This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Nara.[1]
As of 1 July 2019, one hundred and sixty Important Cultural Properties have been designated (including eighteen *National Treasures), being of national significance.[2] [3] [4]
Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Comments | Image | Dimensions | Coordinates | Ref. | |||
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| three scrolls | 34.6924°N 135.8041°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/52 | ||||||||
| Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 24.2cm (09.5inches) by 23.8cm (09.4inches) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/137 | |||||||
| 34.6889°N 135.8399°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/81 | |||||||||
| 161.2cm (63.5inches) by 129.2cm (50.9inches) | 34.6686°N 135.7846°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/65 | ||||||||
| National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | 168.8cm (66.5inches) by 89.6cm (35.3inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/162 | |||||||
| twelve scrolls | 160cm (60inches) by 134.5cm (53inches) | 34.6936°N 135.7795°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/66 | |||||||
| four walls | 34.4622°N 135.8064°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/157 | ||||||||
| (kept at Nara National Museum) | pair of scrolls | 351.3cm (138.3inches) by 297cm (117inches), 349.1cm (137.4inches) by 307.9cm (121.2inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/82 | ||||||
| Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | pair of screens | 155.6cm (61.3inches) by 361.6cm (142.4inches) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/107 | ||||||
| 29.8cm (11.7inches) by 1287cm (507inches) | 34.6889°N 135.8399°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/144 | ||||||||
| three scrolls | 31.5cm (12.4inches) by 827cm (326inches), 31.25cm (12.3inches) by 1270.3cm (500.1inches), 31.5cm (12.4inches) by 1416cm (557inches) | 34.6889°N 135.8399°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/26 | |||||||
| Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 26cm (10inches) by 533cm (210inches) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/63 | |||||||
| National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | 26.5cm (10.4inches) by 454.7cm (179inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/128 | |||||||
| National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | five scrolls | 25.8cm (10.2inches) to 26cm (10inches) by 39.2cm (15.4inches) to 77.2cm (30.4inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/161 | ||||||
| National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | dated to Bun'an 2 by the postscript to the third of the accompanying poems[5] | 108cm (43inches) by 32.7cm (12.9inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/86 | ||||||
| 34.5379°N 136.0405°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/160 | |||||||||
| 53cm (21inches) by 31.7cm (12.5inches) | 34.6684°N 135.7843°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/25 | ||||||||
| 34.4518°N 135.8051°W | http://www.bunka.go.jp/koho_hodo_oshirase/hodohappyo/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2019/04/12/a1415176_01.pdf | |||||||||
Former Jimon-in Partition Paintings, by Sakaki Hyakusen kyū-Jimon-in shōhekiga | private (kept at Nara National Museum) | 37 panels | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2438 | |||||||
Wall Paintings from the Outer Sanctuary of the Kondō kondō gejin kyū-hekiga | 12 panels | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2134 | ||||||||
Wall Paintings from the Inner Sanctuary of the Kondō kondō naijin kyū-hekiga | 20 panels | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2133 | ||||||||
Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land, light colour on silk, by An Gyeon kenpon tansai muyū tōgen zu (An Gyeon hitsu) | pair of Joseon hand scrolls; the painting is accompanied by poetry and prose by twenty-one leading writers; the inscription by Prince Anpyeong (third son of Sejong the Great) reads "I am a person who dedicates his body to the palace day and night looking after affairs of state, so how is it that I went to the mountains and forests in my dreams?" Tao Yuanming's utopian Peach Blossom Spring provides the ideological underpinning to the dream[6] | 34.5947°N 135.8463°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1907 | ||||||||
Descent of Amida and his Retinue, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Amida shōjū raigō zu | 34.6341°N 135.7281°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2437 | |||||||||
Descent of Amida with Twenty-Five Bosatsu, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Amida nijūgo bosatsu raigō zu | 34.695°N 135.8225°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1756 | |||||||||
Descent of Amida, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Amida raigō zu | 34.5358°N 135.9068°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1777 | |||||||||
Aizen Myōō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Aizen Myōō zō | Hosomi Art Foundation (kept at Hosomi Museum) | 35.0138°N 135.7796°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1659 | ||||||||
Aizen Myōō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Aizen Myōō zō | 142.1cm (55.9inches) by 87.5cm (34.4inches) | 34.6843°N 135.6867°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1774 | ||||||||
