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{i=>[honji butsu], content=>[A fantastical vision rendered in a careful and precise brush, the sacred deer who conveys the Kasuga deities flies in on a majestic cloud from the backdrop of a gorgeous landscape: Mount Mikasa, resplendent with blossoming trees and the silhouette of Mount Kasuga in the distance. Each branch of the deified Sakaki tree mounted on his saddle extends to carry one of the Kasuga deities, here represented in their Buddhist forms (, ).]}
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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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