Calligraphy: Old Documents and Records, Textiles: Joku mats in Various Techniques
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<>Cloth Fragment, with lion and phoenixes (detail), Asuka period, 7th century (Important Cultural Property)
The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures Room 6
May 8, 2012 (Tue) - June 3, 2012 (Sun)Including:
Calligraphy:
Horyuji Kenmotsucho (Record of the Imperial Bequest to Horyuji), Nara period, dated 756 (National Treasure)
Kokon Mokurokusho (Record of Horyuji and Biography of Prince Shotoku), By Kenshin (Important Cultural Property)
Textiles:
Cloth Fragment, with lion and phoenixes, Asuka period, 7th century (Important Cultural Property)
Fragment of Ban (Buddhist Ritual Banner): "Banner Leg", with tortoises and foliage designs in na tortoiseshell pattern, Asuka - Nara period, 7th - 8th century.