Andō En'e, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Andō Enne zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | warlord depicted as a Zen priest[7] | 119.5cm (47inches) by 57.9cm (22.8inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2245 | ||||||
Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu | private | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2281 | |||||||||
Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu | 34.4264°N 135.8099°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1783 | |||||||||
Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | Dainichi Kinrin seated on a lion pedestal with a treasure wheel and the seven treasures of a universal ruler[8] [9] | 79cm (31inches) by 49.5cm (19.5inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2502 | ||||||
Kashō Daishi, colour on silk Jōei Daishi, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kashō Daishi zō kenpon chakushoku Jōei Daishi zō | 34.689°N 135.8399°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2197 https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2198 | |||||||||
Spiritual Teachers of the Kegon Ocean Assembly, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kegon kai-e zenchishiki mandara zu | 34.689°N 135.8399°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1751 | |||||||||
Kasagi Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kasagi mandara zu | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1646 | ||||||||
Daylilies and Dogs at Play, colour on silk, attributed to Mao Yi kenpon chakushoku kanzō yūku zu (den-Mōeki hitsu) | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 25.3cm (10inches) by 25.7cm (10.1inches) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1651 | |||||||
Kankyō Jūroku Kansō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku kankyō jūroku kansō zu | 34.6778°N 135.8267°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2367 | |||||||||
Yoshino Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Yoshino mandara zu | Saidai-ji (kept at Nara National Museum) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10487 | ||||||||
Kokūzō Bosatsu, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | the cloud arising from the bodhisattva's head and the landscape below are unusual features[10] | 77cm (30inches) by 38.5cm (15.2inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1224 | ||||||
Nine Grades Raigō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku kubon raigō zu | three scrolls | 34.3586°N 135.7939°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2254 | ||||||||
Sword with the Dragon Kurikara and Two Child Acolytes, colour on silk Mandala of the Two Realms, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kurikara-ryū ni dōji zō kenpon chakushoku ryōgai mandara zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | from [11] | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10434 https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10448 | |||||||
Kumano Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kumano mandara zu | Agency for Cultural Affairs (kept at Nara National Museum) | 113.8cm (44.8inches) by 50.6cm (19.9inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011845 | |||||||
Five-Letter Monju, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku goji Monju zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | by Shingon priest (1278-1357)[12] | 90.8cm (35.7inches) by 41.6cm (16.4inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1725 | ||||||
Gohonzon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku goson zō | 34.6141°N 135.7356°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2769 | |||||||||
Five Great Myōō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku go dai Myōō zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | Fudō in the centre, with Gōzanze to the bottom right (East) and, clockwise, Gundari, Daiitoku, and Kongōyasha[13] | 125.5cm (49.4inches) by 86.7cm (34.1inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1041 | ||||||
Kujaku Myōō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kujaku Myōō zō | 34.6141°N 135.7356°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1767 | |||||||||
Fazang, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kōzō Daishi zō | 34.689°N 135.8399°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1750 | |||||||||
Four Saintly Persons, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku shi shō no miei | key figures in the history of Tōdai-ji: Emperor Shōmu (rear left), Rōben (front left), Bodhisena (rear right), and Gyōki (front right); by from Mino Province; 1377 copy of the 1256 version pictured | 34.689°N 135.8399°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2199 https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2200 | ||||||||
Jion Daishi, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Jion Daishi zō | from the [14] | 242.2cm (95.4inches) by 124.2cm (48.9inches) | 34.6829°N 135.8322°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1753 | |||||||
Jion Daishi, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Jion Daishi zō | 179.5cm (70.7inches) by 80.6cm (31.7inches) | 34.6829°N 135.8322°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2050 | ||||||||
Shaka Triad, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shaka sanzon zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | three scrolls; Shaka Nyorai flanked by Monju Bosatsu and Fugen Bosatsu, showing strong Chinese influence; from in Ōtsu[15] | 117cm (46inches) by 58.2cm (22.9inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1255 | ||||||
