Four new arts and crafts have been designated as national treasures, including a wooden Amitabha Nyorai statue at Hokong-in Temple in Kyoto.
4 statues, such as a wooden Amitabha Nyorai statue at Hokongin Temple, are designated as national treasures March 19 at 18:55
Four new arts and crafts have been designated as national treasures, including a wooden Amitabha Nyorai statue at Hokong-in Temple in Kyoto.
This was reported to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology at the Agency for Cultural Affairs held on November 19.
The wooden statue of Amitabha Nyorai, the main statue of Hokong-in Temple in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto is an important work created by a Buddhist priest during the Heian period.
The wooden canopy at Horyu-ji Temple in Nara Prefecture is a decorative item hanging from the ceiling of Horyu-ji Kondo and is a representative work of Asuka era art.
“Da Taiko” at Kasuga Grand Shrine in Nara is a Gagaku instrument made during the Kamakura period.
The excavated product from the Wanuki Kannonyama Burial Mound found in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, is said to have high academic value, such as the oldest copper water bottle in Japan.
In addition, the avant-garde artist Taro Okamoto’s “Tower of the Sun” was registered as a national tangible cultural property for the World Exposition held in Osaka in 1970.