This is a list of Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan. As of January 24, 2024, there were 227 designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties.
Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties are designated based on the following designation criteria:[1]
Categories
CriteriaMaterials from any of the above categories are then judged based on whether they exemplify:
| + Statistics for Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties | ||
| Category | National Treasures | |
|---|---|---|
| Necessities of life | 29 | |
| Manufacture, livelihood | 101 | |
| Traffic, transportation, communication | 19 | |
| Trade, commerce | 1 | |
| Social life | 1 | |
| Religious faith | 40 | |
| Knowledge of folk customs | 7 | |
| Folk entertainment, amusement, games | 23 | |
| Related to the life of people | 3 | |
| Annual functions or events | 3 |
| + Necessities of life | ||||
| Name | Criteria | Remarks | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | Collection of 750 articles originating from a horse-riding ground and donations including 197 items related to necessities of life, 174 to manufacture, 9 to transportation, 362 to religion and 8 musical instruments | |||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | Collection of implements used by the Ainu people around Nibutani in their daily life. Total of 1,121 items including 82 articles of clothing, 263 related to manufacture and livelihood, 47 to traffic and communication, 98 to social life, 376 to religion, 13 to the knowledge of folk customs, 22 to entertainment and games, 42 to the lifetime of a person | |||
| 1.1, 2.3 | 786 quilted articles of clothes from southern Tsugaru area with design based on the diamond shape, including 175 long, 174 short, 76 sleeveless, 374 tatsuke working trousers, and 37 maedare | |||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | 64 articles of quilted work clothes from southern Aomori Prefecture including 31 items of long and short type, 6 sleeveless items, 22 yamabakama, and 5 maedare | |||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | 1,792 items including 297 articles related to clothing, 170 to eating habits, 192 to manners of housing, 704 to manufacture and livelihood, 75 to traffic and communication, 272 to transportation, 63 to entertainment and games, 19 to religion | |||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | Collection of 59 items from Tōhoku used for covering the face during manual labour including: 20 head cloths, 35 kerchiefs, 3 furoshiki and 1 other article | |||
| [2] | 1.1, 2.3, 2.5 | Items of daily use such as mortars, bowls and containers characteristic of life in mountain villages and carved by hand from wood. Total of 229 articles including 122 wooden bowls, 25 mortars, 19 salt containers, 15 "soro," 48 other items, and 21 tools. | ||
| [3] | 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | Work clothes from the Shōnai region made of various materials such as hemp and cotton. Total of 126 articles including 68 pieces of long/short clothing, 49 no-sleeve pieces, and 9 work hakama. | ||
| [4] | 1.1, 2.3 | Sake casks, decanter and cups from Yamagata Prefecture, many of which are lacquered and were congratulary gifts or used in celebrations or on outings. Total of 77 articles including 38 casket-shaped sake vessels, 17 variegated sake vessels, 10 sake bottles/lipped bowls, and 12 sake cups. | ||
| 1.1, 2.3 | Everyday pottery produced in Tsuruoka from the Edo period to the mid-Meiji period. 234 articles in total including 101 sake bottles, 50 items for blanching food (yudooshi) and 83 other items. | |||
