Shosoin is very familiar with most Japanese people because we learned about it in Japanese history class at our elementary schools. Shosoin is a huge storehouse in Nara to keep national treasures and we have Shosoin is a storehouse in Nara to keep national treasures, and we have seen some of them as pictures in Read More
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The 1400th Memorial for Prince Shōtoku HORYUJI — Prince Shōtoku and Treasures of Early Buddhist Faith in Japan
Prince Shotoku (574-622) has been well known as one of the most clever politicians and intellectuals in Japan, and still now lots of Japanese respect him. Prince Shotoku had a deep faith in Buddhism and contributed to Japanese culture and society, and he established a social system with a “Seventeen Article Constitution” for Japan. HORYUJI Read More