Shaka Triad, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shaka sanzon zō (Ninnō-e honzon) | 34.6936°N 135.7795°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2417 | |||||||||
Shaka with Eight Great Bodhisattvas, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shaka hachi dai bosatsu zō | 177.3cm (69.8inches) by 91.2cm (35.9inches) | 34.6341°N 135.7281°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1776 | ||||||||
Shaka Preaching at Vulture Peak, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shaka Ryōjusen seppō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | with a blue-green landscape setting[16] | 157.8cm (62.1inches) by 78.2cm (30.8inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011425 | ||||||
Jūichimen Kannon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku jūichimen Kannon zō | 34.689°N 135.8399°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00010656 | |||||||||
Ten Kings of Hell, colour on silk, by Riku Shinchū kenpon chakushoku jūō zu (Riku Shinchū hitsu) | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | ten scrolls; alternatively dated to the Southern Song[17] | 83.2cm (32.8inches) by 47cm (19inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2475 | ||||||
Ten Kings of Hell, colour on silk, by Riku Chūen kenpon chakushoku jūō zu (Riku Chūen hitsu) | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | three scrolls[18] | 85.9cm (33.8inches) by 50.8cm (20inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/979 | ||||||
Twelve Devas, colour on silk, by Riku Chūen kenpon chakushoku jūniten zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | twelve scrolls; Bonten pictured[19] | 122.7cm (48.3inches) by 41.8cm (16.5inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1191 | ||||||
Sixteen Arhats, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku jūroku rakan zō | 34.6755°N 135.7848°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1761 | |||||||||
Sixteen Arhats, colour on silk, eight-panel byōbu kenpon chakushoku jūroku rakan zō | pair of screens | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1770 | ||||||||
Kasuga Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kasuga mandara zu | 34.5368°N 135.9076°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1780 | |||||||||
Kasuga Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kasuga mandara zu | 122.7cm (48.3inches) by 54.3cm (21.4inches) | 34.6843°N 135.6867°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1775 | ||||||||
Pure Land Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku jōdo mandara zu | 34.5358°N 135.9068°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1778 | |||||||||
Pure Land Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku jōdo mandara zu (den-Seikai mandara) | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | formerly identified known as the Seikai Mandala[20] | 162.1cm (63.8inches) by 134cm (53inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/900 | ||||||
Shinran Shōnin, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shinran Shōnin zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | in the top right corner is the poem 行者宿報設女犯 我成玉女身被犯 一生之間能莊嚴 臨終引導生極樂 and at the end of the scroll the inscription 信房御影[四句文尊円親王/繪浄賀法橋]naming the painter as Jōga (1275-1356); from in Kyoto[21] | 120.2cm (47.3inches) by 81.1cm (31.9inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2178 | ||||||
Star Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku hoshi mandara zu | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00010669 | |||||||||
Star Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku hoshi mandara zu | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1765 | |||||||||
Ikoma Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Ikoma mandara zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | depicting seven Buddhas above Ikoma Jinja, an example of the honji suijaku paradigm[22] | 105.3cm (41.5inches) by 41.9cm (16.5inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2105 | ||||||
Shōkō Mandala, colour on silk, by Gyōson kenpon chakushoku Shōkō mandara zu (Gyōson hitsu) | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2253 | |||||||||
Descent of the Heavenly Multitude, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku shōjū raigō zu | 95cm (37inches) by 53.8cm (21.2inches) | 34.5324°N 135.7061°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1791 | ||||||||
Shōtoku Taishi Lecturing on the Shoman-kyō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi Shōman-kyō kōsan zu | 210.5cm (82.9inches) by 177.4cm (69.8inches) | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011559 | ||||||||
Shōtoku Taishi, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi zō | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1771 | |||||||||
Senju Kannon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Senju Kannon zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | at the bottom of the image a dragon holding a sacred jewel rises from the waters[23] | 100.8cm (39.7inches) by 41cm (16inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1049 | ||||||
Senju Sengen Kannon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Senju Sengen Kannon zō | 34.3686°N 135.858°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1792 | |||||||||
