Cultural Relics of Tang Dynasty in Masakura, Japan

Masakura Yard, a warehouse in Nara, Japan, was built in Nara, Japan in the second half of the 8th century. It belongs to the structure of "school warehouse building", that is, triangular timber is built in a column-free "#" shape, which is constantly superimposed. There are three main sources of cultural relics collected by Zhengcangyuan: first, exquisite China cultural relics introduced to Japan in the Tang Dynasty; Second, western cultural relics introduced into Japan through China; Third, Japanese imitation of China cultural relics made or created in Nara era. Zhengcangyuan has a collection of about 300 pieces, including paintings, swords, mirrors, weapons, musical instruments, buddhas, utensils, Four Treasures of the Study, clothes, tableware, toys, books, medicines, spices, lacquerware, pottery, dyed fabrics and glassware. Most of them were brought back to Japan by diplomatic envoys and overseas students in Tang Dynasty, and they were the representatives of the excellent culture in Nara era and Tang Dynasty in China. The most important cultural relics are Ruan Xian, mother-of-pearl rosewood five-stringed pipa, gold and silver flat back octagonal mirror, silver flat back octagonal mirror box, gold glazed cymbal back twelve prisms, painted gold foil painting plate, white poplar rattan screen, beauty screen under the tree, cup, lacquer Hu bottle and geisha face.