Important Cultural Property
"Azekura" Storehouse at Tōji Temple
東寺校倉
Historical Materials · Meiji and later, 1872TNM
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Important Cultural Property
The Emperor's Residence at the Kyoto Imperial Palace
京都御所常御殿 壬申検査関係写真
At a glance — Historical Material · Meiji and later period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan · Yokoyama Matsusaburo.
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Historical Materials
- Period
- Meiji and later period
- Date
- 1872
- Creator
- Yokoyama Matsusaburo (横山松三郎)
- Held by
- Tokyo National Museum
- Location
- Ueno, Tokyo
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-165644
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This photograph was taken during the 1872 Jinshin Survey, Japan’s first nationwide investigation of cultural heritage. The project documented antiquities owned by shrines, temples, and members of the nobility. Shown here is a building at the Kyoto Imperial Palace that once served as the emperor’s living quarters.
— Museum description: Tokyo 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-165644 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-165644
- Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
- Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence
Cite this page: “The Emperor's Residence at the Kyoto Imperial Palace（京都御所常御殿 壬申検査関係写真）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-165644. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/the-emperors-residence-at-the-kyoto-imperial-palace/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- Category: Historical photographs
- Genre: Photography
- Material: Mounted albumen print
- 員数: 1枚
- 種別: 古写真
- 分類: 写真資料
- 品質形状: 鶏卵紙、台紙付写真
- 銘文等: 表:常御殿(墨)、貼紙「常御殿＜近世天皇常住ノ御殿ナリ(朱消)＞」(墨)、付箋「□」/裏:二枚之内(墨)
- 法量: 22.8×28.1（27.8×36.7）
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