List of Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties

This is a list of Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan. As of January 24, 2024, there were 227 designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties.

Selection Criteria
Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties are designated based on the following designation criteria:

Categories
 * 1) Necessities of life: clothes, accessories, eating and drinking tools, household furnishings and other residential items
 * 2) Manufacture, livelihood: farming implements, fishing and hunting gear, artisan tools, spinning and weaving equipment, other items related to work
 * 3) Traffic, transportation, communication: means of transport, boats, express messenger implements and other items related to barriers
 * 4) Trade, commerce: calculation and measurement tools, signs, licenses, and other shop related items
 * 5) Social life: gift exchange, implements for guards and judgements, boarding houses
 * 6) Religious faith: ritual implements, implements for Buddhist mass, votive offerings, idols, magic implements, and other items associated with shrines
 * 7) Knowledge of folk customs: calendars, implements for fortune telling, medical tools, and other items related to institutional education
 * 8) Folk entertainment, amusement, games: costumes, implements, musical instruments, masks, dolls, toys, and other items related to the stage
 * 9) Related to the life of people: upbringing, important celebrations in family relationships, maternity rooms
 * 10) Annual functions or events: implements for the Japanese New Year, seasonal festivals or the Bon Festival

Criteria Materials from any of the above categories are then judged based on whether they exemplify:
 * 1) historical change
 * 2) a characteristic typical for the period
 * 3) a regional characteristic
 * 4) a characteristic of the level of life
 * 5) a functional aspect