Heian
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Yamaguchi Heian Period
794 – 1185
Discover Gatsurinji Yakushido, an Important Cultural Property in Yamaguchi City. Built in 1189 by the monk Chogen during the reconstruction of Todai-ji, this thatched-roof hall is the oldest surviving wooden structure in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
The eighth volume of the Koyagire, the oldest surviving copy of Japan's first imperial poetry anthology and one of only three left whole, at the Mori Museum in Hofu.
Held at the Mōri Museum in Hōfu, this single handscroll is Japan's oldest dated copy of Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, brushed and annotated in 1073.