List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Akita) explained

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Akita.^[1]

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 July 2019, four Important Cultural Properties have been designated, being of national significance.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Exotic bird in a pine, colour on silk, by Satake Shozan kenpon chakushoku matsu ni karadori zu (Satake Shozan hitsu)			private (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	Akita ranga^[5] ^[6]			39.2923°N 140.5475°W	https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10570
A Thousand Mountains, Ten Thousand Rivers, colour on silk, by Watanabe Kazan kenpon chakushoku senzan bansui zu (Watanabe Kazan hitsu)			private	^[7]			39.8148°N 140.0609°W	https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1930
Taizong of Tang, Flowers and Birds, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake kenpon chakushoku Tō Taisō kachō zu (Odano Naotake hitsu)			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	three scrolls; Akita ranga^[8] ^[9]		122cm (48inches) by 44.5cm (17.5inches)	39.2923°N 140.5475°W	https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10353
Taima Mandala, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Taima mandara zu				some flaking of the paint^[10]			39.4067°N 140.4823°W	https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/875
Shinobazu Pond, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake kenpon chakushoku Shinobazu-no-ike zu (Odano Naotake hitsu)			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	Akita ranga^[11] ^[12]		132.5cm (52.2inches) by 98.5cm (38.8inches)	39.2923°N 140.5475°W	https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2345

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 24 May 2019, thirty properties have been designated at a prefectural level.^{[4] [13]}

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Child Monju chigo Monju zō			)	holding a nyoi (scepter); by Kanō Tan'yū^[14]			39.2156°N 139.9033°W	for all refs see https://www.pref.akita.lg.jp/uploads/public/archive_0000021978_00/201904/国県指定一覧%E3%80%8002%E3%80%80(有形文化財%E3%80%80絵画).pdf
Fugen Bosatsu Fugen Bosatsu zō			private	by Kanō Tan'yū; thought, alongside his Child Monju at Kanman-ji in Nikaho, to have been part of a group of three paintings - the whereabouts of the central image of Shaka Nyorai is currently unknown^[15]		120cm (50inches) by 75cm (30inches)	39.4671°N 140.4705°W
Portrait of Hakuun Hakuun shōnin gazō							39.422°N 140.5497°W
Sixteen Arhats jūroku rakan zō				sixteen scrolls			39.7385°N 140.1202°W
Customs of Akita, colour on paper, emaki shihon chakushoku Akita fuzoku emaki			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Prefectural Museum)	^[16]		14.7m (48.2feet) by 38.3cm (15.1inches)	39.8174°N 140.0662°W
Senju Kannon, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Senju Kannon zō			private				39.2932°N 139.9642°W
Mandala of the Two Realms Kongō-Taizō Ryōkai mandara				two scrolls, colour on silk^[17]			39.8666°N 139.7518°W
Chinese Peony in a Flower Basket, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake kenpon chakushoku shakuyaku hana kago zu Naotake hitsu			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	Akita ranga^[18]		94.5cm (37.2inches) by 21cm (08inches)	39.2923°N 140.5475°W
Kisakata, colour on paper, byōbu shihon chakushoku Kisakata zu byōbu			Nikaho City (kept at the)	the pair of six-panel folding-screens by (1747-1824) depict before the great 1804 earthquake that transformed the landscape; Matsuo Bashō visited in 1689 and celebrated Kisakata in Oku no Hosomichi; the area has been designated a Natural Monument^[19] ^[20]			39.2016°N 139.9071°W
True Views and Colouring, colour on paper, by Hakuun shihon chakushoku Hakuun hitsu shinkeijō oyobi saekata			private (kept at)				39.422°N 140.5497°W
Amida Raigō, on silk kenpon Amida raigō zu			private				40.2296°N 140.5798°W
Akita Ranga, Peonies on a Rock Akita ranga "iwa no botan zu"			private	by (1757-1830)^[21]		97cm (38inches) by 28.5cm (11.2inches)	39.4642°N 140.4791°W
Hanshan and Shide, ink on paper shihon bokuga Kanzan Jittoku				pair of scrolls			39.7129°N 140.1105°W
Sixteen Benevolent Deities, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku jūroku zenjin							39.7129°N 140.1105°W
Kōbō Daishi, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku Kōbō Daishi zō				holding a vajra and rosary^[22]			39.8666°N 139.7518°W
Sketchbook of Odano Naotake Odano Naotake hitsu shaseichō			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	ink and colour on paper^[23]		42.5cm (16.7inches) by 28.3cm (11.1inches)	39.2923°N 140.5475°W
Cranes, by Shen Nanpin tsuru no zu (Shen Nanpin hitsu)			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	pair of scrolls^[24]		97.2cm (38.3inches) by 49.6cm (19.5inches)	39.2923°N 140.5475°W
Shaka Triad Shaka sanson zō							39.7194°N 140.1108°W
Copy of Van Royen's Flowers and Birds, colour on paper, by Ishikawa Tairō and Ishikawa Mōkō shihon chakushoku Fan Roien hitsu kachō zu mosha Ishikawa Tairō・Mōkō hitsu			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	copy of W. Van Royen's painting of 1725^[25] ^[26]		232.8cm (91.7inches) by 107cm (42inches)	39.2923°N 140.5475°W
Nursing Tigress, by Hirafuku Suian Hirafuku Suian hitsu nyūko			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	ink and colour on silk^[27]		159.5cm (62.8inches) by 82.4cm (32.4inches)	39.2923°N 140.5475°W
High Mountains Clear Autumn, by Terasaki Kōgyō Terasaki Kōgyō hitsu kōzan seishū			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	on silk, mounted on a pair of six-panel folding screens^[28]		364.2cm (143.4inches) by 168.2cm (66.2inches)	39.2923°N 140.5475°W
Haruyama, by Hirafuku Hyakusui Hirafuku Hyakusui hitsu Haruyama			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	ink and colour on paper^[29]		104cm (41inches) by 91cm (36inches)	39.2923°N 140.5475°W
Mount Fuji, by Odano Naotake Odano Naotake hitsu Fugaku zu			Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	colour on silk^[30]		77cm (30inches) by 43.5cm (17.1inches)	39.2923°N 140.5475°W
Sketchbook of Satake Shozan Satake Shozan shaseichō			Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)	three volumes^[31]		34cm (13inches) by 26.3cm (10.4inches)	39.7173°N 140.1246°W
Scenery with Lake, by Satake Shozan Satake Shozan hitsu gozan fūkei zu			Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			16cm (06inches) by 26.3cm (10.4inches)	39.7173°N 140.1246°W
Bamboo and Java Sparrows, by Satake Shozan Satake Shozan hitsu take ni bunchō zu			Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			136cm (54inches) by 40cm (20inches)	39.7173°N 140.1246°W
Irises and a Knife, by Satake Shozan Satake Shozan hitsu kakitsubata ni naifu zu			Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			112.5cm (44.3inches) by 40cm (20inches)	39.7173°N 140.1246°W
Pink Lotus, by Satake Shozan Satake Shozan hitsu guren zu			Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			87cm (34inches) by 30.5cm (12inches)	39.7173°N 140.1246°W
Bamboo Grass and White Rabbit, by Odano Naotake Odano Naotake hitsu sasa ni shiro usagi zu			Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			100.5cm (39.6inches) by 32.5cm (12.8inches)	39.7173°N 140.1246°W
Children with Dog, by Odano Naotake Odano Naotake hitsu jidō aiken zu			Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			41.5cm (16.3inches) by 64cm (25inches)	39.7173°N 140.1246°W

