Yupian (Jade Chapters) Dictionary, Segment of Volume 9 玉篇巻第九残巻（自嗣字至きょう字） 紙背金剛界私記ギョクヘンカンダイキュウザンカン(シジヨリキョウジニイタル) シハイコンゴウカイシキ
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Yupian is a 30-volume dictionary of Chinese characters compiled by Gu Yewang (519–581). The second oldest of its kind, it organizes characters by radical, with fanqie pronunciations and definitions. On the back of the manuscript is a Buddhist text dated 1021, telling us that this dictionary has been in Japan for over a millennium.
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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