| 1.1, 1.2 | One minka house from a mountain community and 2,797 items including articles related to manufacture (506), daily existence (1893), religion (190), others (208). | |||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | One minka house and 1,209 items including articles related to clothing (33), eating habits (43), manner of housing (23), agriculture (38), fishing (17), sericulture (358), spinning and weaving (193), various professions (30), trade (15), religion (302), folk knowledge (35), and 22 others. The house was established in 1847 and was the main residence of the Shimoda family. It was donated in 1979 to Hamura city. 3.5mby7.27mm (11.5feetby23.85feetm), hip-and-gable (irimoya-zukuri), grass thatched roof. | |||
| 1.1, 2.1, 2.3 | Collection of 119 pieces of mountain hakama (yama-bakama) and other work clothes including 42 tachitsuke pants, 50 monpe women's work pants, 14 trousers of karusan style and 13 others. | |||
| 1.1, 2.2, 2.3 | Collection of 469 uchiori, articles of clothing for home use made by farmer women from scrap material. The articles date from the early Meiji period to the Shōwa period and include haori, hanten, chanchanko (チャンチャンコ), (襦袢), koshimaki (腰巻), obi, tabi, gloves, furoshiki and bags. Also included in the designation are collected raw materials and tools. | |||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | 3,868 items including 569 articles related to clothing, 655 to eating habits, 575 to manners of housing, 1,285 to manufacture and livelihood, 97 to traffic and communication, 171 to transportation, 19 for social life, 25 related to knowledge of folk customs, 226 to entertainment and games, 246 related to etiquette. | |||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | Various objects for use during the winter period in Tōhoku: headgear, straw raincoats, gloves, sow hakama, snow shoes, footwear (hakimono), leather-soled sandals, gliding implements, tools for snow removal, and hunting equipment. 243 plus 3 items including 119 accessories, 65 articles related to communication, 15 related to transport, 21 to snow removal, 17 articles of hunting equipment and 6 other articles. | |||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | 2,236 items for use in the winter period including articles related to transportation, communication, amusement and games. | |||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | 1,331 items from Shiramine mountain village including: articles related to slash-and-burn agriculture (275), sericulture (107), handwork (116), transport and trade (126), clothing (250), eating habits (275), manner of housing (128), religion (54). | |||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | Minka style private house from Shiramine mountain village. 7.19mby16.23mm (23.59feetby53.25feetm), hip-and-gable (irimoya-zukuri), grass thatched roof. | |||
| 1.1, 2.1, 2.3 | Collection of firing equipment,, oil and petroleum lamps used around Shinano. 907 plus 56 items including: 26 koematsu (fat pine) lamps, 248 oil lamps, 206 candle lamps, 12 臭生水 lamps, 193 petroleum lamps, 96 firing tools, 31 items related to production of spills (wood for lighting) and 105 other articles. | |||
| [5] | 1.1, 2.2, 2.3 | 66 items of Someya ware including: 46 jars and earthenware pots, 12 bowls and 8 other articles used for storing water, salt or as mortar. | ||
| 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | 2800 items including: 339 articles of clothing, 497 related to eating habits, 495 to manner of housing, 1025 to occupation, 78 to traffic and communication, 259 to transportation, 12 to social life, 74 to entertainment and 21 related to religion. | |||
| 1.1.,1.2, 2.2 | Agricultural tools and implements for daily life such as wooden bowls or eathenware vessels excavated in 1950 from the Yamaki site. | |||
| 1.1 | 178 items including 88 ordinary hyōsoku oil lamps, 30 hanging lamps, 50 other lamps and 10 accessory articles. | |||
| 1.1, 2.1, 2.3 | 150 pieces of Tanba pottery including: 66 hu, 14 bowls, 52 sake bottles, 6 mizusashi water jars, 3 mizugame water jars, 3 flower vases, and 6 other items. | |||
| 1.1 | Gasshō-zukuri style vernecular house from the second half of the 18th century transferred to the museum due to the construction of a dam. 17.5mby12.5mm (57.4feetby41feetm) with thatched roof. | |||