Sonshō Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku sonshō mandara zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | from [24] | 133.8cm (52.7inches) by 82.3cm (32.4inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2328 | ||||||
Pictorial Biography of Shōtoku Taishi, colour on silk, attributed to Tosa Mitsunobu kenpon chakushoku Taishi e-den (den-Tosa Mitsunobu hitsu) | eight scrolls | 34.47°N 135.8174°W | |||||||||
Daiitoku Myōō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Daiitoku Myōō zō | 34.4659°N 135.8617°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1781 | |||||||||
Daiitoku Myōō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Daiitoku Myōō zō | 34.6755°N 135.7848°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1760 | |||||||||
Daibutchō Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Daibutchō mandara zu | (C12) | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | devotional use of the Daibutchō mandala seems to have begun in the eleventh century[25] | 125.5cm (49.4inches) by 88.5cm (34.8inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2503 | |||||
Jizō and the Ten Kings of Hell, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Jizō jūō zō | 34.5358°N 135.9068°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1779 | |||||||||
Jizō Bosatsu, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Jizō Bosatsu zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | with a shakujō in his right hand and hōju or sacred gem in his left, standing upon a lotus pedestal atop a flying cloud[26] | 101cm (40inches) by 36.3cm (14.3inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1027 | ||||||
Jizō Bosatsu, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Jizō Bosatsu zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | with a landscape background; from in Tamano, Okayama[27] | 92.1cm (36.3inches) by 38.1cm (15inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1840 | ||||||
Nakamura Kuranosuke, colour on silk, by Ogata Kōrin kenpon chakushoku Nakamura Kuranosuke zō (Ogata Kōrin hitsu) | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | with poetic inscriptions dated to 1704 | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2180 | |||||||
So-called Kakinomoto Miya Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku den-Kakinomoto Miya mandara zu | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | designation includes a related document dating to 1476 | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1647 | |||||||
Legends of the Taima Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Chūjō-hime zō | pair of scrolls | 34.516°N 135.6944°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1789 | ||||||||
Daoxuan, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Dōsen Risshi zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | wearing a black kesa[28] | 112.5cm (44.3inches) by 56.2cm (22.1inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/978 | ||||||
White Path between Two Rivers, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku niga byakudō zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | a Pure Land allegory[29] | 71cm (28inches) by 26.3cm (10.4inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2209 | ||||||
Two Heavenly Kings, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku ni tennō zō | 135.5cm (53.3inches) by 96cm (38inches) | 34.6829°N 135.8322°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1752 | ||||||||
Hiei Sannō Miya Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Hie Sannō miya mandara zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | with the twenty-one enshrined kami, and corresponding honjibutsu and seed syllables above[30] | 120.7cm (47.5inches) by 68.1cm (26.8inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00010666 | ||||||
Hiei Sannō Miya Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Hie Sannō miya mandara zu | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10526 | ||||||||
Nyoirin Kannon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Nyoirin Kannon zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | with six arms and a gold body, as described in the [31] | 101.7cm (40inches) by 41.6cm (16.4inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1032 | ||||||
White-Robed Kannon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Byakue Kannon zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | white-robed and seated on a grass-covered rock; according to the fifth chapter of the Mahavairocana Sutra, the white is the "whiteness of the pure aspiration of enlightenment"; ink inscription in the upper right corner: 稽首淨聖甘露除焔 | 眞大依怙普施福縁 | 丁巳仲夏 | 壽峯海燁謹題; stylistic considerations date 丁巳 (Yin Fire Snake according to the Sexagenary cycle) to 1377; of Goryeo, Yuan or Ming origin[32] [33] [34] | 99.1cm (39inches) by 40.3cm (15.9inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2499 | |||
Bishamon-ten, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Bishamon-ten zō | 34.6929°N 135.8055°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1757 | |||||||||
Bishamon-ten, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Bishamon-ten zō | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1768 | |||||||||
Fudō Myōō and Eight Child Acolytes, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Fudō Myōō hachidai dō zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | from on Mount Kōya[35] | 129.6cm (51inches) by 89.3cm (35.2inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2561 | ||||||
