List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Kagoshima)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of paintings (絵画 kaiga) for the Prefecture of Kagoshima.[1]

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 October 2013, one Important Cultural Property has been designated, being of national significance.[2][3][4]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.
Eight Aspects Nirvana Painting, colour on silk
絹本著色八相涅槃図
kenpon chakushoku hassō nehan zu
Kamakura period Minamisatsuma Ryūgan-ji (龍巌寺)
(kept at the Bonotsu Town Museum of History and Folklore (坊津町歴史民俗資料館))
the other seven major events in Shaka's life are depicted around the central scene[5][6] 2.9 metres (9.5 ft) by 2.64 metres (8.7 ft) 31°16′09″N 130°13′49″E / 31.269177°N 130.230276°E

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2013, six properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4][7]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.
Sixteen Arhats
十六羅漢 十六幅
jūroku Rakan jūroku haba
1854 Shibushi Daiji-ji (大慈寺)) on paper; sixteen scrolls; by Tokuan (徳庵) 135 centimetres (4.43 ft) by 44.4 centimetres (1.46 ft) 31°28′36″N 131°05′55″E / 31.476787°N 131.098566°E
Cedar doors
杉戸
sugi-to
Momoyama period Minamisatsuma private
(kept at the Bonotsu Town Museum of History and Folklore (坊津町歴史民俗資料館))
painted on both sides with subjects including Xi Wangmu, the baku, a hawk on a rock, the morning sun, and bamboo in the snow; the right side of the face of Xi Wangmu was damaged by a machine gun bullet on 29 July 1945 178 centimetres (5.84 ft) by 96.5 centimetres (3.17 ft) 31°16′09″N 130°13′49″E / 31.269177°N 130.230276°E
Eight Aspects of Shaka
釈迦八相之図
Shaka hassō no zu
Edo period Kagoshima Kagoshima Prefecture
(kept at the Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Material (鹿児島県歴史資料センター黎明館))
thirteen scrolls on silk, with gold paint; thought to be from early Ming China; restored three times since 1708; dedicated by Shimazu Yoshihisa; recorded as "Paintings of Eight Aspects of Shaka in thirteen scrolls, by a celebrated Chinese master" (「釈迦八相画十三幅, 唐人名筆」) in Sankoku meisho zue (三国名勝図会)[8] 132.0 centimetres (4.331 ft) by 65.5 centimetres (2.15 ft) 31°35′55″N 130°33′17″E / 31.598559°N 130.554646°E
Mount Fuji and Clouds
富嶽雲烟之図 一幅
Fugaku unen no zu ippuku
1753 Kagoshima Kagoshima City Museum of Art (鹿児島市立美術館) ink on paper; by Kimura Tangen (木村探元) (1679-1767)[9] 237 centimetres (7.78 ft) by 128 centimetres (4.20 ft) 31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E / 31.595818°N 130.553402°E
Warrior (by tradition, Shimazu Tadahisa)
武将像(伝島津忠久画像)一幅
bushō zō (den-Shimazu Tadahisa gazō) ippuku
end of the Kamakura period/Nanboku-chō period Kagoshima Shoko Shuseikan (尚古集成館) colour on silk; from Kōzan-ji[10] 87.4 centimetres (2.87 ft) by 26.8 centimetres (0.88 ft) 31°37′02″N 130°34′34″E / 31.617263°N 130.576243°E
Unzan, colour on silk
絹本著色雲山和尚像 一幅
kenpon chakushoku Unzan oshō zō ippuku
1490s Izumi Kannō-ji (感応寺) portrait of Unzan (1274-1344), a priest from Tōfuku-ji who, at the invitation of Shimazu Sadahisa (島津貞久), oversaw the revival of the Shimazu clan family temple of Kannō-ji, where he served as chief priest from 1323-1344, garnering praise also from Ashikaga Takauji, as celebrated in the waka above his portrait, the oldest of a Zen priest in the prefecture[11] 95.5 centimetres (3.13 ft) by 45 centimetres (1.48 ft) 32°04′02″N 130°16′00″E / 32.067347°N 130.266786°E

Municipal Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2013, thirty-one properties have been designated at a municipal level.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  2. 国宝・重要文化財 [Number of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 October. Retrieved 21 October 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. "Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財(美術品)(絵画 鹿児島県)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 鹿児島県内の国及び県指定文化財数一覧表 [List of National and Cultural Cultural Properties in Kagoshima Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kagoshima Prefecture. 17 May 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  5. 絹本著色八相涅槃図 [Eight Aspects Nirvana Painting, colour on silk] (in Japanese). Kagoshima Prefecture. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  6. "nehanzu". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  7. 都道府県別指定等文化財件数(都道府県分) [Number of Prefectural Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  8. 釈迦八相之図 [Eight Aspects of Shaka] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  9. 富嶽雲烟之図 [Mount Fuji and Clouds] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  10. 武将像(伝島津忠久画像一幅) [Warrior, by tradition Shimazu Tadahisa] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  11. 指定文化財 [Prefectural Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Izumi City. Retrieved 21 October 2013.

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