List of Cultural Properties of Japan – paintings (Yamaguchi)

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

National Cultural Properties

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As of 1 July 2019, thirteen Important Cultural Properties (including one *National Treasure) have been designated, being of national significance.[2][3][4]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.
*Landscapes of the four seasons, ink and light colour on paper, by Sesshū
紙本墨画淡彩四季山水図 雪舟筆
shihon bokuga tansai shiki sansui zu Sesshū hitsu
1486 Hōfu Hōfu Mōri Hōkōkai (防府毛利報公会)
(kept at the Mōri Museum)
also known as Sesshū's Long Landscape Scroll (山水長巻)[5][6][7]   15.9 metres (52 ft 2 in) by 37 centimetres (1 ft 3 in) 34°03′48″N 131°35′18″E / 34.06346792°N 131.58833068°E / 34.06346792; 131.58833068 (Mōri Museum) [1]
Vimalakirti, colour on silk
絹本著色維摩居士像
kenpon chakushoku Yuima Koji zō
Yuan Yamaguchi Tōshun-ji (洞春寺)   156 centimetres (61 in) by 105 centimetres (41 in) 34°11′17″N 131°28′16″E / 34.188017°N 131.471170°E / 34.188017; 131.471170 (Tōshunji) [2]
Twelve Deva Mandala, colour on silk
絹本著色十二天曼荼羅図〈/(寺伝安鎮曼荼羅)〉
kenpon chakushoku jūni ten mandara zu
Kamakura period Shimonoseki Kokubun-ji (国分寺) traditionally identified by the temple as the Anchin Mandala   172.7 centimetres (68.0 in) by 130.3 centimetres (51.3 in) 33°57′25″N 130°56′24″E / 33.957067°N 130.940130°E / 33.957067; 130.940130 (Kokubunji) [3]
Spring and Winter Landscapes, colour on silk, by Tai Bunshin
絹本著色春冬山水図〈載文進筆/〉
kenpon chakushoku shuntō sansui zu (Tai Bunshin hitsu)
Ming Hagi Kikuya Family Residence Preservation Society (菊屋家住宅保存会) pair of scrolls    144.5 centimetres (56.9 in) by 79.1 centimetres (31.1 in) 34°24′46″N 131°23′37″E / 34.412839°N 131.393708°E / 34.412839; 131.393708 (Kikuya Family Residence) [4]
Sutra of the Benevolent Kings Mandala, colour on silk
絹本著色仁王経曼荼羅図
kenpon chakushoku ninno-kyō mandara zu
Kamakura period Yamaguchi Jinjō-ji (神上寺)
(kept at Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum)
the Jōdo-ji (浄土寺) painting is thought to be a copy[8]   148.0 centimetres (58.3 in) by 118.3 centimetres (46.6 in) 34°10′57″N 131°28′22″E / 34.1825°N 131.472778°E / 34.1825; 131.472778 (Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum) [5]
Sue Hiromori, colour on silk
絹本著色陶弘護
kenpon chakushoku Sue Hiromori zō
