A stone lantern in the precincts of Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara City, which is designated as a national historic site, was found to have something like paint on it, and the police are investigating it on suspicion of violating the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
On the morning of the 31st, a shrine staff member found something like paint on four stone lanterns in the precincts of Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara City, which is designated as a national historic site, and reported it to the police.
According to the police investigation, there was something like red paint in a circular shape with a diameter of 5 cm to 7 cm near the base of the stone lantern.
The police are investigating on suspicion of violating the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, and will collect something like paint and analyze the ingredients, as well as investigate whether a suspicious person has been captured by the security camera in the precincts.
In Nara Prefecture, in April this year, at Todaiji Temple in Nara City, a trace of liquid was found on the outer wall of the Great Buddha Hall, a national treasure, and the police are continuing to investigate on suspicion of violating the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties.
According to Kasuga Taisha, the damaged stone lanterns were made between the Muromachi and Edo periods.
Nakano Kazumasa Gonnegi said, ``The stone lanterns that were damaged this time are not nationally designated cultural properties, but they are the pride of Nara, which is full of stonemasonry techniques from each era. I was talking.