| 1.1, 2.3 | 150 articles for use in snow: 19 for snow removal, 114 accessories, 12 for transport, 5 for hunting. | |||
| 1.1, 2.1, 2.3 | Nationwide collection of 2,266 items of traditional footwear such as hanao, zōri, geta or waraji. | |||
| [6] | 1.1, 1.2, 2.3 | Collection unearthed around 1960 from Tarutoko and Yawata villages which were submerged due to the construction of a dam at Lake Hijiri. Total of 479 items: related to necessities of life 247 (of this 28 items of furniture, 25 articles for making fire, 64 cooking implements, 62 articles for food and drink, 68 pieces of garments), related to production 185 (of these 49 farming tools, 12 woodcutting tools, 3 pieces of hunting equipment, 77 implements for spinning and weaving, and 35 for animal husbandry), others 47 (of these 14 related to sanitation, 9 to trade, 14 to transport). Also included is one house from the beginning of the Edo period in Tarutoko built in chūmon-zukuri style. |
| + Traffic, transportation, communication | ||||
| Name | Criteria | Remarks | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [7] | 1.3, 1.2 | Dugout boat made of a single Manchurian Ash tree and used by the Ainu for transportation and fishing in rivers and lakes. Length ca. 6m (20feet). | ||
| [8] | 1.3, 2.3 | Collection of 67 wooden fishing boats used around Tsugaru Strait. Included are 43 mudamahagi type boats which are of a semi-dugout style with two flat planks on the bottom; 22 shimahagi (lit. "four boards put together) type boats; and two dugout canoes. | ||
| [9] [10] | 1.3, 1.2 | Dugout boat used for fishing (abalone, wakame) along the coast. Built around 1923–1924 in Tomari, Rokkasho. Northernmost dugout boat on Honshu. Length 4.78m (15.68feet), maximum width 78cm (31inches), depth 43cm (17inches). | ||
| [11] | 1.3, 1.2 | Dugout boat used for fishing (abalone, wakame, nori) in Ōfunato Bay. Length 6m (20feet), maximum width 79cm (31inches). | ||
| [12] | 1.3 | Typical river dugout boat built from a single Japanese cedar tree and used on Waga River either as a ferry boat or for the transport of stones in the context of levee protection works. Length 5.48m (17.98feet), maximum width 70cm (30inches), depth 35cm (14inches). | ||
| 1.3, 1.2 | Small box-shaped dugout boat with flat bottom used for fishing and collection of junsai on the artificial Ōnuma swamp. Length 2.51m (08.23feet), maximum width 0.68m (02.23feet), depth 0.22m (00.72feet). | |||
| [13] | 1.3, 1.2 | Dugout canoe used in the sea around Oga Peninsula for collecting seaweed and shellfish. Built in 1951 from a 300-year-old Japanese cedar tree. Length 6.5m (21.3feet), maximum width 0.9m (03feet). | ||
| [14] | 1.3, 1.2 | A dugout boat made from a single trunk of a Japanese cedar tree and used for transportation and fishing of black kokanee on Lake Tazawa. Built around 1897. Dimensions: length 5.76m (18.9feet), maximum width 0.42m (01.38feet). | ||
| [15] | 1.3, 2.3 | Collection of 116 bandori mostly used in the Shōnai region, the northern coastal part of present-day Yamagata Prefecture, when transporting agricultural or forestry goods on the back of porters. Included are 47 round bandori, 32 winged bandori, 10 rectangular bandori, 6 and 21 other bandori. | ||
| [16] | 1.3, 1.2 | Dobune boat (hanakiri) from 1901 in near original state. Length 10m (30feet), maximum width 1.5m (04.9feet), depth 0.5m (01.6feet). Included in the designated property is the scull, four oars and a scoop for removing water from the boat (akatori, akagae). | ||
| 1.3, 1.4, 2.3 | 706 items used by porters (bokka) for carrying salt and marine products along the Salt Road (Shio no Michi) including back carriers, carrying implements and articles used for transport by cows. | |||