1484 Shūnan Ryūhō-ji (竜豊寺) attributed to Sesshū[9]   80.5 centimetres (31.7 in) by 38.2 centimetres (15.0 in) 34°08′22″N 131°48′18″E / 34.139466°N 131.805054°E / 34.139466; 131.805054 (Ryūhōji) [6]
Mōri Motonari, colour on silk
絹本著色毛利元就像
kenpon chakushoku Mōri Motonari zō
1596 Shūnan Toyosaka Jinja (豊榮神社)   97.0 centimetres (38.2 in) by 49.8 centimetres (19.6 in) 34°11′19″N 131°28′51″E / 34.188680°N 131.480939°E / 34.188680; 131.480939 (Toyosaka Jinja) [7]
Mōri Motonari, colour on silk
絹本著色毛利元就像
kenpon chakushoku Mōri Motonari zō
1591 Hōfu Mōri Museum   91 centimetres (36 in) by 44 centimetres (17 in) 34°03′48″N 131°35′18″E / 34.06346792°N 131.58833068°E / 34.06346792; 131.58833068 (Mōri Museum) [8]
Oxherd after Li Tang, light colour on paper, by Sesshū
紙本淡彩放牛図〈雪舟筆/(仿李唐)〉
shihon tansai hōgyū zu (Sesshū hitsu)
Muromachi period Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art   31.5 centimetres (12.4 in) by 33.5 centimetres (13.2 in) 34°10′46″N 131°28′28″E / 34.1795099°N 131.47446065°E / 34.1795099; 131.47446065 (Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art) [9]
Oxherd after Li Tang, light colour on paper, by Sesshū
紙本淡彩放牛図〈雪舟筆/(仿李唐)〉
shihon tansai hōgyū zu (Sesshū hitsu)
Muromachi period Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art   31.5 centimetres (12.4 in) by 33.5 centimetres (13.2 in) 34°10′46″N 131°28′28″E / 34.1795099°N 131.47446065°E / 34.1795099; 131.47446065 (Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art) [10]
Matsuzaki Tenjin Engi, colour on paper
紙本著色松崎天神縁起〈箱入/〉
shihon chakushoku Matsuzaki Tenjin engi
1311 Hōfu Hōfu Tenman-gū six scrolls; designation includes storage cases   33.6 centimetres (13.2 in) by 8.6 metres (28 ft 3 in) to 14.3 metres (46 ft 11 in) 34°03′48″N 131°34′27″E / 34.063278°N 131.574056°E / 34.063278; 131.574056 (Hōfu Tenmangū) [11]
Landscape, ink on paper, by Sesshū
紙本墨画山水図〈雪舟筆/〉
shihon tansai hōgyū zu (Sesshū hitsu)
1474 Yamaguchi Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art   23.2 centimetres (9.1 in) by 157.3 centimetres (61.9 in) 34°10′46″N 131°28′28″E / 34.1795099°N 131.47446065°E / 34.1795099; 131.47446065 (Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art) [12]
Tenjin, ink on paper
紙本墨画天神図
shihon bokuga Tenjin zu
1429 Yamaguchi Furukuma Jinja (古熊神社)   108.0 centimetres (42.5 in) by 37.5 centimetres (14.8 in) 34°10′43″N 131°29′19″E / 34.178665°N 131.488580°E / 34.178665; 131.488580 (Furukuma Jinja) [13]

