List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Miyagi)

This list is of paintings located within the Prefecture of Miyagi, Japan, that have been designated Cultural Properties.[1]

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 October 2013, two properties have been designated Important Cultural Properties, being of national significance.[2][3][4]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.
Partition paintings at Kanrantei
観瀾亭障壁画
Kanrantei shōhekiga
early C17 Matsushima Kanrantei 21 panels, colours on gold ground; paper pasted on bamboo shōji (12), hinoki fusuma (6), and the hinoki walls of the tokonoma (3); the paintings include trees, rocks, waters, and spring flowers - dandelions, daffodils, azaleas, violets, and crab apples; attributed on stylistic grounds to Kanō Sakyō (狩野左京), a painter of the Kanō School in the employ of the Sendai Domain[5] 38°22′10″N 141°03′41″E / 38.369437°N 141.061342°E / 38.369437; 141.061342 (Kanrantei)
Partition paintings in the Zuigan-ji Hondō
本堂障壁画
hondō shōhekiga
1620-28 Matsushima Zuigan-ji 161 panels, colours on gold ground; paintings of pines and peacocks in the Peacock Room (孔雀の間 kujaku-no-ma), of Lü Shang and King Wen in the Room of King Bun (文王の間 Bunnō-no-ma), of bamboo and plum trees, trees and flowers in the High Room and Highest Room (上段・上々段の間 jōdan-no-ma・jōjōdan-no-ma), of cherry trees in the Buddhist Room (仏間 Butsu-no-ma), of hawks and birds in the Hawk Room (鷹の間 taka-no-ma), of pines and cherry trees in the Pine Room (松の間 matsu-no-ma), and of chrysanthemums in the Chrysanthemum Room (菊の間 kiku-no-ma); the paintings are attributed to Hasegawa Tōhaku, Kanō Sakyō (狩野左京), and his pupil Kurota (九郎太); the designation includes twenty-two panels by Kibi Kōeki (吉備幸益) in the Hermit Ink Painting Room (仙人墨絵間 sennin sumie-no-ma) and twelve painted cedar doors; the paintings, dated by an ink inscription of 1730, have now been replaced with replicas and are stored in the temple museum[6] various sizes 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji)

