National Treasure

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National Treasure is the highest designation given by the Japanese government to cultural properties of exceptional historical, artistic, or academic value.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
National Treasure canonical 3
National Treasure No. 226 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural property designation ⓘ
legal status ⓘ
administeredBy Agency for Cultural Affairs ⓘ
appliesTo archaeological materials ⓘ
buildings ⓘ
crafts ⓘ
cultural properties ⓘ
fine arts ⓘ
historical materials ⓘ
structures ⓘ
tangible cultural properties ⓘ
categoryIncludes National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials) ⓘ
National Treasures of Japan (buildings and structures) ⓘ
National Treasures of Japan (crafts) ⓘ
National Treasures of Japan (historical materials) ⓘ
National Treasures of Japan (paintings) ⓘ
National Treasures of Japan (sculptures) ⓘ
National Treasures of Japan (writings) ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
criteriaInclude exceptional academic value ⓘ
exceptional artistic value ⓘ
exceptional historical value ⓘ
designationAuthority Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) ⓘ
designationProcess selected from Important Cultural Properties ⓘ
distinctFrom Important Intangible Cultural Property (Japan) ⓘ
Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Japan) ⓘ
hasNotableExample Himeji Castle ⓘ
Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion) ⓘ
linked to: Kinkaku-ji

The Tale of Genji illustrated handscrolls ⓘ
linked to: The Tale of Genji
higherRankThan Important Cultural Property (Japan) ⓘ
introduced post-World War II cultural property protection system ⓘ
JapaneseName 国宝 ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties (Japan) ⓘ
partOf Cultural Properties of Japan system ⓘ
protects archaeological artifacts of outstanding cultural value ⓘ
buildings and structures of outstanding cultural value ⓘ
calligraphy and ancient documents of outstanding cultural value ⓘ
crafts of outstanding cultural value ⓘ
historical materials of outstanding cultural value ⓘ
paintings of outstanding cultural value ⓘ
sculptures of outstanding cultural value ⓘ
provides state subsidies for preservation ⓘ
purpose preservation of Japan’s most important cultural heritage ⓘ
promotion of cultural research ⓘ
public access to significant cultural properties ⓘ
replaced prewar National Treasure designation under 1929 law ⓘ
requires permission for export ⓘ
strict restrictions on alteration ⓘ
scope tangible cultural heritage only ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Myeongjeongjeon Hall → heritageDesignation → National Treasure No. 226 ⓘ
linked to: National Treasure
Great Buddha of Kamakura → designation → National Treasure ⓘ
National Treasure (honden) → heritageStatus → National Treasure ⓘ