept at the Kyoto National Museum.

Kongo-ji in Osaka keeps a National Treasure scroll of the Engishiki shrine register, copied in 1127, naming 2,861 shrines recognized by the Heian court.

Six Bai Juyi poems in three scripts, with Ono no Michikaze's only surviving standard-script hand. See this National Treasure at Osaka's Masaki Art Museum.

Seven Heian-era kakemamori amulets at Osaka's Shitennoji, National Treasures worn at the neck, one concealing a wooden Buddha revealed by a 2018 CT scan.

A Heian National Treasure handscroll pairing thirty poets across fifteen rounds, with 130 waka in mature kana on purple-and-indigo tobikumo paper, in Izumi, Osaka.

The Kacho Maki-e Kyosoku, a 9th-century lacquered armrest at Osaka's Fujita Museum, is one of Japan's earliest maki-e works, decorated in gold and rare tin.

The National Treasure Senju Kannon at Fujiidera Temple in Osaka has 1,041 real hands, each palm once painted with an eye. Shown only on the 18th of each month.

Dated 883, this National Treasure handscroll records Kanshinji's founding by Kukai's disciple Jichie and inventories the Osaka temple's early Heian halls and images.

A Heian court belt at Domyoji Tenmangu in Osaka, set with fifteen silver-plated plaques of hunters and ducks. A National Treasure linked to Sugawara no Michizane.

At Dōmyōji Tenmangū near Osaka, this 36.4 cm ivory court scepter is a National Treasure and one of six relics tied by tradition to Sugawara no Michizane.

The Revelation of the Two Great Sutras, a pair of Heian paintings at Osaka's Fujita Museum and a National Treasure since 1973, depicts two esoteric sutra legends.

Written 13 days before his death in exile, Emperor Gotoba's handprint-sealed will is a National Treasure and the founding document of Minase Jingu, Osaka.

Excavated in 1848 beside Emperor Ojin's tomb, these dragon-patterned gilt bronze saddle fittings count among Japan's oldest horse trappings, shown Saturdays.

Discover the Shitennoji Engi, a National Treasure preserved at Shitennoji Temple in Osaka. This guide introduces the history, cultural value, highlights, and visiting information for the two-scroll set bearing the legendary handprints of Prince Shotoku and Emperor Go-Daigo.

Kongo-ji's National Treasure screens set a gold sun over spring hills and a silver moon over snowy pines. Explore this Muromachi masterpiece and its rare openings.

An unbroken 8.3-meter scroll of 101 classical poems in flowing 11th-century kana on cloud-patterned paper, held as a National Treasure at Osaka's Fujita Museum.

The National Treasure celadon vase 'Bansei', fired at Southern Song China's Longquan kilns, passed from an empress to a Kyoto temple before reaching Izumi, Osaka.