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Important Cultural Property of Wakayama

和歌山県の重要文化財

Wakayama’s Important Cultural Properties — designated for their value to the nation’s cultural history.

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Wakayama 平安 Important Cultural Property

Iconographic Drawing of Fudo Myoo with Two Attendants and Bishamonten (Ink Outline on Paper)

Discover the Shihon Hakubyō Fudō Myōō Nidōji Bishamonten Zuzō, a Nationally Important Cultural Property of Japan housed at Entsū-ji Temple on Mount Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture. This rare esoteric Buddhist iconographic drawing on paper depicts Fudō Myōō with two attendant boys and the guardian deity Bishamonten, executed in the refined hakubyō (white-line) ink technique. Learn about its iconographic significance, the history of its closed training-temple home, and how to experience the world of Mount Kōya — a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Wakayama 南北朝 Important Cultural Property

Illustrated Life of the Great Master of Koya (Color on Paper; volume one supplied later)

Discover the Important Cultural Property held at Jizo-in temple on sacred Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture. This illustrated handscroll narrates the life of Kobo Daishi Kukai, founder of Shingon Buddhism, with the supplementary first volume reflecting twelve centuries of devotion. We guide you through its significance, the Reihokan museum where treasures are exhibited, and the wonders of UNESCO-listed Mt. Koya.

Wakayama 鎌倉 Important Cultural Property

Wooden Horto Kokushi Seated Statue

A portrait sculpture of Hotto Kokushi, founder of Kokokuji in Yura, dated 1286. A realistic Kamakura chinso kept as a temple treasure, not on permanent view.

Wakayama 平安 Important Cultural Property

Wooden Standing Statues of Bonten and Taishakuten

Two Heian-period figures at Kimiidera, second temple of the Saigoku route. Called Brahma and Indra but in bodhisattva form. On view in the Daikomyoden since 2023.

Wakayama 鎌倉 Important Cultural Property

Wooden Statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva and Messengers

A Kamakura sea-crossing Monju group at Henmyoin on Mount Koya: the lion-mounted bodhisattva with four attendants. Held by the Reihokan, shown in rotating displays.

Wakayama 鎌倉 Important Cultural Property

Wooden Standing Statue of Jikoku Ten

A Kamakura standing Jikokuten at Henjokoin on Mount Koya, guardian of the east, an armoured warrior on a demon. Held by the Reihokan, shown in rotating displays.

Wakayama 奈良 Important Cultural Property

Wood Core Dry Lacquer Standing Thousand Armed Kannon Statue

In 1987 a ruined eighth-century Kannon emerged from inside Dōjō-ji's secret statue. Faceless yet ancient, this wood-core figure may date to the temple's founding.

Wakayama 奈良 Important Cultural Property

Wooden Standing Statue of Thousand-Armed Kannon (the sheath image)

Dōjō-ji's North-Facing Kannon, shown once every 33 years, is a sheath carved in the Nanbokuchō era to enclose and protect an eighth-century image within.

Wakayama 鎌倉 Important Cultural Property

Wooden Seated Statues of the Five Wisdom Nyorai (in the Tahoto Pagoda)

Five seated Buddhas have sat inside Kōyasan's oldest building since 1223. Discover the Kamakura sculpture, the nun-shogun who raised the tower, and when it opens.

Wakayama 安土桃山時代 Important Cultural Property

Kasho Ship Flag〈March 28th, Tensho 9〉〉〉〉1 Width

Wakayama 平安 Important Cultural Property

Excavated Items from the Sutra Mound at Kii Oji Shrine

Wakayama 鎌倉 Important Cultural Property

Two Poems on a Kaishi (paper Brooch) by Kuga Michitomo (June

Wakayama 平安 Important Cultural Property

Old Copper Seal

Wakayama 平安 Important Cultural Property

Gilt Bronze Thin-Walled Seated Statue of Aztec Buddha

Wakayama 平安 Important Cultural Property

Gilt Bronze Thin-Walled Seated Vajra Bodhisattva Statue