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Important Cultural Property

Christian Shrine with Flowers, Trees, Birds, and Beasts

花樹鳥獣蒔絵螺鈿聖龕
Christian Shrine with Flowers, Trees, Birds, and Beasts (花樹鳥獣蒔絵螺鈿聖龕)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Lacquerware · Azuchi-Momoyama period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Lacquerware
Date
1501–1700
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-84544

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This shrine was intended for export to Europe, where it would have been hung on the wall for private worship. The doors are richly decorated in Japanese lacquer, gold, silver, and seashell. Scholars believe the oil painting was created by a Spanish artist in the early 1600s after the shrine arrived in Europe.

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

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Christian Shrine with Flowers, Trees, Birds, and Beasts（花樹鳥獣蒔絵螺鈿聖龕）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-84544. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/christian-shrine-with-flowers-trees-birds-and-beasts/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Lacquerware
  • Material: Lacquered wood with [maki-e] and mother-of-pearl
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • 員数: 1基
  • 分類: 漆工
  • 品質形状: 木製漆塗

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