2024 Newly Designated National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties
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Haniwa Excavated from Takarazuka Tumulus No. 1, Mie Prefecture, Middle Kofun, 5th century, Matsusaka City Cultural Properties Center, Mie (National Treasure)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room T1, Room T2 & Room 11
April 23, 2024 (Tue) - May 12, 2024 (Sun)“Important Cultural Property” is a designation given to tangible cultural properties including paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, calligraphy, books, historical documents, archaeological objects, historical materials, and buildings that have been deemed historically or artistically important to Japan. They are designated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as items of national heritage that should be preserved for future generations. From among these items, those that are inherently superior or have high artistic value even from a global perspective are designated “National Treasures.”
This exhibition introduces the 42 newly designated objects in 2024. Those 42 objects include 6 objects that were designated as National Treasures and 36 objects as Important Cultural Properties. We hope that visitors will enjoy this rare opportunity to view these invaluable objects.Agency for Cultural Affairs
Tokyo National Museum
| Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
CMT | ||
| Highlight | National Treasure | Standing Jundei Kannon (One of Six Sculptures of the Bodhisattva Kannon)／Standing Bodhisattva Jizo | By Jokei | Kamakura, dated 1224 | Daihoon-ji Temple, Kyoto | ||
| Highlight | National Treasure | <i>Haniwa</i> Excavated from Takarazuka Tumulus No. 1, Mie Prefecture | Middle Kofun, 5th century | Matsusaka City Cultural Properties Center, Mie |
| Designation | Name | Creation/ Excavation/ Provenance |
Period | Acquisition/ Ownership/ Accession Number |
CMT | ||
| Highlight | Important Cultural Property | Hie Sanno Festival and Gion Festival | By Tosa Mitsumochi | 16th century | Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo | ||
| Highlight | Important Cultural Property | Medicine Chest with Design of One Hundred Herbs in <i>Maki-e</i> / Contents | By Iizuka Toyo／ | Edo, dated 1771 | Nezu Museum, Tokyo | ||
| Highlight | Important Cultural Property | Japanese Poems of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine | Edo, 17th-19th century | Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Kyoto | |||
| Highlight | Important Cultural Property | Documents of Saifukuji Temple | Kamakura to Meiji, 14th-19th century | Saifukuji Temple, Fukui | |||
| Highlight | Important Cultural Property | Materials Related to the Rai Family of Hiroshima | Edo to Meiji, 17th-19th century | Rai Sanyo Museum, Hiroshima |