The Jinshin Survey: Preservation of Cultural Properties in the Early Phase of the Museum
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Opening of the Shosoin Repository, From the Jinshin Survey photographs (detail), By Yokoyama Matsusaburo, Dated 1872 (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 15
August 23, 2016 (Tue) - October 16, 2016 (Sun)The Yushima Seido Exhibition of March 1872 marked the establishment of the present-day Tokyo National Museum. Known as the Jinshin Survey, which refers to the year it began, was carried out in response to a decree for preserving antiquities and artifacts, and is recognized as the beginning of Japan’s activities for protecting cultural properties.
This thematic exhibition introduces aspects of research and protection of cultural properties in the early days of the Tokyo National Museum, focusing on the survey report Jinshin Survey Catalogue of Valuable Objects at Temples and Shrines, and historic photographs.
Current exhibit includes:
Collection of Rare Exhibits from Ancient and Modern Times, By Ichiyosai Kuniteru, 1872
Jinshin Survey Catalogue of Valuable Objects at Temples and Shrines, Vol. 12, Compiled by Machida Hisanari, Uchida Masao, Ninagawa Noritane, and others, Dated 1872 (Important Cultural Property)