Although many cultural properties inherited by former court nobles and daimyo (domain lords) families were lost at the end of the Second World War, the Konoe family's collections are very important because they have been protected at one place by the foundation that was established early.
第二次大戦後、旧公家・大名家伝来の文化財の多くが散佚した中にあって、近衛家の所蔵品は、早くから財団化されていたため、まとまって伝来している点も貴重である。