List of Cultural Properties of Japan – paintings (Miyagi)

This list is of paintings designated in the category of paintings (絵画, kaiga) for the Prefecture of Miyagi.[1]

National Cultural Properties

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As of 1 July 2019, 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) [1]
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) [2]

Prefectural Cultural Properties

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As of 1 May 2019, fourteen properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4][7]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.
Buddha's Parinirvāṇa
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 ft 2.7 in) by 150.3 centimetres (4 ft 11.2 in) 38°47′38″N 141°30′24″E / 38.793898°N 141.506792°E / 38.793898; 141.506792 (Hōsenji) [3]
Mandala of the Two Realms, colour 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 ft 2.2 in) by 129.7 centimetres (4 ft 3.1 in); Womb Realm Mandala: 175.1 centimetres (5 ft 8.9 in) by 129.4 centimetres (4 ft 2.9 in) 38°04′05″N 140°45′55″E / 38.068011°N 140.765162°E / 38.068011; 140.765162 (Daikō-in) [4]
Godaidō at Matsushima
松島五大堂図
Matsushima Godaidō zu
c.1881 Sendai The Miyagi Museum of Art 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 ft 6.8 in) by 57.7 centimetres (1 ft 10.7 in) 38°15′50″N 140°51′18″E / 38.263793°N 140.855005°E / 38.263793; 140.855005 (The Miyagi Museum of Art) [5]
Matsushima
松島図
Matsushima zu
c.1881 Sendai The Miyagi Museum of Art 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 ft 0.4 in) by 47.3 centimetres (1 ft 6.6 in) 38°15′50″N 140°51′18″E / 38.263793°N 140.855005°E / 38.263793; 140.855005 (The Miyagi Museum of Art) [6]
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 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 ft 0 in) by 61.1 centimetres (2 ft 0.1 in) 38°15′50″N 140°51′18″E / 38.263793°N 140.855005°E / 38.263793; 140.855005 (The Miyagi Museum of Art) [7]
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 ft 0 in) by 151 centimetres (4 ft 11 in) 38°15′18″N 140°53′21″E / 38.255066°N 140.889144°E / 38.255066; 140.889144 (Jōkakuji) [8]
Sakyamunī 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 ft 1.6 in) by 61.4 centimetres (2 ft 0.2 in) 38°47′38″N 141°30′24″E / 38.793898°N 141.506792°E / 38.793898; 141.506792 (Hōsenji) [9]
Buddha's Parinirvāṇa
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 ft 5 in) by 183 centimetres (6 ft 0 in) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji) [10]
Sakyamunī Preaching
釈迦説法図
Shaka seppō zu
Muromachi period Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk   159.8 centimetres (5 ft 2.9 in) by 113 centimetres (3 ft 8 in) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji) [11]
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 ft 4 in) by 49.5 centimetres (1 ft 7.5 in) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji) [12]
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 ft 4 in) by 49.5 centimetres (1 ft 7.5 in) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji) [13]
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 ft 0.8 in) by 45.3 centimetres (1 ft 5.8 in) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji) [14]
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 ft 6 in) by 1.606 metres (5 ft 3.2 in) 38°22′52″N 141°04′08″E / 38.381162°N 141.068916°E / 38.381162; 141.068916 (Matsushima) [15]
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 ft 10 in) by 1.585 metres (5 ft 2.4 in) 38°15′21″N 140°51′24″E / 38.255891°N 140.856721°E / 38.255891; 140.856721 (Sendai City Museum) [16]

