This table shows the number of National Treasures of Japan in each prefecture grouped by type of the property. Gold colored cells mark prefectures with the largest number of National Treasures for the given category (column). [1]
Prefecture | National Treasures | ||||||||||||||||
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Fine arts and crafts | Buildings and structures | Total | |||||||||||||||
Ancient documents | Archaeol. materials | Crafts | Historical materials | Paintings | Sculptures | Writings | Sum | Castles | Resid. | Shrines | Temples | Industry | Schools | Misc. struct. | Sum | ||
Aichi | - | - | 9 | - | 2 | - | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 18 |
Akita | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
Aomori | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 3 |
Chiba | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 9 |
Ehime | - | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 12 |
Fukui | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
Fukuoka | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 17 |
Fukushima | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
Gifu | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | 6 |
Gunma | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 |
Hiroshima | - | - | 14 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 17 | - | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - | 7 | 24 |
Hokkaido | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 |
Hyōgo | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 11 | 20 |
Ibaraki | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 |
Ishikawa | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 |
Iwate | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 8 |
Kagawa | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
Kagoshima | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Kanagawa | - | - | 6 | - | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 19 |
Kōchi | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
Kumamoto | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Kyoto | 29 | 4 | 18 | - | 54 | 42 | 70 | 217 | - | 11 | 9 | 31 | - | - | 1 | 52 | 269 |
Mie | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 |
Miyagi | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 7 |
Miyazaki | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Nagano | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 6 | 9 |
Nagasaki | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Nara | 4 | 8 | 40 | - | 19 | 77 | 17 | 165 | - | - | 4 | 60 | - | - | - | 64 | 229 |
Niigata | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
Ōita | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 |
Okayama | - | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Okinawa | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Osaka | 2 | 3 | 21 | - | 7 | 5 | 14 | 52 | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 5 | 57 |
Saga | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
Saitama | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 |
Shiga | 9 | 1 | 5 | - | 4 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | - | - | - | 22 | 57 |
Shimane | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 |
Shizuoka | 1 | - | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 13 |
Tochigi | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 17 |
Tokushima | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Tokyo | 10 | 12 | 73 | - | 51 | 2 | 70 | 218 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 220 |
Tottori | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
Toyama | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
Wakayama | 1 | - | 3 | - | 9 | 5 | 9 | 27 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 7 | 34 |
Yamagata | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
Yamaguchi | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 9 |
Yamanashi | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 |
Sum | 63 | 50 | 254 | 3 | 166 | 141 | 235 | 912 | 9 | 15 | 42 | 158 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 231 | 1143 |
A National Treasure is the most precious of Japan's Tangible Cultural Properties, as determined and designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs. A Tangible Cultural Property is considered to be of historic or artistic value, classified either as "buildings and structures" or as "fine arts and crafts". Each National Treasure must show outstanding workmanship, a high value for world cultural history, or exceptional value for scholarship.