List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Yamagata)

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

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 December 2013, eight properties have been designated Important Cultural Properties (including one *National Treasure), being of national significance.^[2][3][4]

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
*Scenes in and around the capital, colours on paper, by Kanō Eitoku 紙本金地著色洛中洛外図〈狩野永徳筆／八曲屏風〉 shihon kinji chakushoku rakuchū rakugai zu (Kanō Eitoku hitsu, rokkyoku byōbu	1562-74	Yonezawa	Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum (米沢市上杉博物館)	pair of six-panel folding screens, given by Oda Nobunaga to Uesugi Kenshin in 1574; the right screen includes a depiction of the Gion Festival[5][6]		each screen 3.633 metres (11.92 ft) by 1.594 metres (5.23 ft)	37°54′27″N 140°06′24″E / 37.90759147°N 140.10665967°E
Amida Triad, colours on silk 絹本著色阿弥陀三尊像 kenpon chakushoku Amida sanzon zō	1309	Yonezawa	Uesugi Jinja (上杉神社)	Goryeo Buddhist paintings; three scrolls, with Amida Nyorai in the centre flanked by Kannon and Seishi[7]		each scroll 148 centimetres (4.86 ft) by 77 centimetres (2.53 ft)	37°54′33″N 140°06′15″E / 37.909237°N 140.104072°E
Wang Zhaojun, colours on silk, by Hishida Shunsō 絹本著色王昭君図〈菱田春草筆／〉 kenpon chakushoku Ō Shōkun zu (Hishida Shunsō hitsu)	1902	Tsuruoka	Zenpō-ji (善宝寺) (kept at the Chidō Museum)	harem scene with the celebrated Han beauty[8][9]		3.70 metres (12.1 ft) by 1.68 metres (5.5 ft)	38°46′22″N 139°46′01″E / 38.772722°N 139.767036°E
Bishamonten, colours on silk 絹本著色毘沙門天像 kenpon chakushoku Bishamonten zō	end of the Heian period	Yonezawa	Uesugi Jinja (上杉神社)	1 hanging scroll; the painting once hung in the Bishamon-dō of Kasugayama Castle[10]		109 centimetres (3.58 ft) by 44.6 centimetres (1.46 ft)	37°54′33″N 140°06′15″E / 37.909237°N 140.104072°E
Oku no Hosomichi, byōbu by Yosa Buson 紙本淡彩奥の細道図〈与謝蕪村筆／安永八年の年記がある〉 kenpon tansai Oku no Hosomichi zu (Yosa Buson hitsu)	1779	Yamagata	Yamagata Museum of Art (山形美術館)	six-panel folding screen with the entire text of Matsuo Bashō's haibun[11]		3.490 metres (11.45 ft) by 1.393 metres (4.57 ft)	38°15′21″N 140°19′57″E / 38.255832°N 140.332392°E
Ippen, colours on paper 紙本著色遊行上人絵〈伝狩野宗秀筆／〉 shihon chakushoku Yūgyō shōnin e (den-Kanō Sōshū hitsu)	1594	Yamagata	Kōmyō-ji (光明寺) (kept at the Nara National Museum)	ten handscrolls traditionally attributed to Kanō Sōshū (狩野宗秀)[12][13]		170 metres (560 ft) by 33.6 centimetres (1.10 ft)	34°41′01″N 135°50′12″E / 34.683573°N 135.836624°E
Mandala of the Two Realms, gold paint on violet paper 紫綾金泥両界曼荼羅図 shiryō kindei ryōkai mandara zu	Heian period	Yonezawa	Uesugi Jinja (上杉神社)	pair of hanging scrolls presented to the shrine by the Uesugi clan during the Meiji period; formerly kept at the family temple on Mount Kōya[14]		Diamond Realm Mandala: 108 centimetres (3.54 ft) by 88 centimetres (2.89 ft); Womb Realm Mandala: 107 centimetres (3.51 ft) by 87.8 centimetres (2.88 ft)	37°54′33″N 140°06′15″E / 37.909237°N 140.104072°E
Sacred horse, ita-e, by Kōnome Sadoshige 板絵著色神馬図〈郷目貞繁筆／〉 ita-e chakushoku shinme zu (Kōnome Sadoshige hitsu)	1563	Tendō	Wakamatsu-dera (若松寺)	ema formed of five wooden boards[15]		182.5 centimetres (5.99 ft) by 163 centimetres (5.35 ft)	38°21′46″N 140°25′08″E / 38.362859°N 140.418878°E