| [17] | 1.2, 2.3 | 3 dobune boats with 41 pieces of ship fittings or rigging, representing the crossover from dugout canoe to large plank boats in the development of Japanese wooden ship building. Lengths up to 14m (46feet), widths 2.6m (08.5feet), board thickness 15.6cm (06.1inches). | ||
| [18] [19] | 1.3, 2.3 | Collection of 23 Meiji period sledges for the transport of goods such as lumber, building stones, wood and charcoal in wintertime, with adaptions to various snow qualities and terrains. | ||
| [20] | 1.3, 2.3 | Nationwide collection of 62 articles of traditional luggage for the transport of goods with various shapes and made using various production techniques: 5, 6, 16, 25, 35 bags. | ||
| 3, 2 | Dugout boat made from pulpwood used for red clam (aka-gai) fishing on lake Nakaumi. | |||
| 3, 2 | One of two extant Tomodo, boats used for traditional Kanagi-style fishing, and for the transport of seaweed and fertilizer in the rough open sea of Oki. Made of cedar wood; dimensions: length 6.2m (20.3feet), maximum width 90cm (40inches). | |||
| [21] | 3 | Dugout canoe made with metal tools out of one momi fir tree and used on the open sea. Dimensions: length 7.06m (23.16feet), maximum width 0.83m (02.72feet), wood thickness 2.4cm (00.9inches). This boat had been buried at the beach of Esaki, Tamagawa-chō, Abu District, at a depth of 0.9m (03feet). | ||
| [22] | 3 | Vine bridge across the Iya River in the remote Iya Valley of Shikoku. The first such bridges are said to have been constructed by Kōbō Daishi, founder of Shingon Buddhism, and in a map of Awa Province from 1665 a large number of vine bridges are recorded. In old times these bridges were the only means of transport in the area and they had to be rebuilt three times per year. Dimensions of this remaining bridge: length 45m (148feet), width 2m (07feet), height above water surface 14m (46feet). | ||
| [23] | 1.3, 2.1, 2.3 | Collection of 310 articles used for carrying goods on the back in Western Japan |
| + Trade, commerce | ||||
| Name | Criteria | Remarks | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [24] [25] | 2, 4, 3 | 1,818 items related to the medicine pebblers (baiyaku) of Toyama who during the latter Edo period conveyed their culture and protected the health nationwide. Included are objects related to drug manufacture (974), patent medicine (768), religious implements (10) and others (66). |
| + Social life | ||||
| Name | Criteria | Remarks | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [26] | 1,5 | Representative example of a boarding house for young men from Hata District, that developed at the end of the Edo and early Meiji periods. 2×2 ken, single-storied, raised-floor-style (takayukashiki) with hip-and-gable roof (irimoya-zukuri) and sangawarabuki tiles. Four corner pillars are made of Japanese chestnut trunks. |
| + Religious faith | ||||
| Name | Criteria | Remarks | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [27] | 1.6 | 106 items dedicated to Engaku-ji, including 70 boat ema and 28 topknots cut by sailors when getting on board or after shipwreck. | ||
| [28] [29] | 1.6, 2.2, 2.3 | 359 articles dedicated to Mirumachi Kannon Hall, including: 185 ema, 14 hagoita, 113 sutra chanting tokens, 2 tokens for intoning the name of Amitābha, 2 notes regarding the presentation of copied sutras to the temple, 8 tokens of evidence of pilgrimages (junrei fuda), 14 munefuda ridge tags and 21 other items. | ||
| [30] | 1.6, 2.2, 2.3 | 108 votive pictures (ema). | ||
| [31] | 1.6 | Line of 13 mounds associated with the Chiba clan. The construction of such mounds is thought to go back to the 15th or 16th century and the belief in the Thirteen Buddhas. | ||
| 1.6, 2.3 | Collection of 23,477 ema votive plaques from the mid-Edo period onward offered to the Bishamon hall at Fukuō-ji, praying for prosperity and the safety of the sericulture. | |||
| [32] | 1.6, 1.7, 2.3 | 951 articles, including: 37 22 Azusa Yumi, 36 Buddhist prayer beads, 23 or counting rods, 18 swords, 7, 205 mirrors, 72 ema, 12 temple gongs or bells, 389 prayer token, and 130 other items | ||
