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Buddhist Reliquary (Casket)

舎利容器（石櫃）
Buddhist Reliquary (Casket) (舎利容器（石櫃）)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Metalwork · Nara period, 8th century · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Metalwork
Date
701–800
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-71436

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Made of gold, silver, bronze, and stone, these containers for Buddhist relics were nested one within the other. They were found buried when the grounds of a defunct temple were being converted to agricultural land in 1907.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Buddhist Reliquary (Casket)（舎利容器（石櫃））.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-71436. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/buddhist-reliquary-casket/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Metalwork
  • Material: Stone
  • Category: Applied arts:Religious objects:Buddhism:Ornamental objects
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • 員数: 1合
  • 分類: 金工
  • 品質形状: 石製
  • 種別: 工芸:宗教・信仰用具:仏教:荘厳具
  • 法量: 総高17.8 蓋長17.7 幅10.8 高5.1 身長20.0 幅13.3 高14.0

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