Fugen Enmei, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Fugen Enmei zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | from Shōren-in in Kyoto[36] | 91.3cm (35.9inches) by 41.9cm (16.5inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1446 | ||||||
Fugen and the Ten Rasetsunyō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Fugen jū rasetsunyō zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | the Rasetsunyō wear jūnihitoe[37] | 112cm (44inches) by 55cm (22inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2008 | ||||||
Fugen Bosatsu, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Fugen Bosatsu zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | the episode where Fugen appears on a white elephant to protect the followers of the Lotus Sutra is from its [38] | 62cm (24inches) by 30.7cm (12.1inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2539 | ||||||
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu | three scrolls | 34.5317°N 135.959°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1782 | ||||||||
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu | 34.6758°N 135.8461°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1755 | |||||||||
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | by ; alternatively dated to the Southern Song[39] | 157.1cm (61.9inches) by 82.9cm (32.6inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1174 | ||||||
Monju Bosatsu, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Monju Bosatsu zō | 34.6936°N 135.7795°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1772 | |||||||||
Hokke Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Hokke mandara zu | 122.3cm (48.1inches) by 86.2cm (33.9inches) | 34.6755°N 135.7848°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1762 | ||||||||
Hokke Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Hokke mandara zu | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00010668 | |||||||||
Musō Soseki, colour on silk Mukyoku Shigen, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Musō Soseki zō kenpon chakushoku Mukyoku Shigen zō | 112.3cm (44.2inches) by 56.3cm (22.2inches), 115.3cm (45.4inches) by 61.1cm (24.1inches) | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011610 | |||||||||
Myōkū, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Myōkū hōshi zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | from in Shiga Prefecture[40] | 168.5cm (66.3inches) by 100.2cm (39.4inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1259 | ||||||
Miroku Bosatsu, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Miroku bosatsu zō | 164.2cm (64.6inches) by 88.8cm (35inches) | 34.6843°N 135.6867°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1773 | ||||||||
Legends of Yata Jizō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Yata Jizō engi | pair of scrolls | 34.6843°N 135.6867°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2280 | ||||||||
Illustrated Legends of Yūzū Nenbutsu, colour on paper shihon chakushoku yūzū nenbutsu engi-e | 34.5437°N 135.7809°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2599 | |||||||||
Mandala of the Two Realms, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku ryōgai mandara zu (zushi iri) | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | two paintings inside a portable shrine with doors to front and rear; from in Ōtsu[41] | 18.3cm (07.2inches) by 18.5cm (07.3inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1256 | ||||||
Lotus Pond, colour on silk, two-panel byōbu kenpon chakushoku renchi zu | from the real wall of the shumidan (altar) in the Shariden | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1764 | ||||||||
Shishū Daishi, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shishū Daishi zō | 149cm (59inches) by 124.2cm (48.9inches) | 34.6829°N 135.8322°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2395 | ||||||||
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku nehan zu | 34.5897°N 135.7068°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1786 | |||||||||
Hollyhocks and Cats at Play, colour on silk, attributed to Mao Yi kenpon chakushoku shokki yūbyō zu (den-Mōeki hitsu) | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 25.3cm (10inches) by 25.8cm (10.2inches) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1650 | |||||||
Water Moon Kannon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku suigetsu Kannon zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | with poetic inscription by [42] | 88cm (35inches) by 36.7cm (14.4inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2596 | ||||||
Landscape, ink and light colour on silk kenpon bokuga tansai sansui zu | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2181 | ||||||||
White-Robed Kannon, ink on silk kenpon bokuga Byakue Kannon zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | the willow in a vase and water under a rock are iconographically similar to the Yōryū (Willow) Kannon and Suigetsu (Water Moon) Kannon[43] | 100.3cm (39.5inches) by 41.4cm (16.3inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2542 | ||||||
Wall paintings of the Hōryū-ji Five-Storey Pagoda gojū-no-tō shosō kyū-hekiga | 18 panels on earthen render | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2135 | ||||||||
Defenders of the Law, door paintings Gohō zenshin zue tobira | from a six-sided | 88.4cm (34.8inches) by 30.2cm (11.9inches) | 34.6829°N 135.8322°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1754 | |||||||
