The Emperor's Residence at the Kyoto Imperial Palace 京都御所常御殿 壬申検査関係写真きょうとごしょつねごてん じんしんけんさかんけいしゃしん
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This photograph was taken during the 1872 Jinshin Survey, Japan’s first nationwide investigation of cultural heritage. The project documented antiquities owned by shrines, temples, and members of the nobility. Shown here is a building at the Kyoto Imperial Palace that once served as the emperor’s living quarters.
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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