| 1.6, 2.3 | 3 basic gyōya huts and 830 other items used in mountain pilgrimages, including: 319 articles related to hermit life, 249 to mountain worship and 262 connected with the gyōya | |||
| 1.6 | 14,824 articles used in funerary rites at Hachiyō-ji, including: 14,798 wooden pagodas and 26 vessels. | |||
| 1.6 | The best preserved of four original festival floats used during the Hitachi Float Procession (an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property). | |||
| 1.6 | Six festival floats used during the Chichibu Shrine Grand Festival (an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property). | |||
| 1.6 | 5.4m (17.7feet) high, 20m (70feet) diameter mound representing Mount Fuji, built in 1800. | |||
| [33] | 1.6 | 8.7m (28.5feet) high, 30m (100feet) diameter mound representing Mount Fuji, built in 1872 by Takasu Shōkichi, owner of a soy brewery, and Marukichikō, a school of the Fujikō sect. | ||
| [34] | 1.6 | 5m (16feet) high, 16m (52feet) diameter mound representing Mount Fuji, built in 1828 on the grounds of Ono Terusaki Shrine. | ||
| [35] | 1.6 | 8m (26feet) high, 30m (100feet) diameter mound representing Mount Fuji, built in 1839 on the grounds of Ekodaasama Shrine. | ||
| 1.6 | 8m (26feet) high, 21m (69feet) diameter mound representing Mount Fuji, built in 1862 on the grounds of Fuji Sengen Shrine (Toshima-ku). | |||
| [36] | 1.6 | 28 models created and offered when a new kitamaebune cargo ship was built. | ||
| [37] [38] | 1.6 | 2 boats from 1768 and 1850 respectively, and 85 ema wooden plaques from 1837 and after praying for safety of kitamaebune ship sailings | ||
| [39] | 1.6 | 93 ema wooden plaques from 1752 to 1883 praying for safety of kitamaebune ship sailings; and 4 pictures of ships | ||
| 1.6 | 52 ema wooden plaques from 1774 to 1889 praying for safety of kitamaebune ship sailings | |||
| [40] | 1.6, 2.2, 2.3 | 24 ramie fabric banners with inscriptions dedicated to Shinto shrines | ||
| 1.6 | 7 festival floats of the Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival (an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property). | |||
| 1.6, 2.3 | 1243 articles related to mountain worship of Tateyama, including: 363 items related to pilgrims' lodgings, 440 to the reception of pilgrims, 110 to costumes, 36 amulets, 20 related to missionary work, 84 related to Buddhist mass and prayers, 25 to the founding of a temple and 138 related to woodcut printing. | |||
| 1.6, 1.9, 2.3 | 966 articles offered to Shinjō-ji temple praying for easy delivery and healthy children, including 286 articles of clothing, 223 ladles, 97 items of footwear, 22 bibs, 13 items of earthenware, 58 ema, 237 paper lanterns, and 30 other articles | |||
| 1.6, 2.3 | 293 articles related to the folk religion around Matsumoto city. The collection is centered around articles used in ceremonies related to agriculture. Included are: 95 items related to Dōsojin, 9 to Yama-no-Kami, 76 to Ta-no-Kami and 113 other articles. | |||
| 1.6 | 21 floats used during the Takayama Festival (an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property).Of these, 12 floats are associated with the Hie Shrine and 11 floats associated with the Hachiman shrine. Apart from 2 float which are of the type, all floats are . | |||
| 1.6 | 29 floats used during the Grand Festival of Yasaka Shrine, including: 22 of the type (3 of which are carried by people) and 7 are of the type. | |||
| 1.6, 2.3 | 124 ema wooden plaques including large size ema and plaques depicting playing children. | |||
| 1.6 | 2,163 articles including 1,945 clay pagodas, 101 articles related to the ten thousand lantern ceremony, 60 tea bowls for the New Year Tea ceremony and 57 other items | |||
| 1.6, 2.3 | 33 dolls of the oshirasama folk belief of Tōhoku, including: 6 with, 6 of the type, 4 of the type, 5, 2, 4, 5 dolls and one kantō cylindrically shaped doll. | |||
