Base of a Reliquary Case

聖遺物函身

At a glance — Sculpture · Azuchi-Momoyama period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category: Sculpture
Period: Azuchi-Momoyama period
Date: 1501–1700
Held by: Tokyo National Museum
Location: Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID: cobas-58829

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The mark of the Society of Jesus is in the center, while the three nails underneath and the triangle shapes suggesting the crown of thorns represent the Passion.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
Catalogue ID: cobas-58829 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-58829
Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence

Cite this page: “Base of a Reliquary Case（聖遺物函身）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-58829. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/base-of-a-reliquary-case/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)

Genre: Sculpture
Category: Historical materials:Christian-related materials
Material: Bronze
Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
員数: 1個
分類: 彫刻
品質形状: 銅製
種別: 歴史資料:キリシタン関係遺品
法量: 長3.0×幅2.4×深0.9

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