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Important Cultural Property
Letter by Emperor Hanazono
花園天皇宸翰消息
At a glance — Calligraphy & Book · Kamakura period · held by Kyoto National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Hanazono (Emperor).
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Calligraphy & Books
- Period
- Kamakura period
- Date
- 1185
- Creator
- Hanazono (Emperor) (花園天皇)
- Dimensions
- Height28.3cm
- Held by
- Kyoto National Museum
- Location
- Higashiyama, Kyoto
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-3836
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This letter written by Emperor Hanazono (1297-1348, r.1308-18), at the age of thirty-seven, was sent to Prince Son'en (1298-1356) in the tumultuous period following the Genkô Uprising in 1333 (Genkô 3). Phrases such as the affair of the temple Kongô, rebellious factions and simultaneous rebellions in the western provinces, refer to the military activities of the bakufu government against the armed forces of Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336) based at Chihaya Castle (in Osaka Prefecture) and the movements of forces raised by Akamatsu Norimura (1277-1350) Kokenawa Castle in Harima (present-day Okayama Prefecture).
— Museum description: Kyoto National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.
Record & Sources
- Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
- Catalogue ID: cobas-3836 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-3836
- Holder's collection: ColBase — Kyoto National Museum
- Photograph: Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence
Cite this page: “Letter by Emperor Hanazono（花園天皇宸翰消息）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-3836. Kyoto National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/letter-by-emperor-hanazono-kyoto-national-museum/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Genre: Calligraphy
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- Size: Height28.3cm
- Category: Calligraphy:Category:Imperial writings|Calligraphy:Region:Japan|Calligraphy:Period:Japan:Kamakura period|Calligraphy:Author:Emperors
- 員数: 1幅
- 分類: 書跡
- 法量: 縦28.3cm
- 銘文等: 後二月二十四日（御花押）
- 種別: 書跡:分類:宸翰|書跡:地域:日本|書跡:時代:日本:鎌倉|書跡:筆者:天皇・皇帝
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