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  2. Monuments of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Okayama Prefecture's Kōraku-en is a designated Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Monuments (記念物, kinenbutsu) is a collective term used by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of Japan [note 1] as historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses ...

  3. List of World Heritage Sites in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) Kyoto, Shiga: 1994 688; ii, iv (cultural) Kyoto served as the capital of Japan from its founding in 794 until the mid-19th century. It was also a cultural centre, crucial for the development of religious and secular architecture, in particular in wood, of the country.

  4. List of Important Cultural Properties of Japan (Heian period ...

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    Those at Tōdai-ji form part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara; [3] that at Hōryū-ji is part of the World Heritage Site Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area. [4]

  5. List of National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents)

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    [3] [4] "Ancient documents" is one of thirteen categories of National Treasures recognized by the agency. The list presents 63 documents or sets of documents from classical to early modern Japan, from the Asuka period to the Meiji period. The actual number of items is more than 63 because groups of related objects have been combined into single ...

  6. List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)

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    Name: name of the national treasure as registered in the Database of National Cultural Properties [3] Details: more information about the object such as size and type of items (if the national treasure comprises more than one item) Date: period and year of the item; column entries sort by year or start year of a period if only a period is known

  7. List of National Treasures of Japan (temples) - Wikipedia

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    4×4, single-storied, kirizuma style, [ex 3] hongawarabuki roof [ex 2] with smooth, lipless, semi-cylindrical cover tiles (行基葺, gyōgibuki); [113] part of the World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, contains lumber used in the construction of Asuka-dera, one of the first Buddhist temples in Japan early Kamakura period

  8. Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara - Wikipedia

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    The table lists information about each of the 8 listed properties of the World Heritage Site listing for the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara: Name: in English and Japanese Type: Purpose of the site. The list includes five Buddhist temples ("-ji"), one Shinto shrine ("-jinja"), one palace and one primeval forest.

  9. Lists of National Treasures of Japan - Wikipedia

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    List of National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents), for ancient documents; List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials), for archaeological finds; List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts) List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others), for craft items that are not swords