List of Cultural Properties of Japan – archaeological materials (Nara)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Nara.

National Cultural Properties As of 1 November 2015, forty-eight Important Cultural Properties (including seven *National Treasures) have been designated, being of national significance.

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.*Objects used in the consecration of the Kōfuku-ji KondōKōfukuji kondō chindangu Tokyo Kōfuku-ji(kept at Tokyo National Museum) *Seven-Branched Swordshichi-shi tō Tenri Isonokami Jingū replica pictured *Fukubachi from the Ōbara-dera three-storey pagoda, Yamato ProvinceYamato no kuni Ōbaradera sanjūnotō fusebachi Nara Tanzan Jinja(kept at Nara National Museum) *Objects used in the consecration of the Tōdai-ji KondōTōdaiji kondō chindangu Nara Tōdai-ji(kept at Nara National Museum) *Artefacts excavated from Fujinoki Kofun, Nara PrefectureNara-ken Fujinoki kofun shutsudo-hin Kashihara Agency for Cultural Affairs(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) *Stone with Buddha footprintBussokuseki Nara Yakushi-ji *Stele with verses in praise of the stone with Buddha footprintBussokuseki kahi Nara Yakushi-ji Artefacts excavated from the Hachigatamine Sutra Mound, Iki ProvinceIki Hachigatamine kyōzuka shutsudo-hin Nara National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Nara National Museum) Kasatōbakasatōba Nara Hannya-ji pair of kasatōba Copper sutra container with talc outer containerkasseki soto-zutsu dō kyōzutsu Nara National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Nara National Museum) incised with a Lotus Seed Mandala; said to have been excavated in Fukuoka Prefecture Gilt bronze epitaph for Yamashiro no Imiki Masakakondō Yamashiro no Imiki Masaka boshi Nara National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Nara National Museum) Gilt bronze sutra container in the shape of a hōtōBronze Nyoraikondō hōtō-gata kyōzutsudōzō Nyorai ryū-zō Nara National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Nara National Museum) Artefacts excavated from the platform of the Gangō-ji pagodaGangōji tō ato dodan shutsudo-hin (tamarui dōsen sonota issai) Nara National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Nara National Museum) Artefacts excavated from Takamatsuzuka KofunTakamatsuzuka kofun shutsudo-hin Asuka National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Asuka Historical Museum) Artefacts excavated from the tomb of priest Dōyaku at Sai-deraSaidera no sō Dōyaku bo shutsudo-hin Nara National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Nara National Museum) Plaque with Buddhist Triadsanzon senbutsu Nara Ryōsen-ji Haniwa in the form of a cowhaniwa ushi Tawaramoto Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum Haniwa in the form of a falconerhaniwa takagari danshi zō Nara Kintetsu(kept at Yamato Bunkakan) Haniwa in the form of a cross-legged boyhaniwa danshi koza-zō Nara Tenri University(kept at Tenri University Sankōkan Museum) Haniwa in the form of a standing malehaniwa danshi ryū-zō Nara Kintetsu(kept at Yamato Bunkakan) Haniwa in the form of a standing armed boyhaniwa busō danshi ryū-zō Nara Tenri University(kept at Tenri University Sankōkan Museum) Earthenware vessel in the form of a water jarsuichū-gata doki Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Celadon bowlseiji bachi Nara excavated from the precinct of Shōryaku-ji; from the Southern Song kilns at Longquan Artefacts excavated from the Isonokami Jingū kinsokuchiIsonokami Jingū kinsokuchi shutsudo-hin Nara National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Nara National Museum) Image of Zaō Gongen incised in a mirrorsenkoku Zaō Gongen kyōzō Nara Kimpusen-ji(kept at Nara National Museum) Epitaph of Ō no YasumaroŌ no Yasumaro boshi Kashihara Agency for Cultural Affairs(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Artefacts dedicated in a gorintō from Kakuan-ji, Yamato ProvinceYamato Gakuanji gorintō nōchi-hin Yamatokōriyama Agency for Cultural Affairs(kept at ) Artefacts excavated from Gobōyama No.3 Tumulus, Yamato ProvinceYamato Gobōyama daisan-gō fun shutsudo-hin Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Artefacts excavated from the Kimpusen Sutra Mound, Yamato ProvinceYamato no kuni Kinpusen kyōzuka shutsudo-hin Nara National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Nara National Museum) Artefacts excavated from Kengoshizuka Kofun, Takaichi District, Yamato ProvinceYamato no kuni Takaichi-gun Kengoshizuka kofun shutsudo-hin Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Artefacts excavated from Obitokeyamamura Haiji, Yamato ProvinceYamato no kuni Obitokeyamamura haiji shutsudo-hin Nara Enshō-ji Artefacts excavated from the tomb of Ninshō at Chikurin-ji, Yamato ProvinceYamato Chikurinji Ninshō bo shutsudo-hin Nara Chikurin-ji Artefacts excavated from the Karako Site, Yamato ProvinceYamato no kuni Karako iseki shutsudo-hin Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Artefacts dedicated in the thirteen-storey stone pagoda at Hannya-ji, Yamato ProvinceYamato Hannyaji sekizō jūsanjūnotō nai nōchi-hin Nara Hannya-ji Bronze vessel dedicated at the central foundation stone of the pagoda at Hōrin-ji, Yamato ProvinceYamato Hōrinji tō shinso nōchi dōko Ikaruga Hōrin-ji Iron shieldstestsu tate Tenri Isonokami Jingū pair of shields Tile with tennin designTennin-mon sen Kyoto Oka-dera(kept at Kyoto National Museum) Artefacts excavated from Mesuriyama Kofun, Nara PrefectureNara-ken Mesuriyama kofun shutsudo-hin Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Artefacts excavated from the Kashihara Site, Nara PrefectureNara-ken Kashihara iseki shutsudo-hin Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Artefacts excavated an earthen grave in the old precinct of Kōfuku-ji, Nara PrefectureNara-ken Kōfukuji kyū-keidai dokō (Ichijōin shinden ato kasō) shutsudo-hin Nara National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties) from the lower layer of the site of the Shinden Artefacts excavated from Kurozuka Kofun, Nara PrefectureNara-ken Kurozuka kofun shutsudo-hin Kashihara Agency for Cultural Affairs(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Artefacts excavated from the site of Yamada-dera, Nara PrefectureNara-ken Yamadadera ato shutsudo-hin Asuka National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Asuka Historical Museum) Artefacts excavated from the Ōminesanchō Site, Nara PrefectureNara-ken Ōminesanchō iseki shutsudo-hin Kashihara Kimpusen-ji(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Artefacts excavated from Tenjinyama Kofun, Nara PrefectureNara-ken Tenjinyama kofun shutsudo-hin Nara National Institutes for Cultural Heritage(kept at Nara National Museum) Artefacts excavated from Shimanoyama Kofun, Nara PrefectureNara-ken Shimanoyama kofun shutsudo-hin Kashihara Agency for Cultural Affairs(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Tile with phoenix designhōō-mon sen Takatori Wooden miniature hyakumantōWooden pagoda with fragmentary lotus pedestalWooden pagoda with lotus pedestalmokuzō hyakumanshōtōmokuzō jūmansetsutō (zanketsu renge-zatsu ki)mokuzō ichimansetsutō (renge-zatsu ki) Nara Hōryū-ji one hundred miniature wooden pagodas, with two further wooden pagodas Shibi fragmentsshibi zanketsu Nara Hōrin-ji(kept at Nara National Museum)

