The Five-Story Pagoda at Tōji Temple 東寺五重塔 壬申検査関係写真とうじごじゅうのとう じんしんけんさかんけいしゃしん
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Tōji Temple was built to protect Kyoto, which was the imperial capital, through religious rituals. The temple was later granted to the scholar-priest Kūkai (774–835). The five-story pagoda was rebuilt at least four times, with the current one dating to 1644. At fifty-five meters, it is the tallest wooden pagoda in Japan.
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"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