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 29 November 2013, seventy-seven properties have been designated at a prefectural level.^[4][16]

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Farewell to Sonehara Rokei, ink on paper, by Fukuhara Gogaku 紙本墨画曽根原魯卿叙別図 福原五岳筆 shihon bokuga Sonehara Rokei jobetsu zu Fukuhara Gogaku hitsu	C18	Sakata	Homma Museum of Art (本間美術館)			75.8 centimetres (2.49 ft) by 27.2 centimetres (0.89 ft)	38°55′24″N 139°50′32″E / 38.923293°N 139.842117°E
Twin moons, ink on paper, by Shōkadō Shōjō 紙本墨画対月図 松花堂昭乗筆 江月賛 shihon bokuga taigetsu no zu Shōkadō Shōjō hitsu Kōgestu san	early C17	Yamagata	private	seated monk with comments or san (賛) by Kōgetsu Sōgan (江月宗玩); inscription reads 黒月則隠白月則現江月叟書之		111.0 centimetres (3.642 ft) by 26.0 centimetres (0.853 ft)	38°15′21″N 140°20′13″E / 38.255891°N 140.337049°E
Landscape with people, flowers, and fruit, light colours on paper, six-fold screen, by Ike no Taiga 紙本墨画淡彩山水人物花果図 池大雅筆 六曲屏風 shihon bokuga tansai sansui jinbutsu kaka zu Ike no Taiga hitsu rokkyoku byōbu	1771	Sagae	private			351 centimetres (11.52 ft) by 147 centimetres (4.82 ft)	38°22′47″N 140°16′52″E / 38.379589°N 140.280991°E
Daruma, ink on paper 紙本墨画達磨図 無款 shihon bokuga Daruma zu mukan	Muromachi period	Kahoku	private			66.0 centimetres (2.165 ft) by 29.0 centimetres (0.951 ft)	38°25′29″N 140°18′55″E / 38.424647°N 140.315194°E
Swallow in flight, ink on paper, by Kō Saidō 紙本墨画飛燕図 康西堂筆 shihon bokuga hien zu Kō Saidō hitsu	C15	Sakata	private			42.6 centimetres (1.40 ft) by 31.2 centimetres (1.02 ft)	38°55′05″N 139°50′41″E / 38.918159°N 139.844724°E
Fuke Zenji, ink on paper, by Seta Kamon 紙本墨画普化禅師像 瀬田掃部筆 雲居禅師賛 shihon bokuga Fuke Zenji zō Seta Kamon hitsu Unkyo Zenji san	C16/17	Sakata	private	with comments or san (賛) by Unkyo Kiyo (雲居希膺) (1582-1659)		75.7 centimetres (2.48 ft) by 21.3 centimetres (0.70 ft)	38°55′05″N 139°50′41″E / 38.918159°N 139.844724°E
Grapes and squirrel, ink on paper, by Miyamoto Musashi 紙本墨画葡萄栗鼠図 宮本武蔵筆 shihon bokuga budō risu zu Miyamoto Musashiō hitsu	C17	Tendō	Dewazakura Museum of Art (出羽桜美術館)			126.5 centimetres (4.15 ft) by 46.5 centimetres (1.53 ft)	38°20′59″N 140°22′15″E / 38.349599°N 140.370727°E
align="center"[Landscape in the beiten style, ink on paper, by Okada Hankō 紙本墨画米点山水図 岡田半江筆 shihon bokuga beiten sansui zu Okada Hankō hitsu	1830	Yamagata	Yamagata Museum of Art (山形美術館)			134.8 centimetres (4.42 ft) by 38.2 centimetres (1.25 ft)	38°15′21″N 140°19′57″E / 38.255832°N 140.332392°E
Landscape in the beihō style, ink on paper, by Okada Hankō 紙本墨画米法山水図 岡田半江筆 shihon bokuga beihō sansui zu Okada Hankō hitsu	early C19	Sakata	Homma Museum of Art (本間美術館)			227.0 centimetres (7.448 ft) by 46.8 centimetres (1.54 ft)	38°55′24″N 139°50′32″E / 38.923293°N 139.842117°E
Hōnen, ink on paper, by Reizei Tamachika 紙本墨画法然上人像 冷泉為恭筆 shihon bokuga Hōnen shōnin-zō Reizei Tamachika hitsu	mid-C19	Ōishida	private			92.3 centimetres (3.03 ft) by 29.5 centimetres (0.97 ft)	38°35′38″N 140°22′22″E / 38.593797°N 140.372658°E
Pasturing cattle, ink on paper 紙本墨画牧牛図 無款 shihon bokuga bokugyū-zu mukan	C14	Sakata	private	thought to be of Yuan origin		50.0 centimetres (1.640 ft) by 29.5 centimetres (0.97 ft)	38°54′23″N 139°50′07″E / 38.906288°N 139.835261°E
Bamboo, ink on paper, by Yanagisawa Kien 紙本墨画墨竹図 柳里恭筆 shihon bokuga bokuchiku-zu Ryūrikō hitsu	C18	Sakata	private			111.5 centimetres (3.66 ft) by 27.0 centimetres (0.886 ft)	38°54′22″N 139°50′30″E / 38.906129°N 139.841709°E
Daruma, ink on paper, by Kaihō Yūshō 紙本墨画面壁達磨図 海北友松筆 shihon bokuga menpeki Daruma-zu Kaihō Yūshō hitsu	C16/17	Sakata	private (kept at the Homma Museum of Art (本間美術館))			104.0 centimetres (3.412 ft) by 39.0 centimetres (1.280 ft)	38°55′24″N 139°50′32″E / 38.923293°N 139.842117°E
Goose among reeds, ink on paper by Kōnome Sadashige 紙本墨画芦雁図 郷目貞繁筆 shihon bokuga rogan-zu Kōnome Sadashige hitsu	mid-C16	Kahoku	private			58.2 centimetres (1.91 ft) by 44.5 centimetres (1.46 ft)	38°23′41″N 140°18′35″E / 38.394852°N 140.309637°E
Views of Yamagata City, oil painting by Takahashi Yuichi 油彩山形市街図 高橋由一筆 yusai Yamagata-shi gai-zu (Takahashi Yuichi hitsu)	1885	Yamagata	Yamagata Prefecture (kept at the Yamagata Museum of Art (山形美術館))	in 1881 and 1884 Takahashi Yuichi was commissioned by Mishima Michitsune to paint scenes of public works in Yamagata Prefecture; in the centre is the Yamagata Prefecture Office of 1877, on the right a school and the police headquarters, and on the left a museum[17]		151.1 centimetres (4.96 ft) by 104.4 centimetres (3.43 ft)	38°15′21″N 140°19′57″E / 38.255832°N 140.332392°E

