National Treasures of Shizuoka

Experience the breathtaking beauty of Ninsei's color-decorated tea jar with wisteria design, a National Treasure at MOA Museum Atami. This 17th-century masterpiece showcases perfect harmony of form and decoration, representing the pinnacle of Kyoto ceramics.

Discover the extraordinary Nagamitsu naginata at Sano Art Museum - one of only two naginata among Japan's 110 National Treasure blades. Learn about this 700-year-old masterpiece, its legendary craftsman, and plan your cultural pilgrimage to Mishima.

Discover the magnificent Important Cultural Properties of Kunozan Toshogu Shrine in Shizuoka — from the ornate Romon Gate and Karamon Gate to Ieyasu's sacred mausoleum tower, showcasing early Edo-period architectural brilliance.

A gold lacquer box attributed to Hojo Masako hides a Tang poem in silver and holds Japan's oldest complete cosmetic set, a Kamakura-era National Treasure.

In 749 Emperor Shomu granted silk and rice land to twelve temples. His autograph edict, blanketed in imperial seals, survives mysteriously at Heidenji, Shizuoka.

A mid-Kamakura Fukuoka Ichimonji masterpiece with a flamboyant clove-pattern hamon, given by Oda Nobunaga for the Nagashino Castle defense. Sano Art Museum, Mishima.

An 89.4 cm late Heian blade by Ko-Bizen smith Sanetsune, given to Kunozan Toshogu by shogun Hidetada in 1617. A National Treasure shown in special exhibits.

Kanbokujo, a National Treasure at the MOA Museum of Art in Atami, holds 311 calligraphy fragments from the 8th to 15th centuries, and a leaf by Fujiwara no Yukinari.

Carved by Unkei in 1186 for Hojo Tokimasa, five National Treasure statues at Ganjojuin Temple in Izu mark the birth of Kamakura realism. Full visiting guide inside.

Korin's Red and White Plum Blossoms, a National Treasure at MOA Museum of Art in Atami, sets red and white plums on gold leaf around a blackened silver stream.

Around 1141, Retired Emperor Toba's court copied the Lotus Sutra one scroll per person on gold-strewn papers. Trace Tesshuji's nineteen-scroll National Treasure.