Lotuses at the Benzaiten Shrine on Shinobazu Pond from the Series Famous Places of Edo 江戸名所盡・不忍池弁才天蓮看之景えどめいしょづくし　しのばずのいけはすみのけい

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.