| 1.6 | Line of 13 mounds in north–south direction along the approach to Sekigan-ji, thought to date to the Muromachi period. The construction of such mounds is thought to go back to the 15th or 16th century and the belief in the Thirteen Buddhas. | |||
| 1.6 | Three miniature versions of the three large mountains constructed during the Mitsuyama Festival held every 20 years. | |||
| 1.6 | Collection of 65,395 items offered to Gangō-ji including wooden Buddhist statues, Buddhist images on paper, gorintō and miniature stupas. | |||
| 1.6 | Located on a ridge-line along the former border of Yamato and Kawachi provinces. The central mound at the highest point is noticeably bigger and said to be the imperial tomb of the queen of Emperor Jimmu. The construction of such mounds is thought to go back to the 15th or 16th century and the belief in the Thirteen Buddhas. | |||
| 1.3, 1.6 | Two boats in the shape of ancient dug-out canoes used in a race during the Morotabune rite recreating a myth from the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. | |||
| 1.6 | 846 instruments dedicated to Miho Shrine; all kinds of percussion, wind and string instruments such as taiko, tsuzumi, shamisen or organs; and also toy instruments | |||
| 1.6, 2.3 | 881 articles from Toyomatsu village including 206 items related to religious service, 40 to prayer, 110 to Kagura dance, 30 to lantern festivals, 488 to shrine banquets (naorai), and 7 to rice planting | |||
| 1.6 | 10.53mx4.5mm (34.55feetx14.8feetm) single storied structure with covering roof and kawarabuki roof. | |||
| 1.6 | Four forest stands protected as place of Yama-no-Kami | |||
| 1.6, 2.2 | 49 boat related ema dedicated to and the local chinjusha, Shinto shrine on . | |||
| 1.6, 2.1 | 1,725 articles including 37 boat ema, 19 harbor and the like ema, 41 model ships, 282 tairyō-bata, 129 articles related to the custom of nagashi-daru (sending offerings to the shrine by way of floating barrels in the sea), 375 charms issued by a shrine (shinsatsu), 63 printing blocks, 68 other items, 13 pairs of komainu lion dogs 668 tōrō, 1 high stone lantern (takatōrō), Tōmyō-dō (Eternal Flame Hall), 10 torii, 6 stone basins for purifying water at the shrine entrance, 12 pavement and boundary stones |
| + Knowledge of folk customs | ||||
| Name | Criteria | Remarks | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Collection of miniature (hinagata) clothes and tools from and, predecessors of Tokyo Kasei University, which was founded in 1881 by as . The materials include 2,290 items of clothes including kimono and western clothing; as well as 61 pieces of teaching materials donated by graduates of Watanabe Gakuen. | |||
| [41] | 7 | Bath house at a Buddhist temple where water was boiled and circulated under the floor to create a steam sauna. Tradition holds that Empress Kōmyō cared for the elderly and sick people in this building. 2×3 ken (3.94mby5.94mm (12.93feetby19.49feetm)), kirizuma style, tsumairi style entrance,[42] single-storied structure; reconstructed in 1766. Attached to the property is a munafuda ridge tag of 97.2cm (38.3inches) length made of cedar wood and a water well of 2.15m (07.05feet) diameter and 4.9m (16.1feet) depth. | ||
| [43] [44] | 7, 6 | Old hot spring spot with purportedly healing water, used for bathing since around 1750. It was popular among others with daimyō Yoshinaga of the Hiroshima Domain and around that time featured in the by the Confucian scholar Seishu Hori. Houses for bathing, a shrine to worship the hot spring god and 37 inns were built around that time. It exemplifies the institutionalization of hot spring bathing in Japan. | ||
| [45] | 7 | Stone hut for medical steam baths. Dimensions: 4.4x. Built of piled up granite. Still in use. | ||
| [46] | 7 | Stone hut for medical steam baths. Built in 1186, this is the oldest such bath in Western Japan. Dimensions: 5.4x, enough space for ca. 10 people. Built of piled up granite joined with clay. | ||