Lotus Sutra Hōtō Mandala, gold and silver paint on blue paper konshi kingin dei Hokke-kyō hōtō mandara zu | ten scrolls | 34.4659°N 135.8617°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2626 | ||||||||
Fine Ox, light colour on paper shihon tansai sungyū zu dankan | private | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2106 | |||||||||
Matamata Ichiraku jō, light colour on paper, by Tanomura Chikuden shihon Matamata Ichiraku jō (Tanomura Chikuden hitsu) | one album | 34.686°N 135.8371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1758 | ||||||||
Ippen Shōnin, light colour on paper shihon chakushoku Ippen Shōnin emaki | private | four scrolls | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1384 | ||||||||
Sudhana's Pilgrimage to Fifty-five Spiritual Teachers as described in the Flower Garland Sutra, colour on paper shihon chakushoku kegon gojūgosho e | ten scrolls | 34.689°N 135.8399°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1979 | ||||||||
Sudhana's Pilgrimage to Fifty-five Spiritual Teachers as described in the Flower Garland Sutra, colour on paper shihon chakushoku kegon gojūgosho e | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | one scroll; part of a set dispersed across Tōdai-ji, the Nezu Museum, and the Fujita Art Museum[44] | 74.7cm (29.4inches) by 44.7cm (17.6inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1963 | ||||||
Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect, colour on paper shihon chakushoku e-inga-kyō dankan | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | one scroll[45] | 16.4cm (06.5inches) by 115.9cm (45.6inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2273 | ||||||
Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry, colour on paper (Kodai no Kimi) shihon chakushoku sanjūrokkasen setsu (Koōkimi / Satake-ke denrai) | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | one scroll from the Satake Family Collection | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1648 | |||||||
Ten Spiritual Realms, colour on paper, six-panel byōbu shihon chakushoku jikkai zu (rokkyoku byōbu) | pair of screens | 34.5168°N 135.6937°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2627 | ||||||||
Five Pure Land Patriarchs, colour on paper shihon chakushoku jōdo goso-e | private | Donran and Zendō | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2538 | ||||||||
Sesson, self-portrait, colour on silk shihon chakushoku Sesson jigazō | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2567 | ||||||||
Sutra fan, colour on paper shihon chakushoku senmen koshakyō | 34.6145°N 135.7371°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1766 | |||||||||
Hell of Boiling Excrement, colour on paper shihon chakushoku jigoku zōshi dankan (Fusshi Jikoku) | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | one scroll[46] | 26.3cm (10.4inches) by 104.4cm (41.1inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011420 | ||||||
The Eastern Journeys of Ganjin, colour on paper, by Rengyō shihon chakushoku tōsei emaki (Rengyō hitsu) | 34.6755°N 135.7848°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1759 | |||||||||
Legends of the Tōdai-ji Daibutsu, colour on paper shihon chakushoku Tōdaiji daibutsu engi (Shiba Rinken hitsu) | three scrolls | 34.689°N 135.8399°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1317 | ||||||||
Legends of Taima-dera, colour on paper shihon chakushoku Taima-dera engi | private | three scrolls | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1787 | ||||||||
Legends of Taima-dera, colour on paper, by Tosa Mitsumochi shihon chakushoku Taima-dera engi (e Tosa Mitsumochi hitsu / shi Go-Nara tennō tō kyū hitsu〉 | with poetic text in the hand of Emperor Go-Nara among others | 34.516°N 135.6944°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2248 | ||||||||
Portrait of a Lady, colour on silk shihon chakushoku fujin zō | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2114 | ||||||||
Deeds of Hōnen, colour on paper, emaki shihon chakushoku Hōnen jōnin gyōjō emaki | forty-eight scrolls | 34.5168°N 135.6937°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1790 | ||||||||
Aristocratic Gathering in Kempo 6, monochrome ink on paper hakubyō Kenpo rokunen chūden gyokai zu | private | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2599 | |||||||||
Genji Monogatari (Ukifune scroll), monochrome ink on paper shihon hakubyō Genji monogatari e (Ukifune maki zankan) | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | one fragmentary scroll bound in a book | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10326 | |||||||
Iconographic Drawings of the Takao Mandala, monochrome ink on paper shihon hakubyō Takao mandara zuzō | six scrolls (Diamond Realm scrolls 1, 2; Womb Realm scrolls 1, 3, 4, 5) | 34.5358°N 135.9068°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2381 | ||||||||
Iconographic Drawings of Kannon, monochrome ink on paper shihon hakubyō sho Kannon zuzō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | contains six forms of Kannon (Shō Kannon, Senju Kannon, Batō Kannon, Fukukenjaku Kannon, Byakue Kannon, and Nyoirin Kannon)[47] | 30.3cm (11.9inches) by 1064.3cm (419inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10524 | ||||||
Drawings of door paintings from the Tōdai-ji Kaidan-in, monochrome ink on paper shihon hakubyō Tōdaiji Kaidan-in tobira-e zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | thought to be a copy of the paintings on the doors of a dedicated in 755 and lost to the fires of 1180[48] | 28.9cm (11.4inches) by 1114cm (439inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011427 | ||||||
