Pagoda-Shaped Reliquary

舎利塔

At a glance — Art Object · Heian period, 12th 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: Heian period, 12th century
Date: 1101–1200
Held by: Tokyo National Museum
Location: Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID: cobas-117885

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This pagoda-shaped vessel was used to enshrine the relics of the Buddha Shakyamuni. An inscription on the back of the platform indicates that it was made in 1138. It is thought to have been kept at the Reliquary Hall at the Eastern Precincts of Hōryūji Temple.

— 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-117885 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-117885
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: “Pagoda-Shaped Reliquary（舎利塔）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-117885. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/pagoda-shaped-reliquary/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

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

Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
Genre: Collection of Hōryūji Treasures
Material: Gilt bronze and wood pedestal
員数: 1基
分類: 法隆寺宝物
品質形状: 塔身部銅製鍍金基壇部木製
法量: 全高62.0 基壇方42.6
銘文等: 保延4年(1138)修理銘

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