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The Three Stelae of Kōzuke (上野三碑) are three ancient stelae (graven stone monuments) in the former Kōzuke Province of Japan, located in what is now the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, in the Kantō region. Together, they were inscribed in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register as "Three Cherished Stelae of Ancient Kozuke" in 2017 ...
The group of monuments dates from the Ryukyu Kingdom period, spanning 12th to 17th centuries. The characteristic feature of the period are gusuku. fortified castles that evolved from earlier stone enclosures around villages. The islands maintained trade and cultural connections with Japan, China, Korea, and Southeast Asia, which is reflected in ...
Jigokudani Stone Buddhas (地獄谷石窟仏, Jigokudani sekkutsu butsu) is a group of Buddhist statues carved in bas-relief into a tuff cliff in the Takabatake neighborhood of the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region, Japan. It is one of the stone Buddhas scattered along the Yagyū Kaidō, and ancient road connecting Heijō-kyō ...
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 ...
The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage Sites.The cultural property consists of three historic mountain villages over an area of 68 hectares (170 acres) in the remote Shogawa river valley, stretching across the border of Gifu and Toyama Prefectures in central Japan.
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, and the Cultural Landscapes that Surround Them. Retrieved on 2014-05-04. Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in The Kii Mountain Range - UNESCO website (2004) Retrieved on 2018-11-4.
The main stone bears a calligraphic inscription (8 lines of 19 characters) which is influenced by the Northern Wei robust style. Asuka period, end of the 7th century inscription on stone, height without hat stone: 120 cm (47 in), width: 43.5–48 cm (17.1–18.9 in), hat stone 51 cm x 51 cm x 30 cm (20.1 in x 20.1 in x 11.8 in)
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