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Mōri Museum
opened in Hōfu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan, in 1966. It occupies part of the Former Mōri clan, Mōri Clan Main Residence, dating from the Meiji period, Meiji and Taishō period, Taishō periods, of which twelve component structures have been jointly Cultural Properties of Japan, designated an Important Cultural Properties of Japan, Important Cultural Property and the gardens a Monuments of Japan, Place of Scenic Beauty. The collection of some twenty thousand objects includes four National Treasures of Japan, National Treasures, nine Important Cultural Properties, and nine Cultural Properties of Japan, Prefectural Cultural Properties. National Treasures The four National Treasures are Heian period, Heian-period scrolls from Records of the Grand Historian and Kokin Wakashū, a Kamakura period, Kamakura-period sword, and Sesshū's ''Long Landscape Scroll''. Image:Shiki Mori.jpg, Records of the Grand Historian Image:Kokin Wakashu Mori.jpg, Kokin Wakashū Image:Landscapes of th ...
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Important Cultural Properties Of Japan
An The term is often shortened into just is an item officially classified as Tangible Cultural Property (Japan), Tangible Cultural Property by the Government of Japan, Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and judged to be of particular importance to the history, arts, and culture of the Japanese people. Classification of Cultural Properties To protect the cultural heritage of Japan, the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties was created as a under which important items are appropriated as Cultural Properties,In this article, capitals indicate an official designation as opposed to a simple, unofficial definition, e.g "Cultural Properties" as opposed to "cultural properties". thus imposing restrictions to their alteration, repair and export. Besides the "designation system", there exists a , which guarantees a lower level of protection and support to Cultural Properties of Japan, Registered Cultur ...
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Museums In Yamaguchi Prefecture
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private collections that are used by researchers and specialists. Museums host a much wider range of objects than a library, and they usually focus on a specific theme, such as the arts, science, natural history or local history. Public museums that host exhibitions and interactive demonstrations are often tourist attractions, and many draw large numbers of visitors from outside of their host country, with the most visited museums in the world attracting millions of visitors annually. Since the establishment of the earliest known museum in ancient times, museums have been associated with academia and the preservation of rare items. Museums originated as private collections of interesting items, and not until much later did the emphasis on educating the public take root. Etymology The ...
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