Letter to Kujō Tanemichi 正親町天皇宸翰御消息 蘭奢待云々 九条稙通宛オオギマチテンノウシンカンオンショウソク ランジャタイウンヌン クジョウタネミチアテ
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This letter accompanies Emperor Ōgimachi’s 1574 gift of an incredibly rare piece of aloes wood incense to the former regent Kujō Tanemichi (1507–94). The incense was cut from the Ranjatai (“Waiting for Orchid Luxury”) log, preserved in Nara’s Shōsō-in Respsitory since the 700s. A second piece of incense went to the warlord Oda Nobunaga.
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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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September 14, 2026