Prefectural Cultural Properties

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As of 1 May 2019, twenty-nine properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4][10]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.
Diagram of the Star Mansion
星宿図 (寺伝須弥山図)
seishuku zu (tera-den Shumi-sen zu)
Kamakura period Kudamatsu Tamon-in (多聞院) three-dimensional object made of hinoki; traditionally identified by the temple as Mount Meru 48.1 centimetres (18.9 in) 34°02′26″N 131°53′33″E / 34.040617°N 131.892421°E / 34.040617; 131.892421 (Tamon-in) [14]
Seated Willow Kannon, colour on silk
絹本着色楊柳観音坐像
kenpon chakushoku Yōryū Kannon zazō
late Goryeo Shimonoseki Kōzan-ji Goryeo Buddhist painting   146.9 centimetres (57.8 in) by 85.8 centimetres (33.8 in) 33°59′44″N 130°58′56″E / 33.995474°N 130.982255°E / 33.995474; 130.982255 (Shimonoseki Chōfu Museum) [15]
Occidental Landscape and Nagasaki Harbour, glass painting
ガラス絵泰西風景図・長崎港図
garasu-e taisei fūkei zu・Nagasaki-kō zu
Edo period Yamaguchi Hanao Hachimangū (花尾八幡宮)    51.3 centimetres (20.2 in) by 61.9 centimetres (24.4 in) and 50.2 centimetres (19.8 in) by 62.0 centimetres (24.4 in) 34°09′51″N 131°42′00″E / 34.164293°N 131.700130°E / 34.164293; 131.700130 (Hanao Hachimangū) [16]
Sesshū Tōyō, ink and light colour on silk, by Unkoku Tōeki
絹本墨画淡彩雪舟等楊像(雲谷等益筆)
kenpon bokuga tansai Sesshū Tōyō zō
early Edo period Yamaguchi Jōei-ji (常栄寺)   104.9 centimetres (41.3 in) by 34.2 centimetres (13.5 in) 34°11′53″N 131°29′23″E / 34.198002°N 131.489835°E / 34.198002; 131.489835 (Jōeiji) [17]
Zengan Tōjūn Oshō, colour on silk
絹本着色全岩東純和尚像
kenpon chakushoku Zengan Tōjūn oshō zō
Muromachi period Yamaguchi Rurikō-ji (瑠璃光寺)
(kept at Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum)
attributed to Sesshū   82.5 centimetres (32.5 in) by 36.8 centimetres (14.5 in) 34°10′57″N 131°28′22″E / 34.182489°N 131.472728°E / 34.182489; 131.472728 (Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum) [18]
Lakeside Pavilion Spring View, ink and light colour on paper
紙本墨画淡彩湖亭春望図
shihon bokuga tansai kotei shunbō zu
Muromachi period Iwakuni Kikkawa Historical Museum (吉川史料館)   84 centimetres (33 in) by 36 centimetres (14 in) 34°10′14″N 132°10′39″E / 34.170634°N 132.177493°E / 34.170634; 132.177493 (Kikkawa Historical Museum) [19]
Shaka Triad, colour on silk
絹本着色釈迦三尊像
shihon bokuga tansai kotei shunbō zu
late Muromachi period Hagi Tōkō-ji (東光寺) three scrolls   97 centimetres (38 in) by 47.2 centimetres (18.6 in) 34°24′47″N 131°25′33″E / 34.412985°N 131.425843°E / 34.412985; 131.425843 (Tōkōji) [20]
Kumano Honchi Butsu Mandala, colour on silk
絹本着色熊野本地仏曼荼羅図 付 納箱
kenpon chakushoku Kumano honchi butsu mandara zu tsuketari osame-bako
Kamakura period/Nanboku-chō period Hōfu Suō Kokubun-ji (周防国分寺) designation includes storage case   139.5 centimetres (54.9 in) by 70.0 centimetres (27.6 in) 34°03′45″N 131°34′47″E / 34.062561°N 131.579679°E / 34.062561; 131.579679 (Suō Kokubunji) [21]
Buddha's Parinirvana, colour on silk
絹本着色仏涅槃図
kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu
early C15 Hōfu Suō Kokubun-ji (周防国分寺)   148.2 centimetres (58.3 in) by 90.2 centimetres (35.5 in) 34°03′45″N 131°34′47″E / 34.062561°N 131.579679°E / 34.062561; 131.579679 (Suō Kokubunji) [22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cultural Properties for Future Generations". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 22 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 22 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財(美術品)(絵画 山口県)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b 指定文化財の検索 [Cultural Property Search]. Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. ^ 紙本墨画淡彩四季山水図 雪舟筆 [Landscapes of the Four Seasons by Sesshu] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  6. ^ 紙本墨画淡彩四季山水図 雪舟筆 [Landscapes of the Four Seasons by Sesshu] (in Japanese). Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  7. ^ 博物館概要 [Overview of the Museum] (in Japanese). Mori Museum. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  8. ^ 広島県の文化財 - 絹本著色仁王経曼荼羅 [Cultural Properties of Hiroshima Prefecture - Sutra of the Benevolent Kings Mandala] (in Japanese). Hiroshima Prefecture. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  9. ^ 絹本著色陶弘護像 [Sue Hiromori, colour on silk]. Yamaguchi Prefecture. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  10. ^ 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 20 August 2019.
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