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The Nara National Museum is located in Nara, which was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. Katayama Tōkuma (1854–1917) designed the original building, which is a representative Western-style building of the Meiji period and has been designated an Important Cultural Property in Japan.
While the official size of the park is about 502 hectares (1,240 acres), the area including the grounds of Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Kasuga Grand Shrine and Nara National Museum, which are either on the edge or surrounded by Nara Park, is as large as 660 hectares (1,600 acres).
Nara: National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum: Image of Zaō Gongen incised in a mirror 線刻蔵王権現鏡像 senkoku Zaō Gongen kyōzō: Heian period: Nara: Kimpusen-ji (kept at Nara National Museum
Nara: Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties: 1,095 items: Yakushi-ji masu 薬師寺枡 Yakushiji masu: Muromachi and Momoyama periods: Nara: Yakushi-ji (kept at Nara National Museum)
The Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (奈良文化財研究所, Nara Bunkazai Kenkyū-jo), also known by its former name, the Nara Research Institute for Cultural Properties, is one of two research institutes that comprise the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, an independent administrative institution created in 2001.
As of 17 June 2022, one hundred and twenty-seven Sites have been designated as being of national significance (including ten *Special Historic Sites); Ishinokarato Kofun and Narayama Tile Kiln Sites span the prefectural borders with Kyoto, Ōmine Okugakemichi those with Wakayama, and Kumano Sankeimichi those with both Wakayama and Mie.
(kept at Nara National Museum 34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 ( Nara National Yakushi and the Twelve Heavenly Generals , colour on silk
Although these collections are not open to the public, selections are shown at Nara National Museum once a year in autumn. The objects and treasures that have been stored in the Shōsō-in can be divided into the following categories. [12] Buddhist objects Butsugu (仏具) Clothing and accessories Fukushoku (服飾) Furniture Chōdo Hin (調度品)