page_title: Living National Treasure (Japan)
section_title: Categories
hierarchical_section_title: Living National Treasure (Japan) / Categories
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 接遇の際は、この飾り台の上の花籃にいけばなをしつらえます。人間国宝の故 五世 早川尚古齋の作品です。 English: When entertaining guests, a floral arrangement, ikebana, is displayed in this hanakago (flower vase) atop a decorative stand. The vase is the work of the late Hayakawa Shōkosai V, a Living National Treasure.
context_page_description: Living National Treasure is a Japanese popular term for those individuals certified as Preservers of Important Intangible Cultural Properties by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as based on Japan's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. The term "Living National Treasure" is not formally mentioned in the law, but is an informal term referencing the cultural properties designated as the National Treasures.
context_section_description: To date Living National Treasures have been certified for 16 categories of Intangible Cultural Properties:
  Performing Arts: Gagaku, Noh, Bunraku, Kabuki, Kumi Odori, Music, Dance, and Drama
  Japanese crafts: Ceramics, Textiles, Lacquerware, Metalworking, Dollmaking, Woodworking, Papermaking, Bamboo weaving, and Miscellaneous Crafts
caption: Woven bamboo flower basket (hanakago) for ikebana by Living National Treasure Hayakawa Shōkosai V, at the Kyoto State Guest House
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