Prefectural Cultural Properties As of 1 May 2015, fourteen properties have been designated at a prefectural level.

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.Old mirrorko-kyō Nara private one mirror for all refs see Wooden coffins excavated from the Mikuradō PondMikuradō-ike shutsudo mokkan Yamatotakada Yamatotakada City six coffins Large Sue ware vesselSue ō-kame Tenri Isonokami Jingū Jewel-headed tachiKeitō tachi Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) one item DōtakuDōtaku Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) one item Artefacts excavated from Shimoikeyama KofunShimoikeyama kofun shutsudo-hin Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Wooden coffin excavated from Yamato Tenjinyama KofunYamato Tenjinyama kofun shutsudo mokkan Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) fragments from one burial Artefacts excavated from Hokenoyama KofunHokenoyama kofun shutsudo-hin Kashihara Nara Prefecture(kept at The Museum, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture) Dōtaku with surplice designKesadasuki-mon dōtaku Sakurai Sakurai City one item Artefacts excavated from Kanmakikudo No.3 TumulusKanmakikudo san-gō-fun shutsudo-hin Kanmaki Kanmaki Town Stone tō and reliquary excavated from Daruma-jiDarumaji shutsudo seki-tō oyobi shari yōki Ōji Daruma-ji (達磨寺) Artefacts dedicated in a gorintō from Sugō-jiSugōji gorintō nōchi-hin Yoshino Yoshino Town Artefacts excavated from Miyataki SiteMiyataki iseki shutsudo-hin Yoshino Yoshino Town 1,621 items Fragments of a hairline-engraved image of Zaō Gongen excavated from Mount Ōmine Ōminesan shutsudo Zaō Gongen kechōzō zanketsu Tenkawa

Municipal Cultural Properties Properties designated at a municipal level include:

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.Mirror inscribed with a triangle pattern, deities, and beastssankaku buchi gosaku mei nishin nijū kyō Nara designation includes accompanying two accompanying documents Artefacts excavated from Benshozuka KofunBenshozuka kofun shutsudo-hin Nara Nara City(kept at Nara City Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre) House-shaped haniwa and haniwa fragments excavated from Sugiyama KofunSugiyama kofun shutsudo iegata haniwa tsuketari haniwa zanketsu ikkatsu Nara Nara City(kept at Nara City Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre) Copper vessel-shaped weightdōsei tsubo katachi fundō Nara Nara City(kept at Nara City Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre) one item Jingū-kaihō casting equipment excavated from the Heijō-kyō Sakyō Rokujō Ichibō Jūroku Tsubo SiteHeijō-kyō Sakyō Rokujō Ichibō jūroku tsubo shutsudo jingū kaihō chūsen ibutsu Nara Nara City(kept at Nara City Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre) forty-seven items, including four crucibles Kōfuku-ji mandala stoneKōfukuji mandara ishi Nara Earthenware with line-engraved human figures excavated from the Tsuboi SiteTsuboi iseki shutsudo jinbutsu senkoku-ga doki Kashihara

See also List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials) Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties

References

External links Cultural Properties in Nara Prefecture