2012 Newly Designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties
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Amida Triad, Color on Silk (Detail), By Pu-yue, Chinese, Southern Song dynasty, 12 - 13th century, Shojoke-in, Kyoto (National Treasure)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Rooms T1 & T2
April 28, 2012 (Sat) - May 13, 2012 (Sun)This exhibition introduces 44 objects from among those newly designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties in 2012.
Exhibit includes:
Amida Triad, Color on Silk, By Pu-yue, Chinese, Southern Song dynasty, 12 - 13th century, Shojoke-in, Kyoto (National Treasure)
Dogu (clay figurine) from Nishinomae site, Yamagata, Jomon period, 3000 - 2000 B.C., Yamagata Prefectural Museum (National Treasure)
Seated Lanxi Daolong, Kamakura period, 13th century, Kencho-ji, Kanagawa (Important Cultural Property)
Red-raku type incense case with rabbit, By Hon'ami Koetsu, Edo period, 17th century, Idemitsu Museum of Arts (Important Cultural Property)
Choshu eiso (Collection of poems written by Toshinari Fujiwara), Kamakura period, 13th century, Nihon University (Important Cultural Property)
Rinsenjiryo ooigo Kaihan ezu (Picture map to show frontier of Ooigo ruled by Rinsen-ji temple), Nanbokucho period, dated 1348, Tenryu-ji, Kyoto (Important Cultural Property)
Prototype Measures relating to the Metre Convention and the Weights and Measures Act, 19th century, National Institute Advanced Industrial Sciense and Technology, Metrology Management Center, Ibaraki (Important Cultural Property)