It is Shosoin that treasures, such as elegance used at the time of the Todaiji
Great Buddha enlightment and Emperor Shomu's article left by the departed, were
stored. there is also an article of West Asia carried through the Silk Road,
and Japan of those days and the situation in the world are known -- it is just a
"treasury."
Azekura-tukuri
A wonderful treasure
Shosoin exhibition
Kitakura" and "Minamikura" accumulate 20 triangular lumber
by turns, and are made. The technique of たこ is said to the present-day
likeness of a log house as Azekuratukuri. Permit of the Emperor was required for the key of a warehouse.
If it sees now, the elegance which is not known [ for what it was used
and ] well is in a treasure. And many articles in which it is full of an
exotic mood like [ the terminal point of the Silk Road ] Shosoin are seen.
Though regrettable, the Shosoin treasure is disclosure at the time of usual.
However, the "Shosoin exhibition" is held in the Nara National Museum in
neighboring Nara Park in autumn every year, and a treasure can be seen close at
hand.
