Chinese Lion, From among the sculptures of Monju Bosatsu on a lion with attendants 獅子像（文殊菩薩騎獅像および侍者立像のうち）ししぞう（もんじゅぼさつきしぞうおよびじしゃりゅうぞうのうち）

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.