National Treasures of the Munakata Shrine (Idemitsu Museum)

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Speaking of the Idemitsu Museum of Arts Tokyo, Hibiya, is known for collection painting classic, calligraphy, and pottery of Japan, where it was surprising is the scope of archeology, and national treasure exhibition Munakata Shrine.

Founder of Idemitsu Kosan Idemitsu Sazo is born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Munakata, the Munakata Shrine local, but from the edge that had a thick faith. Hmmm.

The exhibition room of the first, old mirror, jewels, and ornaments. Approximately 30 points is a national treasure. The opportunity to see a lot of national treasures, this much unusual.

Munakata Shrine of current, stands towards the land of Kyushu, the past, it was enshrined in the islands off it was a small island away.

Located in the per divided equally into three clean Fukuoka peripheral and Tsushima Korean Peninsula, and the era of ancient islands off was a relay point between Japan and the continent.

So, it plays an important role in the exchange of Korean Peninsula, treasure of these national treasures are left numerous.

When it comes to the era of the samurai, respond by reading sensitive to changes of the times, to focus on, such as trade with the Southern Song, Munakata family became obey to Minamoto no Yoritomo.

Over about 40 years approximately, with only one person, the person living through the 13th century from the 12th century, Shikijyo nurses, was the Sutras Issaikyo the combined Code of all of Buddhism.

All of its 40 volumes have been left in Munakata Shrine. In Issaikyo individuals wrote, what is left to date, that's just what this color titration nurses. What volume of which was exhibited.

In its life, a single person, whether that be accomplished what exactly? I think the answer to that one, such as in front of the eyes were.

Munakata said, had extinct at the end of the Warring States period, but Munakata Shrine, received the patronage of the rulers even then, in the Edo era, Kuroda had a profound assistance.

Such as Thirty-six Master Poets diagram become hand Kano Eitoku, Yasunobu of his brother represents well the thick asylum.