List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Iwate)

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

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 July 2014, one National Treasure has been designated.^[2][3]

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
*Golden Light Sutra with Gold-Letter Pagodas, colour on indigo paper 紺紙著色金光明最勝王経金字宝塔曼荼羅図 konshi chakushoku konkōmyō saishō ōkyō kinji hōtō mandara zu	Heian period (late C12)	Hiraizumi	Chūson-ji Daichōju-in	10 scrolls			39°00′09″N 141°05′59″E / 39.002627°N 141.099622°E

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of early 2009, nine properties have been designated at a prefectural level.^[4][5]

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Temple Founder Mutei Ryōshō, colour on silk 絹本著色開山良韶画像 kenpon chakushoku kaizan Ryōshō gazō	c.1360	Ōshū	Shōbō-ji (正法寺)	with accompanying text or gasan by Ryōshō dating to Enbun 5		72.5 centimetres (28.5 in) by 36.5 centimetres (14.4 in)	39°04′05″N 141°13′29″E / 39.068180°N 141.224613°E
Aizen Myōō, colour on silk 絹本著色愛染明王画像 kenpon chakushoku Aizen Myōō gazō	Muromachi period	Rikuzentakata	Fumon-ji (普門寺)			184 centimetres (72 in) by 98 centimetres (39 in)	39°01′34″N 141°39′25″E / 39.026219°N 141.656985°E
Tachibana, lacquer painting (large ema) 漆絵立花図（大絵馬） urushi-e rikka zu (dai ema)	c.1716	Ninohe	Tendai-ji (天台寺)	dated by the inscription to Shōtoku 6		181.3 centimetres (71.4 in) by 126.7 centimetres (49.9 in)	40°11′54″N 141°11′12″E / 40.198298°N 141.186569°E
Sixteen Arhats, colour on silk 絹本著色十六羅漢像 kenpon chakushoku jūroku rakan zō	Nanboku-chō period	Ōshū	Shōbō-ji (正法寺)	16 scrolls		94.3 centimetres (37.1 in) to 95.5 centimetres (37.6 in) by 45.3 centimetres (17.8 in) to 46.6 centimetres (18.3 in)	39°04′05″N 141°13′29″E / 39.068180°N 141.224613°E
Nirvana painting 仏涅槃図 Butsu nehan zu	1420	Tōno	Jōraku-ji (常楽時)	restored in 1769		180.1 centimetres (70.9 in) by 100.3 centimetres (39.5 in)	39°16′20″N 141°25′23″E / 39.272107°N 141.423043°E
Thirteen Buddhas 十三仏 jūsan Butsu	Muromachi period	Tōno	Jōraku-ji (常楽時)			109 centimetres (43 in) by 36.4 centimetres (14.3 in)	39°16′20″N 141°25′23″E / 39.272107°N 141.423043°E
Shō Kannon 聖観音菩薩画像 Shō Kannon Bosatsu gazō	1512	Ōshū	Jishō-in (自性院)	ita-e; the wooden board formerly served as the back panel of a miniature shrine		114.5 centimetres (45.1 in) by 44.5 centimetres (17.5 in)	39°10′33″N 141°16′52″E / 39.175861°N 141.281208°E
Tatara-gami, colour on paper 紙本著色たたら神図 shihon chakushoku Tatara-gami zu	C17	Iwaizumi	private	the tatara furnace god		120 centimetres (47 in) by 74 centimetres (29 in)	39°50′35″N 141°47′37″E / 39.842970°N 141.793638°E
Kaji-gami, colour on paper 紙本著色鍛冶神図 shihon chakushoku Kaji-gami zu	C17	Morioka	Iwate Prefectural Museum (岩手県立博物館)	the blacksmith god; 3 scrolls		104 centimetres (41 in) by 57.4 centimetres (22.6 in)	39°45′20″N 141°09′14″E / 39.755430°N 141.153857°E

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings)
• Japanese painting
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Iwate)
• Iwate Museum of Art

References

1. "Cultural Properties for Future Generations". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
2. 国宝・重要文化財 [Number of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
3. "Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財（美術品）(絵画 岩手県)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
4. 県指定文化財一覧 [List of Prefectural Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Iwate Prefecture. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
5. 製鉄の歴史伝える [Telling the History of Steel] (in Japanese). Morioka Times. 14 February 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2014.

External links

• (Japanese) Cultural Properties in Iwate Prefecture