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{i=>[vajra], content=>[These are banners of silk brocade. At first, they do not look particularly Buddhist; on closer inspection, however, the pattern woven into the brocade itself features abstracted three-pronged , pestles and wish-fulfilling jewels. The banners have not survived to the present day in their entirety: originally, they had flaps hanging down from either side and from their bases. They come from Hyōzu Taisha Shrine in Shiga.]}
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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.
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July 20, 2026