National Treasure Museum

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The National Treasure Museum at Kōfuku-ji is a museum in Nara, Japan, renowned for housing and exhibiting many of the temple’s most important Buddhist artworks and cultural treasures designated as national treasures.

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National Treasure Museum at Kōfuku-ji 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist art museum
art museum
museum building
associatedWithPeriod Heian period
Kamakura period NERFINISHED
Nara period NERFINISHED
buildingUse museum
cityTourismCategory Nara tourist attraction
collectionDesignation Important Cultural Property of Japan NERFINISHED
Japanese National Treasure
country Japan
culturalContext Japanese Buddhism
Japanese temple art
function preservation of temple treasures
public exhibition of religious art
hasCollectionFrom Heian period
Kamakura period NERFINISHED
Nara period NERFINISHED
hasTypeOfObject Buddhist paintings
Buddhist ritual implements
Buddhist statues
heritageContext Ancient Nara Buddhist temples
languageOfSignage English
Japanese
locatedIn Honshu
Kansai region
Nara NERFINISHED
Nara Prefecture NERFINISHED
locatedInTempleComplex Kōfuku-ji NERFINISHED
notableFor exhibiting cultural properties designated as national treasures
housing many of Kōfuku-ji’s most important Buddhist artworks
operatedBy Kōfuku-ji NERFINISHED
partOf Kōfuku-ji temple complex NERFINISHED
preservesFor cultural heritage of Japan
primaryCollectionType Buddhist art
painting
ritual objects
sculpture
regionallyNotableAs one of the key museums for Buddhist art in Nara
religiousAffiliation Buddhism NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Hossō school of Buddhism NERFINISHED
subjectTo Japanese cultural property protection laws

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Kōfuku-ji hasStructure National Treasure Museum