Description
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.
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ColBase
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026