As of March 1, 2016
Designation
1. National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties
| Category | National Treasures | Important Cultural Properties | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fine arts and crafts | Paintings | 159 | 2,002 |
| Sculptures | 130 | 2,692 | |
| Applied Crafts | 252 | 2,447 | |
| Calligraphies, Books | 224 | 1,903 | |
| Ancient Documents | 60 | 759 | |
| Archaeological Artifacts | 46 | 618 | |
| Historic Resources | 3 | 191 | |
| Total | 874 | 10,612 | |
| Structures | (282) 223 |
(4,775) 2,445 |
|
| Total | 1,097 | 13,057 | |
Note: The number of Important Cultural Properties includes the number of National Treasures.
2. Historic Sites, Places of Scenic Beauty, and Natural Monuments
| Special Historic Sites | 61 |
|---|---|
| Special Places of Scenic Beauty | 36 |
| Special Natural Monuments | 75 |
| Total | 172(162) |
| Historic Sites | 1,759 |
|---|---|
| Places of Scenic Beauty | 398 |
| Natural Monuments | 1,021 |
| Total | 3,178(3,066) |
Note: The number of Historic Sites, Places of Scenic Beauty, and Natural Monuments includes the number of Special Historic Sites, Special Places of Scenic Beauty, and Special Natural Monuments.
Some Historic Sites, Places of Scenic Beauty, and Natural Monuments are designated in multiple categories and the number of unique designations is indicated in parenthesis.
3. Important Intangible Cultural Properties
| Individual recognition | Group recognition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of designations | Number of holders | Number of designations | Number of groups | |
| Performing arts | 37 | 54(54) | 13 | 13 |
| Craft Techniques | 40 | 58(57) | 14 | 14 |
| Total | 77 | 112(111) | 27 | 27 |
4. Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties 216
5. Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties 290
Selection
1. Important Cultural Landscape 50
2. Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings 110
3. Selected Conservation Techniques
| Number of selections | Holders | Preservation Groups | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Number | Number of holders | Number | Number of groups |
| 48 | 56 | 31 | 33(31) | |
Registration
1. Registered Tangible Cultural Properties (Structures) 10,516
2. Registered Tangible Cultural Properties (Fine arts and Crafts) 14
3. Registered Tangible Folk Cultural Properties 36
4. Registered Monuments 98
