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This letter written by Emperor Hanazono (1297-1348, r.1308-18), at the age of thirty-seven, was sent to Prince Son'en (1298-1356) in the tumultuous period following the Genkô Uprising in 1333 (Genkô 3). Phrases such as the affair of the temple Kongô, rebellious factions and simultaneous rebellions in the western provinces, refer to the military activities of the bakufu government against the armed forces of Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336) based at Chihaya Castle (in Osaka Prefecture) and the movements of forces raised by Akamatsu Norimura (1277-1350) Kokenawa Castle in Harima (present-day Okayama Prefecture).
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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