Prefectural Cultural Properties

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

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.
Nirvana painting
仏涅槃図
Butsu nehan-zu
Muromachi period Kesennuma Hōsen-ji (峰仙寺) colours on silk; showing the parinirvana of Shaka, the historical Buddha, underneath the sal tree, surrounded by mourners man and beast, high and low; the painting was brought from Kyōto in 1539 and since the Keichō era (1596-1615) has been remounted four times[8] 189.7 centimetres (6.22 ft) by 150.3 centimetres (4.93 ft) 38°47′38″N 141°30′24″E / 38.793898°N 141.506792°E / 38.793898; 141.506792 (Hōsenji)
Mandala of the Two Realms, colours on silk
絹本着色両界曼茶羅図
kenpon chakushoku ryōkai mandara-zu
1385 Shibata Daikō-in (大光院) colours on silk; remounted in 1502 and 1734 Diamond Realm Mandala: 157.9 centimetres (5.18 ft) by 129.7 centimetres (4.26 ft); Womb Realm Mandala: 175.1 centimetres (5.74 ft) by 129.4 centimetres (4.25 ft) 38°04′05″N 140°45′55″E / 38.068011°N 140.765162°E / 38.068011; 140.765162 (Daikō-in)
Godaidō at Matsushima
松島五大堂図
Matsushima Godaidō zu
c.1881 Sendai The Miyagi Museum of Art (宮城県美術館) by Takahashi Yuichi (1828-1894); painted at the same time as his Before the Gate of the Miyagi Prefectural Office (1881); the first yōga or Western-style painting of this popular subject 108.6 centimetres (3.56 ft) by 57.7 centimetres (1.89 ft) 38°15′50″N 140°51′18″E / 38.263793°N 140.855005°E / 38.263793; 140.855005 (The Miyagi Museum of Art)
Matsushima
松島図
Matsushima zu
c.1881 Sendai The Miyagi Museum of Art (宮城県美術館) by Takahashi Yuichi (1828-1894); also painted at the same time as his Before the Gate of the Miyagi Prefectural Office (1881) 92.5 centimetres (3.03 ft) by 47.3 centimetres (1.55 ft) 38°15′50″N 140°51′18″E / 38.263793°N 140.855005°E / 38.263793; 140.855005 (The Miyagi Museum of Art)
Before the Gate of the Miyagi Prefectural Office
宮城県庁門前図
Miyagi kenchō mon mae zu
1881 Sendai The Miyagi Museum of Art (宮城県美術館) oil painting by Takahashi Yuichi (1828-1894); the building previously functioned as the Yōkendō (養賢堂) han school and was destroyed by fire in July 1945; the painting was commissioned by Miyagi Prefecture at the same time as two landscape paintings of Matsushima 122.0 centimetres (4.003 ft) by 61.1 centimetres (2.00 ft) 38°15′50″N 140°51′18″E / 38.263793°N 140.855005°E / 38.263793; 140.855005 (The Miyagi Museum of Art)
Seikai Mandala
清海曼茶羅
Seikai mandala zu
Muromachi period Sendai Jōkaku-ji (成覚寺) the Seikai Mandala, along with the Taima Mandala and the Chikō Mandala, is one of the three Pure Land Mandalas (浄土三曼荼羅 jōdo sanmandara); based on the Amitayurdhyana Sutra, it depicts a vision of the Pure Land granted to the monk Seikai (清海) in 996; the painting was brought from Hōrin-ji (法林寺) in Kyōto in 1630[9][10] 183 centimetres (6.00 ft) by 151 centimetres (4.95 ft) 38°15′18″N 140°53′21″E / 38.255066°N 140.889144°E / 38.255066; 140.889144 (Jōkakuji)
Shaka with Sixteen Benevolent Deities
釈迦十六善神像図
Shaka jūroku zenjin zō zu
Muromachi period Kesennuma Hōsen-ji (峰仙寺) colours on silk, with kirikane, gold paint, cinnabar, yellow ochre, ultramarine, verdigris, and black ink; the Sixteen Benevolent Deities, protectors of the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra, appear eight on each side of Shaka and the attendant bodhisattvas Fugen Bosatsu and Monju Bosatsu; the painting was brought from Kyōto in 1539[11] 126.1 centimetres (4.14 ft) by 61.4 centimetres (2.01 ft) 38°47′38″N 141°30′24″E / 38.793898°N 141.506792°E / 38.793898; 141.506792 (Hōsenji)
Nirvana painting
仏涅槃図
Butsu nehan zu
Muromachi period Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk; traditionally attributed by the temple to Kanō Motonobu[8] 227 centimetres (7.45 ft) by 183 centimetres (6.00 ft) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji)
Shaka preaching
釈迦説法図
Shaka seppō zu
Muromachi period Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk 159.8 centimetres (5.24 ft) by 113 centimetres (3.71 ft) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji)
Shōsai Hōshin
性西法身像
Shōsai Hōshin zō
late Kamakura or early Muromachi period Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk; refounder of the Heian-period temple of Enpukuzen-ji (円福禅寺) as Zuigan-ji 101 centimetres (3.31 ft) by 49.5 centimetres (1.62 ft) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji)
Rankei Dōryū
蘭渓道隆
Rankei Dōryū zō
late Kamakura or early Muromachi period Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk; second chief priest of Zuigan-ji 101 centimetres (3.31 ft) by 49.5 centimetres (1.62 ft) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji)
Minki Sōgu
明極聰愚像
Minki Sōgu zō
late Kamakura or early Muromachi period Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk; tenth chief priest of Zuigan-ji 93.5 centimetres (3.07 ft) by 45.3 centimetres (1.49 ft) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji)
Partition painting of phoenixes from the Honmaru great hall of Sendai Castle
仙台城本丸大広間障壁画鳳凰図
Sendai-jō honmaru dai-hiroma shōhekiga hōō zu
Momoyama period Matsushima Matsushima Town
(kept at the Kanrantei Matsushima Museum)
colours on paper with gold ground; by an artist of the Kanō school for Date Masamune 3.19 metres (10.5 ft) by 1.606 metres (5.27 ft) 38°22′52″N 141°04′08″E / 38.381162°N 141.068916°E / 38.381162; 141.068916 (Matsushima)
Partition painting of fans from the Honmaru great hall of Sendai Castle
仙台城本丸大広間障壁画鳳凰図
Sendai-jō honmaru dai-hiroma shōhekiga senmen zu
Momoyama period Sendai Sendai City Museum colours on paper; the fans depict subjects including a bridge and waterwheel, Musashino (武蔵野), Hamamatsu, wisteria with running water, and phoenixes with paulownias; few partition paintings survive from castles, so these are of particular significance 3.30 metres (10.8 ft) by 1.585 metres (5.20 ft) 38°15′21″N 140°51′24″E / 38.255891°N 140.856721°E / 38.255891; 140.856721 (Sendai City Museum)

See also

References

  1. "Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties" (PDF). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 5 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 5 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 宮城県)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. 1 2 宮城県の国・県指定文化財 [National and Prefectural Cultural Properties in Miyagi Prefecture] (in Japanese). Miyagi Prefecture. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  5. 観瀾亭障壁画 [Partition paintings at Kanrantei] (in Japanese). Miyagi Prefecture. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  6. 瑞巌寺本堂障壁画 [Partition paintings in the Zuiganji Hondō] (in Japanese). Miyagi Prefecture. Retrieved 5 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 29 September 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Nehan-zu". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  9. "Seikai mandara". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  10. "Jōdo sanmandara". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  11. "Juuroku zenshin". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved 5 October 2013.

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