| [47] | 7 | Two-level stone hut for medical steam baths. Fire in lower level was used to heat the stone and upper (bath) room. | ||
| [48] | 7 | Two-level cavern for medical steam baths with an entrance 2m (07feet) high, 70cm (30inches) wide, dug from a steep tuff cliff. Fire in lower level was used to heat the stone and upper (bath) room of height 1.5m (04.9feet) and size 4m2, enough space for 6–7 people. According to tradition the origins of the bath go back to the Kan'ei era (1624–1644). |
| + Folk entertainment, amusement, games | ||||
| Name | Criteria | Remarks | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | Located on the grounds of . 7.64mby8.58mm (25.07feetby28.15feetm), kirizuma style thatched roof. | |||
| 1.8 | Farm village stage at a local shinto shrine of Hinoemata. Built in 1897 after the destruction by fire of the previous stage in 1893. | |||
| 1.8 | Kabuki stage established in 1819. 9.25mby6.36mm (30.35feetby20.87feetm) with thatched roof. | |||
| 1.8 | Originally built in Daiō, Mie in 1857; moved to the Nihon Minka-en park in 1973. 14.5mby2.8mm (47.6feetby09.2feetm), hip-and-gable roof (irimoya-zukuri), sangawarabuki tiles. | |||
| 1.8 | Two-storied puppet theatre stage from 1840 at . 13.39mby7.01mm (43.93feetby23feetm), sangawarabuki tiles. | |||
| 1.8 | Farming village stage from 1882 on the grounds of Murakuni Shrine. 22.26mby12.1mm (73.03feetby39.7feetm), kirizuma style, sangawarabuki tiles. | |||
| 1.8, 1.6, 2.3 | Nationwide collection of 800 items related to the lion dance: 296 lion masks, 107 lion implements, implements, 62 articles related to musicians, 57 tools for the production of lion masks, 57 items related to the lion dance, 86 other articles. | |||
| 1.8 | Doll theatre stage at from the early Meiji period. 12.98mby8.23mm (42.59feetby27feetm), sangawarabuki tiles. The Makuwa Ningyō Jōruri (puppet play) has been designated as Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property. | |||
| [49] [50] | 1.8 | Large theatre kabuki stage at, Kadowasa. 16.38mby20.02mm (53.74feetby65.68feetm), kirizuma style, eaves on four sides and zinc coated iron-plated roof. | ||
| 1.7 | Farming village stage with thatch-covered hip-and-gable roof (irimoya-zukuri), reconstructed in 1840 on the grounds of Amatsu Hikone Shrine. | |||
| 1.7 | Farming village stage with thatch-covered hip-and-gable roof (irimoya-zukuri), reconstructed in 1893. | |||
| 1.7 | Farming village Kabuki stage with thatch-covered hip-and-gable roof (irimoya-zukuri), reconstructed in 1896. | |||
| 1.8 | Farming village Kabuki stage from 1871 on the grounds of the Hachiman Shrine. Single-storied wooden building with hip-and-gable roof (irimoya-zukuri) and sangawarabuki tiles. Also used as the shrine's haiden. | |||
| 1.8 | Outdoor performance space surrounded by horseshoe-shaped stands at Akasaki Shrine, Nagato, Yamaguchi. | |||
| [51] | 1.8 | Farm-village doll theatre stage for Awa puppet plays from the early Meiji period on the grounds of Goō Shrine. | ||
| 1.8 | Puppet theatre stage from 1791 inside the Hachiman Shrine of Sakashū, Naka, Tokushima. Hira-butai type where both the stage and the audience can be seen from the . | |||
| 1.6, 1.7 | Reviewing stand made of stone walls from the late Edo period used in the shrine's autumn festival as gallery for people observing mikoshi or festival floats. | |||
| 1.8 | Stage on the grounds of Kasuga Shrine built in the late Edo period and equipped with various mechanisms such as a revolving stage, a hanamichi,, trap-door lift (seri) etc. | |||
| 1.8 | Stage on the grounds of Rikyū Hachiman Shrine reconstructed in 1900 and equipped with various mechanisms such as a revolving stage, a hanamichi,, trap-door lift (seri) etc. | |||
| 1.8, 1.6 | Stage on the grounds of Mishima Shrine established in 1873 and equipped with various mechanisms such as a revolving stage, a hanamichi,, etc. | |||
| 1.8 | Farming village stage on the grounds of Yashiro Hachiman Shrine equipped with various stage mechanisms. | |||
| 1.6, 1.8, 2.2 | Collection of 47 wooden puppets (1 sumo referee, 4, 20 dancers, 22 sumo wrestler dolls) used in the pre-bunraku tradition (Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property), a puppet performance that starts with a dance followed by a series of sumo bouts, held once every 4 years on August 10–12 at Hachiman Koyō Shrine, Yoshitomi, Fukuoka Prefecture. Similar to the puppets at Koyō Shrine, Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture. | |||
| [52] | 1.6, 1.8, 2.2 | Collection of 60 wooden puppets (2 lions, 2, 26 dancers, 30 sumo wrestler dolls) used in the pre-bunraku tradition (Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property), a puppet performance that starts with a dance followed by a series of sumo bouts, held once every 3 years on October 12 at Koyō Shrine, Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture. Similar to the puppets at Hachiman Koyō Shrine, Yoshitomi, Fukuoka Prefecture. |
| + Related to the life of people | ||||
| Name | Criteria | Remarks | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [53] | 1, 9, 3 | Collection of 1,827 items and one private house: implements related to childbirth (195), development (189), coming of age (84), marriage (845), unlucky ages (yakudoshi) and age celebrations (80), funeral and memorial service for the dead (409), gravesites (25). The articles are from the Edo to Shōwa period and originate from mountain villages in Hakusan Nishitani, an area around the upper stream of the, a tributary of the Tedori-gawa. The designated property includes a traditional house from the end of the Edo period, at Watazu, Torigoe. | ||
| [54] | 9, 3 | Collection of 1,557 items from the former museum at Meihō village (former Mino Province) used in formal acts during the course of life from birth to death: implements related to childbirth (101 items including gifts for pregnancy, implements and gifts for delivery), development (387 items including objects for the infant presentation (hatsumairi) and hatsuzeku ceremonies, childcare implements and toys), marriage (544 items including marriage and engagement gifts, wedding dresses, trousseau, consignments, wedding implements, objects acknowledging matrimony), coming of age (82 items including strength stones (chikaraishi), tooth blackening (ohaguro) implements), funerals (390 items including implements for preparing and conducting funerals, mourning costumes, objects used after funerals); registers of celebrations and deaths (53). | ||
| 9, 1, 3 | Natsukechō: Register of new shrine parishioner continuously kept since 1478 totaling 74.3m (243.8feet). Kurobako: box to keep important documents of the parish guild. |
| + Annual functions or events | ||||
| Name | Criteria | Remarks | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [55] | 10 | 737 items used in the New Year Celebration (Koshōgatsu) of farming villages: shintai or idols, objects used in prayer and for spells, half-shaved sticks (kezuri-kake) and tools for their production. The articles had been placed in household altars (kamidana or butsudan), in kitchen, silk-worm raising rooms or entry halls. They have been variously made from the wood of small trees such as Cornus controversa or Rhus chinensis. | ||
| [56] | 3, 8, 10 | Collection of dolls from Edo period onward used in the Tanabata festival around Matsumoto city. The 45 items include: 5 human-shaped, 4 clothes-rack shaped, 28 paper, 3 of nagashi-bina type, 3 heads and 2 woodcut dolls. | ||
| 10, 3 | 29 ōdaiko (large taiko drums) used in ceremonies praying for rain and abundant harvest. Apart from these drums another 28 related articles have been designated including: oilcloth put on the trunk, drumsticks, carrier sticks, a gong and flute used together with the drums, and written records of timings. |
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