List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Okinawa)

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

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 January 2015, zero properties have been designated as being of national significance.[2][3][4]

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2014, ten properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4][5]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.
Hakutaku, by Ji Ryō
自了筆白沢之図
Ji Ryō-hitsu Hakutaku-no-zu 		1630s/40s Naha institutional
(kept at the Shuri Castle Park Management Centre (首里城公園管理センター)) 		1 scroll; Ji Ryō is the art name of Gusukuma Seihō (1614-1644), son of a Shuri pechin[6] 26°13′06″N 127°42′55″E / 26.218345°N 127.715356°E
Flowers and birds, colours on silk, by Sonoku
絹本着色花鳥図孫億筆
kinuhon chakushoku kachō-zu Sonoku-hitsu 		early Qing dynasty Kumejima private
(kept at the Kumejima Museum (久米島博物館)) 		1 scroll; Chinese painter Sonoku, active in Fuzhou in the second half of the seventeenth century, exerted considerable influence on Ryūkyūan painting after local painters Ishimine Denbaku (石嶺伝莫) and Uehara Shinshira (上原真知ら) crossed to China and received instruction from him in 1683; Sonoku's painting of flowers and birds was presented in thanks to the Kikumura family after the shipwreck of the Imperial Chinese mission off Kumejima in 1756[7] 26°20′30″N 126°45′49″E / 26.341653°N 126.763698°E
Flowers and birds, colours on silk, by In Genryō
絹本着色花鳥図殷元良筆
kinuhon chakushoku kachō-zu In Genryō-hitsu 		C18 Naha Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) 		1 scroll; In Genryō (1718-1767) was born in Shuri and summoned to the Ryūkyū court on account of his talent in painting aged 12; from 1752 he spent two years in China; after the death of Yamaguchi Sōki (山口宗季), In Genryō was the leading court painter; most of his works are now lost; the shape of the branches of the plum and the distribution of its flowers, combining vigour with delicacy, are characteristic of the Southern School and thence of Nanga[8][9] 98.7 centimetres (38.9 in) by 43.7 centimetres (17.2 in) 26°13′38″N 127°41′38″E / 26.227238°N 127.693770°E
Pheasant in the snow, colours on paper, by In Genryō
紙本着色雪中雉子の図殷元良筆
shihon chakushoku setchū kiji no zu In Genryō-hitsu 		C18 Naha Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) 		1 scroll; there is no snowfall in Okinawa, but in the shoin of Shuri Castle In Genryō studied Chinese exemplars of the subject of flowers and birds in the snow[9][10] 143.7 centimetres (56.6 in) by 67.2 centimetres (26.5 in) 26°13′38″N 127°41′38″E / 26.227238°N 127.693770°E
Bamboo, ink on paper, by In Genryō
紙本墨画竹の図殷元良筆
shihon bokuga take no zu In Genryō-hitsu 		1763 Naha Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) 		1 scroll; ink wash paintings on the subject of bamboo provided suitable decoration for the tokonoma of the warrior family residences of Shuri[9][11] 101.7 centimetres (40.0 in) by 45.5 centimetres (17.9 in) 26°13′38″N 127°41′38″E / 26.227238°N 127.693770°E
Mission to the Ryūkyūs, colours on paper
紙本着色奉使琉球図
shihon chakushoku hōshi Ryūkyū-zu 		Edo period Naha Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) 		1 handscroll; emakimono with twenty views of one of the Imperial Chinese missions on its journey from the port of Fuzhou to that of Naha and back again[12][13] 26°13′38″N 127°41′38″E / 26.227238°N 127.693770°E
Procession on a Mission to the Ryūkyūs, colours on paper
紙本着色冊封使行列図
shihon chakushoku sakuhōshi gyōretsu zu 		Edo period Naha Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) 		1 emakimono; some 600 figures are depicted, 380 Ryukyuans and 220 envoys[14] 22.5 metres (74 ft) 26°13′38″N 127°41′38″E / 26.227238°N 127.693770°E
Divine cat, by Yamaguchi Sōki
神猫図山口宗季筆
shinbyō zu Yamaguchi Sōki-hitsu 		c. 1725 Naha Naha City
(kept at the Naha City Museum of History (那覇市歴史博物館)) 		1 scroll; the reputation of Yamaguchi Sōki (1672-1743) was such that he received commissions for paintings of flowers and birds from the Shimazu clan in Satsuma and Konoe family in Kyoto[15] 26°12′49″N 127°40′45″E / 26.213657°N 127.679286°E
Tōnin Taku, colours on paper
紙本着色東任鐸 (知念里之子親雲上政行) 画像附一、教訓十箇条ー、掛物入箱
shihon chakushoku Tōnin Taku (Chinen sato-nushi-peeichin Seigyō) gazō tsuketari ichi, kyōkun jūkajō ichi, kakemono iribako 		c. 1839 Ishigaki private
(kept at the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum (石垣市八重山博物館)) 		1 scroll, accompanied by a scroll with ten precepts and a storage case; portrait of Tōnin Taku (1778-1861), village pechin, aged 61[16] 24°20′17″N 124°09′34″E / 24.338016°N 124.159552°E
Miyahira Chōen, colours on paper
紙本着色宮平長延画像
shihon chakushoku Miyahira Chōen gazō 		c. 1845 Ishigaki private
(kept at the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum (石垣市八重山博物館)) 		1 scroll; portrait of Miyahira Chōen (1674-1749) aged 71[16] 24°20′17″N 124°09′34″E / 24.338016°N 124.159552°E

