Kamakura Museum of National Treasures
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| Established | 1928 |
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| Location | 2-1-1 Yukinoshita Kamakura Kanagawa 248-0005 Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°19′29″N 139°33′25″E / 35.324667°N 139.557036°E |
| Type | Art museum |
| Public transit access | Kamakura Station |
| Website | www.city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp/kokuhoukan/index.htm |
The Kamakura Museum of National Treasures (鎌倉国宝館 Kamakura Kokuhōkan?) or Kamakura Museum or Kamakura National Treasure House is a museum located on the grounds of Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The museum houses around 4800 objects from the Kamakura region including sculptures, paintings and industrial art objects. Most of these works originate from the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, spanning from the 12th to the 16th century. Some of the items were produced in China and imported to Japan.
The term "National Treasure" in the museum's name refers to "old" National Treasures of Japan, term which denoted all the state-designated Cultural Properties of Japan before the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties came into force on August 29, 1950. All of the old national treasures became Important Cultural Properties and some of them have been designated as (new) National Treasures since June 9, 1951. From a current perspective the name refers to a museum housing both Important Cultural Properties and National Treasures.
The Kamakura Museum of National Treasure was founded in April 1928 to protect important art works after the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. The building, which was constructed in the same year, was modeled after the Shōsōin treasure house of Tōdai-ji, Nara. During World War II, in June 1945, part of the collection was evacuated to Kushikawa (串川村 Kushikawa-mura?) in Tsukui District in the northwestern part of Kamakura, and the museum was temporarily closed between August and October 1945. The items which had been moved returned in May 1946.
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