Iconographic Drawings of Fudō Myōō, monochrome ink on paper shihon hakubyō Fudō Myōō zuzō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | includes images of Fudō Myōō, his acolytes, and his avatars[49] | 30.5cm (12inches) by 1232.6cm (485.3inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00010662 | ||||||
Vimalakirti, colour on paper, by Bunsei shihon chakushoku Yuima Kōji zō (Bunsei hitsu) | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1649 | ||||||||
Flowers and Birds, ink on paper, six-fold byōbu, by Sesson shihon bokuga kachō zu (Sesson hitsu rokkyoku byōbu) | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | pair of screens | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2566 | |||||||
Landscape, ink on paper, six-fold byōbu shihon bokuga sansui zu (rokkyoku byōbu) | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | pair of screens | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1073 | |||||||
Iconographic Drawings of the Womb Realm, ink on paper shihon bokuga Taizō zuzō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | pair of scrolls by [50] | 30.3cm (11.9inches) by 1409.7cm (555inches), 30.3cm (11.9inches) by 1333cm (525inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/901 | ||||||
Daidō Ichii, ink on paper shihon bokuga Daidō oshō zu (den-Minchō hitsu) | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | attributed to [51] | 47cm (19inches) by 16.2cm (06.4inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2002 | ||||||
Bamboo with a Sparrow, ink on paper shihon bokuga chikujaku zu | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1652 | ||||||||
Lü Dongbin, ink on paper, by Sesson shihon bokuga Ryo Dōhin zu (Sesson hitsu) | Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan) | 34.6954°N 135.7567°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2004 | ||||||||
Jūichimen Kannon jūichimen muki kannon-zō (sanjūsan-shin) | 34.5368°N 135.9076°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10244 | |||||||||
Pure Land Mandala, colour on silk jōdo mandara kenpon chakushoku kakefuku (den-hokkyō keishun hitsu) | 34.516°N 135.6944°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1788 | |||||||||
Chikō Mandala, colour on wooden boards chakushoku Chikō mandara zu (ita-e) | 217cm (85inches) by 195cm (77inches) | 34.6778°N 135.8313°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2151 | ||||||||
Decorative Paintings of the Octagonal Hall, colour on wooden boards hakkakudō naijin sōshoku ga (ita-e chakushoku) | 34.3559°N 135.7207°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2612 | |||||||||
Boats reaching port, colour on wooden boards ita-e chakushoku kaisen nyūkō zu gaku | 34.3686°N 135.858°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2403 | |||||||||
Shoson Mandala, colour on wooden boards ita-e chakushoku shoson mandara zu | two panels | 34.516°N 135.6944°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2255 | ||||||||
Images of Kami, colour on wooden boards ita-e chakushoku shinzō | six panels | 34.6684°N 135.7843°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1763 | ||||||||
Senju Kannon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Senju Kannon zō | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | found inside a 53 cm high wooden statue of Kannon[52] | 93.8cm (36.9inches) by 39.5cm (15.6inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1033 | ||||||
Kasuga Shrine Mandala Kasuga Miya mandara zu | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10243 | ||||||||||
As of 1 April 2018, forty-three properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4] [53] [54]
Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Comments | Image | Dimensions | Coordinates | Ref. |
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Pure Land of Amida, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Amida jōdo zu (den-Chikō mandara) | 34.6778°N 135.8313°W | for all refs see http://www.pref.nara.jp/secure/143530/kenshiitiran.pdf | ||||||
Mandala of the Two Realms, gold paint on indigo paper konshi kindei ryōkai mandara zu | Saidai-ji (kept at Nara National Museum) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | ||||||
Shaka Triad with Sixteen Benevolent Deities, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shaka sanzon jūroku zenjin zu | Saidai-ji (kept at Nara National Museum) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | ||||||
Yakushi and the Twelve Heavenly Generals, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Yakushi jūni shinshō zō | 34.6755°N 135.7848°W | |||||||
Nigatsu-dō Mandala Nigatsudō mandara zu | 34.6893°N 135.8443°W | |||||||
Legends of Tōdai-ji, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Tōdaiji engi zu | pair of scrolls | 34.6893°N 135.8443°W | ||||||
Buddha's Parinirvana, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu | 34.6447°N 135.8684°W | |||||||
Ise Mandala, ink and light colour on paper shihon bokuga tansai Ise mandara zu | 34.6447°N 135.8684°W | |||||||
Yakushi and the Twelve Heavenly Generals, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Yakushi jūni shinshō zō | 34.6686°N 135.7846°W | |||||||
Hossō Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Hossō mandara zu | 126.5cm (49.8inches) by 79.4cm (31.3inches) | 34.6829°N 135.8322°W | ||||||
Kasuga Shrine and Temple Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kasuga shaji mandara zu | 116cm (46inches) by 42.5cm (16.7inches) | 34.6829°N 135.8322°W | ||||||
