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Sutra Case Shaped Like a Jeweled Pagoda

銅製宝塔形経筒

At a glance — Archaeological Object · Heian period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category: Archaeological Objects
Period: Heian period
Date: 1123
Held by: Tokyo National Museum
Location: Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID: cobas-114846

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Sutra Case Shaped Like a Jeweled Pagoda is a archaeological object of Heian period (1123), held by the Tokyo National Museum and designated a Important Cultural Property (重要文化財) of Japan. The facts below are transcribed from the official catalogue record; this entry carries no museum description in English.

Record & Sources

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
Catalogue ID: cobas-114846 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-114846
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: “Sutra Case Shaped Like a Jeweled Pagoda（銅製宝塔形経筒）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-114846. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/sutra-case-shaped-like-a-jeweled-pagoda/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

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

Category: Archaeology:Media:Metal
Genre: Archaeology
Material: Cast bronze
Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
員数: 1合
分類: 考古
品質形状: 銅製鋳造
種別: 考古:材質:金属
銘文等: 筒身に「保安四年」の墨書銘あり
法量: 総高38.2 相輪高8.8 筒身径6.5

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