Part of Volume 19 of the Collection of Japanese Poems Ancient and Modern (One of the Mount Kōya Fragments) 古今和歌集巻十九断簡（高野切）こきんわかしゅうまきじゅうくだんかん こうやぎれ
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This handscroll is the oldest extant transcription of the [Kokin waka shu] poetry anthology. The characters were written spontaneously at will.
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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