Horse Race, colour on paper, six-fold byōbu shihon chakushoku kurabe-uma zu (rokkyoku byōbu) | 34.6815°N 135.8485°W | |||||||
Kasuga Deities Departing from Kashima Shrine, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kashima-tachi shin-ei zu | when designated as a municipal property the designation included the wooden rod or jikugi around which the bottom of the hanging scroll was wound, until its removal during restoration work in 1891, and which bears an ink inscription naming the artist - Nijō Eiin - and dating the work to the 30th day of the 9th month of Eitoku 3: 永徳三年九月三十日 八月十三日春日ハシラタテノ日筆ハシメナリ 二條英印筆 | 107.1cm (42.2inches) by 36.2cm (14.3inches) | 34.6815°N 135.8485°W | |||||
A Beauty, by Soga Shōhaku, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku bijin zu Soga Shōhaku hitsu | 39.4cm (15.5inches) by 107.3cm (42.2inches) | 34.6859°N 135.8326°W | ||||||
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu | 34.6929°N 135.8056°W | |||||||
Hokke Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Hokke mandara zu | 107cm (42inches) by 74cm (29inches) | 34.5733°N 135.9642°W | ||||||
Arrival of the Nanban - Horse Race, colour on paper with gold ground shihon kinji chakushoku Nanban-jin torai zu・kurabe-uma zu | pair of screens | 34.6755°N 135.7848°W | ||||||
Six Paths, colour on paper shihon chakushoku rokudō-e | 34.561°N 135.852°W | |||||||
En no Gyōja, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku En no Gyōja zō | 34.6061°N 135.907°W | |||||||
Pictorial Biography of Shōtoku Taishi, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi e-den | four scrolls | 34.4659°N 135.8617°W | ||||||
Legends of Tōnomine, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Tōnomine engi | 48.2cm (19inches) by 384.3cm (151.3inches) to 562.3cm (221.4inches) | 34.4659°N 135.8617°W | ||||||
Kōgyō Daishi, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kōgyō Daishi zō | 34.5358°N 135.9068°W | |||||||
Jūichimen Kannon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku honzon Jūichimen Kannon mikage | 34.5358°N 135.9068°W | |||||||
Kasuga Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kasuga Mandala zu | 34.5358°N 135.9068°W | |||||||
Legends of Hase-dera, colour on paper shihon chakushoku Hasedera engi | 34.5358°N 135.9068°W | |||||||
Fudō Myōō-Aizen Myōō, monochrome ink on paper shihon hakubyō Fudō Myōō zu zō/Aizen Myōō zu zō | 34.5358°N 135.9068°W | |||||||
Pure Land of Amida, colour on silk (Chikō Mandala) kenpon chakushoku Amida jōdo zu (den-Chikō mandara) | 34.5368°N 135.9076°W | |||||||
Fugen and the Ten Rasetsunyo, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Fugen jū rasetsunyo zō | 34.5368°N 135.9076°W | |||||||
Tenkawa Benzaiten Mandala, colour on silk, by Shiba Rinken kenpon chakushoku Tenkawa Benzaiten mandara zu Shiba Rinken hitsu | Nōman-in (kept at Nara National Museum) | 99.4cm (39.1inches) by 39.4cm (15.5inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | |||||
Fujiwara no Muchimaro, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Fujiwara no Muchimaro zō | 34.3559°N 135.7207°W | |||||||
Descent of Amida Triad with the Six Aspects of Jizō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Amida sanzon roku Jizō raigō zu | 34.3259°N 135.6979°W | |||||||
Ikoma Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Ikoma mandara | 34.6781°N 135.7036°W | |||||||
Jukkanshō, ink on paper shihon bokuga jukkanshō | ten handscrolls; a copy of the late-Heian Esoteric Buddhist iconography[55] | 34.6846°N 135.6865°W | ||||||
Taima Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Taima mandara zu | 34.5168°N 135.6937°W | |||||||
Chūjō-hime, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Chūjō-hime zō | 142.5cm (56.1inches) by 66.3cm (26.1inches) | 34.5156°N 135.6957°W | ||||||
Pictorial Biography of Shōtoku Taishi, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi e-den | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | pair of scrolls; formerly in the possession of and kept at the Nara National Museum; acquired by NICH for the Museum in 2017 for ¥40,000,000[56] | 157.8cm (62.1inches) to 86.5cm (34.1inches) and 157.2cm (61.9inches) to 86.7cm (34.1inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | ||||
Descent of Amida and the Heavenly Retinue, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Amida shōju raigō zu | National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum) | formerly in the possession of and kept at the Nara National Museum; acquired by NICH for the Museum in 2017 for ¥50,000,000 | 123.1cm (48.5inches) to 84cm (33inches) | 34.683°N 135.8379°W | ||||
Eight Patriarchs of Shingon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Shingon hasso zō | eight scrolls | 34.5378°N 136.0406°W | ||||||
Zennyo Ryūō, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Zennyo Ryūō zu | 34.5527°N 135.7943°W | |||||||
Mandala of the Two Realms, gold and silver paint on indigo ground konji kingin dei ryōkai mandara zu | pair of scrolls | 34.4443°N 135.7973°W | ||||||
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku butsu nehan zu | 280.5cm (110.4inches) by 206.4cm (81.3inches) | 34.47°N 135.8174°W | ||||||
Mandala of the Two Realms, colour on wooden boards ita-e chakushoku ryōkai mandara zu | pair of paintings | 34.5665°N 135.7523°W | ||||||
Yoshino Mandala, colour on paper shihon chakushoku Yoshino mandara | 34.3646°N 135.8679°W | |||||||
Properties designated at a municipal level include: