National Treasures & Important Cultural Properties
of National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan

Sutra Box with Lotus Scrolls

1 object　 Lacquered leather with maki-e　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （646(工122)）

Leather Pendants

13 ornaments and fragments　 Leather with pigments　Cut gold leaf (kirikane)　 Heian period/11th century　

Nara National Museum （751(工154)）

Toiletry Case with Cart Wheels in Stream

1 set　 lacquered wood　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4282）

Toiletry Case with Cart Wheels in Stream

1 set　 lacquered wood　 Kamakura period/13th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4445）

Writing Box with Pontoon Bridge

By Honami Kouetsu　 1 set　 lacquered wood　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-53）

Writing Box with Eight Bridges

By Ogata Kourin　 1 set　 lacquered wood　 Edo period/18th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-86）

Shrine for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and the Enshrined Sutra

1 object, 166 scrolls　 Shrine: black lacquered wood with pigments and gilt bronze fittings　Sutra: ink on paper　 Heian period/12th century　

Nara National Museum （1115(工232 H)）

Saddle decorated with tortoiseshell patterns in mother-of-pearl inlay

　 Lacquered wood　 Heian period, 12th century　

Kyushu National Museum （H147）

Saddle with bush clover motif in mother-of-pearl inlay

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Heian period/12th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-495）

Saddle with lion motif in mother-of-pearl inlay

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Heian-Kamakura period/12-13th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-3753）

Small box with the pattern of wooden folding fan in mother-of-pearl inlay

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Kamakura period/13th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4214）

Abbots' seat with bellflower-circle pattern lacquered with metal powder

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Kamakura period/13th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4273）

Keirouko drum

Muromachi Period, 15th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-3423）

Saddle with Chrysanthemums

1 saddle　 Lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl　 Kamakura period, 13th–14th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4639）

Sutra Box with Chrysanthemums and Vines

1 box　 Lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl　 Goryeo dynasty, 13th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TH-364）

Nested Boxes for the Kasuga Dragon Jewels

2 objects　 Wood with pigments　Gilt bronze fittings　 Nanbokuchō period/14th century　

Nara National Museum （1279(工271)）

Small box depicting chrysanthemum flowers in maki-e lacquer

　 Lacquered wood　 Nanboku-chō to Muromachi period, 14th century　

Kyushu National Museum （H137）

Six-legged Chinese-style chest with the motif of Suminoe in mother-of-pearl inlay

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Nanbokuchō period/Shōhei 12 (1357) 　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4213）

Inkstone Case with Poetic Scene of Shio no Yama in Makie

Muromachi period/15th century　

Kyoto National Museum （H甲24）

Inkstone Case with Mount Penglai in Makie

Muromachi period/15th century　

Kyoto National Museum （H甲105）

Box lacquered with metal powder, the picture of folding fans

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Muromachi period/15th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-32）

Writing box 'Otokoyama,' lacquered with metal powder, the picture inspired by a poem by Minamoto no Masazane

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Muromachi period/15th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-34）

Writing box 'Kinuta,' lacquered with metal powder, the picture inspired by a poem from Senzai Waka Anthology

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Muromachi period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-42）

Writing box 'Shio no yama,' lacquered with metal powder, the picture inspired by a poem from the Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poems

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Muromachi period/15th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-448）

Writing box with motif of Mt Hatsuse in mother-of-pearl inlay

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Muromachi- Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4524）

花鳥蒔絵螺鈿角徳利及び櫃

Kyoto National Museum （H甲60）

Portable shrine depicting birds and flowers in maki-e lacquer

Azuchi-Momoyama period, 16th century　

Kyushu National Museum （H5）

Stirrup with head of reed motif in mother-of-pearl inlay

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-1459, H-1474）

Niche with flower-tree, bird, and beast motif mother-of-pearl inlayed ad lacquered with metal powder

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Azuchi-Momoyama period/16-17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4446）

Writing box lacquered with metal powder, the picture on top: ivy on the brushwood-fence

By Koma Kyūi　 1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-95）

Writing table and box lacquered with metal powder, picture of narrow ivy path

By Tatsuke Chōbei　 1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-106）

Writing box with motif of ox-drawn coach in mother-of-pearl inlay

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4231）

Writing box with boat and reed motif in mother-of-pearl inlay

Attributed to Honnami Kōetsu　 1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4234）

Rack lacquered with metal powder

By Honnami Kōetsu　 1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4523）

Writing box with motif of court dance and music, in mother-of-pearl inlay

By Honnami Kōetsu　 1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Edo period/17th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-4631）

Writing Box with Design of Mount Hira

Masanari Shiomi　 1 box　 Lacquer painted wood　 Edo era, 18th century　

Tokyo National Museum （H-61）

Sutra Box with Phoenixes

1 object　 Black lacquered wood　Gold inlay (sōkin)　Mother-of-pearl inlay (raden) (added later)　 Yuan dynasty, China/14th century　

Nara National Museum （955(工198)）

Sutra box depicting peacocks in gold inlay

　 Yuan dynasty (China), 1315　

Kyushu National Museum （H6）

Eight pointed petal-shaped plate with mother-of-pearl inlay dragon motif

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Yuan period/14th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TH-9）

Box with tree peony arabesque pattern in mother-of-pearl inlay

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Chosun (Korea) period/17-18th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TH-298）

Sutra box with chrysanthemum pattern in mother-of-pearl inlay

1 piece　 Lacquered wood　 Goryeo period/13th century　

Tokyo National Museum （TH-303）