Large Measuring Box

大桝

At a glance — Art Object · Muromachi period, 15th century · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category: Art Objects
Period: Muromachi period, 15th century
Date: 1401–1500
Held by: Tokyo National Museum
Location: Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID: cobas-117769

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This box holds 9.521 liters, a little more than five times the traditional unit of shō(one shō is about 1.8 liters), meaning it holds about five times the volume of each of the other boxes in this set (N-124–128). Although it has no inscriptions, the box probably dates to the Muromachi period (1392–1573) like the others.

— 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-117769 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-117769
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: “Large Measuring Box（大桝）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-117769. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/large-measuring-box/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

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

Material: Wood
Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
Genre: Collection of Hōryūji Treasures
員数: 1口
品質形状: 木製
分類: 法隆寺宝物
法量: 内法縦28.9 横28.9 高11.4

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