Municipal Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2014, one property has been designated at a municipal level.[4][17]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.
Genuine Views of the Ryūkyū Islands, emaki
「琉球嶌真景」絵巻
Ryūkyū-tō shinkei emaki 		late C18/early C19 Nago Nago Museum (名護博物館) by Okamoto Toyohiko (岡本豊彦) of the Shijō School (四条派)[18] 14 metres (46 ft) by 42 centimetres (17 in) 26°35′10″N 127°59′13″E / 26.586244°N 127.986935°E

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cultural Properties for Future Generations". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  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 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財（美術品）(絵画 沖縄県)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 国・県・市町村指定文化財 [National, Prefectural, and Municipal Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  5. ↑ 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 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  6. ↑ 自了筆白沢之図 [Hakutaku by Ji Ryō] (in Japanese). Naha Municipal Educational Research Institute. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  7. ↑ 絹本着色花鳥図 (孫億筆) [Flowers and birds, colours on silk, by Sonoku] (in Japanese). Kumejima Town. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  8. ↑ 絹本着色花鳥図 (殷元良筆) [Flowers and birds, colours on silk, by In Genryō] (in Japanese). Naha Municipal Educational Research Institute. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Tsuhako Satoshi (2004). 殷元良の絵画資料 [In-genryou Work of Art in Okinawa Prefectural Museum]. Bulletin of Okinawa Prefectural Museum (in Japanese) (Okinawa Prefectural Museum) (30): 37–42.
  10. ↑ 紙本着色雪中雉子の図 (殷元良筆) [Pheasant in the snow, colours on paper, by In Genryō] (in Japanese). Naha Municipal Educational Research Institute. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  11. ↑ 紙本墨画竹の図 (殷元良筆) [Pheasant in the snow, colours on paper, by In Genryō] (in Japanese). Naha Municipal Educational Research Institute. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  12. ↑ 紙本着色奉使琉球図 [Mission to the Ryūkyūs, colours on paper] (in Japanese). Naha Municipal Educational Research Institute. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  13. ↑ 奉使琉球図 [Mission to the Ryukyus] (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  14. ↑ 冊封と王権 [Procession on a Mission to the Ryūkyūs] (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  15. ↑ 「神猫図」など指定　有形文化財に３点　県教委 [Divine Cat etc: Three New Prefectural Cultural Properties]. Ryūkyū Shimpō (in Japanese). 20 July 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Hayase Chiake (2012). "An Essay on the Background with Portrait of Ryukyu Kingdom". Bulletin of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum (in Japanese) (Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) (5): 65–74.
  17. ↑ 都道府県別指定等文化財件数（市町村分） [Number of Municipal Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  18. ↑ 琉球嶌真景 [Genuine Views of the Ryūkyū Islands] (in Japanese). University of the Ryukyus. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

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