Municipal Cultural Properties

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Jizō with the Ten Kings of Hell 地蔵十王図 Jizō jūō zu	C14	Sagae	Kezō-in (華蔵院)	Goryeo Buddhist painting		115.2 centimetres (3.78 ft) by 59.1 centimetres (1.94 ft)	38°24′37″N 140°15′07″E / 38.410289°N 140.252023°E

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings)
• Japanese painting
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Yamagata)

References

1. "Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties" (PDF). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 December 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 December. Retrieved 28 December 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 山形県)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
4. 国・県指定等文化財件数一覧 [Number of National and Prefectural Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Yamagata Prefecture. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
5. "【国宝】紙本金地著色洛中洛外図 狩野永徳筆 六曲屏風" [Views in and around Kyoto, colours on paper, by Kanō Eitoku (NT)]. Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
6. "rakuchuu rakugai-zu". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. 8 October 2013.
7. "絹本著色阿弥陀三尊像" [Amida Triad, colours on silk]. Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
8. "絹本著色王昭君図 菱田春草筆" [Wang Zhaojun, colours on silk, by Hishida Shunsō]. Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
9. 王昭君図 [Wang Zhaojun] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
10. "絹本著色毘沙門天像" [Bishamonten, colours on silk]. Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
11. "紙本淡彩奥の細道図 与謝蕪村筆" [Oku no Hosomichi, byōbu by Yosa Buson]. Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
12. "紙本著色遊行上人絵" [Ippen, colours on paper]. Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
13. 没後４００年記念　国重文・絵巻全１０巻公開−−山形・歴史館　／山形 [10 ICP scrolls on display]. Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). 17 September 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
14. "紫綾金泥両界曼荼羅図" [Mandala of the Two Realms]. Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
15. "板絵著色神馬図 郷目貞繁筆" [Sacred horse, ita-e, by Konome Sadoshige]. Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
16. 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 28 December 2013.
17. "出品目録" [Catalogue]. Mie Prefecture. Retrieved 8 October 2013.

External links

• (Japanese) Cultural Properties in Yamagata Prefecture