Municipal Cultural Properties

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Properties designated at a municipal level include:[12]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.
True View of Matsushima
松島真景図
Matsushima shinkeizu
Matsushima by Tani Bunchō [17]
Date Mitsumune
伊達光宗
Date Mitsumune zō
Matsushima Zuigan-ji colour on silk   123.0 centimetres (4 ft 0.4 in) by 55.9 centimetres (1 ft 10.0 in) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji) [18]
Tenrin'in Irohahime
天麟院五郎八姫像
Tenrin'in Irohahime zō
early Edo period Matsushima Zuigan-ji colour on paper   107.0 centimetres (3 ft 6.1 in) by 50.4 centimetres (1 ft 7.8 in) 38°22′20″N 141°03′35″E / 38.372213°N 141.059765°E / 38.372213; 141.059765 (Zuiganji) [19]
Date Masamune, colour on paper, by Kanō Tan'yū
紙本著色伊達政宗画像(狩野探幽筆)
shihon chakushoku Date Masamune gazō (Kanō Tan'yū-hitsu)
Sendai Sendai City Museum   38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E / 38.256014°N 140.856682°E / 38.256014; 140.856682 (Sendai City Museum) [20]
Byōbu with Waka and Chrysanthemums
菊絵和歌屏風
kiku-e waka byōbu
Sendai Sendai City Museum   38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E / 38.256014°N 140.856682°E / 38.256014; 140.856682 (Sendai City Museum) [21]
Byōbu with Blossom Viewing at Kasumigaoka
躑躅ヶ岡花見図屏風
Kasumigaoka hanami zu byōbu
Sendai Sendai City Museum   38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E / 38.256014°N 140.856682°E / 38.256014; 140.856682 (Sendai City Museum) [22]
Partition paintings from the Former Honmaru and Ninomaru Palace at Sendai Castle
仙台城旧本丸及び二ノ丸御殿障壁画
Sendai-jō kyū-Honmaru oyobi Ninomaru Goten shōhekiga
Sendai Sendai City Museum designation comprises a pair of two-panel Byōbu with Mallows (紙本著色葵図), six panels of Flowers and Trees, on paper with gold ground (紙本金地著色花木図), and four panels of Pheasant in a Pine Tree, colour on paper with gold ground (紙本金地著色松に山鳥図) by Azuma Tōyō (東東洋)   38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E / 38.256014°N 140.856682°E / 38.256014; 140.856682 (Sendai City Museum) [23]
Portraits of the Successive Generations of Lords and Ladies of the Sendai Domain
仙台藩歴代藩主及夫人肖像画
Sendai-han rekidai han-shu fujin shōzōga
Sendai Sendai City Museum series of 31 scrolls and 2 panels (Date Masamune pictured)   38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E / 38.256014°N 140.856682°E / 38.256014; 140.856682 (Sendai City Museum) [24]
Rei Shōjo, Peonies, Confederate Rose, by Date Tsunamune
絹本著色霊昭女.牡丹.芙蓉図(伊達綱宗筆)
kenpon chakushoku Rei Shōjo・botan・fuyō zu (Date Tsunamune hitsu)
Sendai Sendai City Museum three scrolls 38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E / 38.256014°N 140.856682°E / 38.256014; 140.856682 (Sendai City Museum) [25]
Our Lady of Sorrows, oil on copper plate
銅板油彩悲しみのマリア像
dōban yusai kanashimi no Maria zō
Sendai Sendai City Museum   38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E / 38.256014°N 140.856682°E / 38.256014; 140.856682 (Sendai City Museum) [26]
Eight Views of Xiaoxiang, by Sesson Shūkei
瀟湘八景図(雪村周継筆)
Shōshō hakkei (Sesson Shūkei hitsu)
Sendai Sendai City Museum six scrolls 38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E / 38.256014°N 140.856682°E / 38.256014; 140.856682 (Sendai City Museum) [27]
True View of Mount Dainenji, attributed to Takaku Aigai
大年寺山真景図(伝高久靄厓筆)
Dainenji-yama shinkei zu (den-Takaku Aigai hitsu)
Sendai Sendai City Museum   38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E / 38.256014°N 140.856682°E / 38.256014; 140.856682 (Sendai City Museum) [28]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cultural Properties for Future Generations". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  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 July 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  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. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b 文化財の種類と宮城県内の指定件数 [Number of Cultural Properties in Miyagi Prefecture] (in Japanese). Miyagi Prefecture. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. ^ 観瀾亭障壁画 [Partition paintings at Kanrantei] (in Japanese). Miyagi Prefecture. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  6. ^ 瑞巌寺本堂障壁画 [Partition paintings in the Zuiganji Hondō] (in Japanese). Miyagi Prefecture. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. 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 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. ^ a b "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.
  12. ^ 仙台市の文化財一覧 [List of Cultural Properties of Sendai City] (PDF). Sendai City. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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