Municipal Cultural Properties

Properties designated at a municipal level include:

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Icon with Saints Seizōga							40.2146°N 140.6243°W	http://odate-city.jp/museum/information/relation/ikon
Ink Landscape, by Satake Yoshimasa Satake Yoshimasa hitsu suiboku sansui			Akita City (kept at Satake Historical Museum)				39.72°N 140.1248°W	https://www.city.akita.lg.jp/kurashi/rekishi-bunka/1002215.html
Hunter, colour on silk, by Hirafuku Hyakusui kenpon chakushoku ryōfu Hirafuku Hyakusui hitsu			Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			162.6cm (64inches) by 92.3cm (36.3inches)	39.7173°N 140.1246°W	https://www.city.akita.lg.jp/kurashi/rekishi-bunka/1002215.html
Begonias with Frog, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake kenpon chakushoku iwa ni shūkaidō to kaeru zu Odano Naotake hitsu			Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			129cm (51inches) by 31.9cm (12.6inches)	39.7173°N 140.1246°W	https://www.city.akita.lg.jp/kurashi/rekishi-bunka/1002215.html
Flowers and Birds, colour on silk, by Sasaki Harazen kenpon chakushoku kachō zu Sasaki Harazen hitsu			Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			143.8cm (56.6inches) by 60.8cm (23.9inches)	39.7173°N 140.1246°W	https://www.city.akita.lg.jp/kurashi/rekishi-bunka/1002215.html

See also

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

External links

• Cultural Properties in Akita Prefecture

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cultural Properties for Future Generations . . 17 August 2019.
2. Web site: . ja:国宝・重要文化財 . Number of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties by Prefecture . Japanese . . 1 July 2019 . 17 August 2019.
3. Web site: Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財（美術品）(絵画 秋田県) . Japanese . . 17 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190722215103/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/index_pc.asp . 22 July 2019 . dead .
4. Web site: https://www.pref.akita.lg.jp/pages/archive/21978 . ja:絵画 . Paintings . Japanese . . 24 May 2019 . 17 August 2019.
5. Web site: http://common.pref.akita.lg.jp/heritage-map/ruins/detail.html?ruins_id=5665 . ja:絹本著色松に唐鳥図（佐竹曙山筆） . Exotic bird in a pine, colour on silk, by Satake Shozan . Japanese . . 16 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022111349/http://common.pref.akita.lg.jp/heritage-map/ruins/detail.html?ruins_id=5665 . 22 October 2013 .
6. Web site: Akita ranga . . 16 October 2013.
7. Web site: http://www.taharamuseum.gr.jp/exhibition/ex110910/index2.html . ja:田原市博物館：特別展示室・企画展示室1 . Tahara Museum Special Exhibition Room . Japanese . Tahara Museum . 17 October 2013.
8. Web site: http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/SearchDetail.do?heritageId=135647&imageNum=2 . ja:絹本著色唐太宗花鳥図〈小田野直武筆／〉 . Taizong of Tang, Flowers and Birds, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake . Japanese . . 17 October 2013.
9. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010004/ref-1-6 . ja:唐太宗･花鳥山水 . Taizong of Tang - Landscape with Flowers and Birds . Japanese . . 19 October 2013.
10. Web site: http://www.city.daisen.akita.jp/content/bunkazai/data_base/HTML_page/HTML/shimin_teikyou/pdf/kuni_sitei_touroku/(03).pdf . ja:絹本著色当麻曼荼羅図 . Taima Mandala, colour on silk . Japanese . . 17 October 2013.
11. Web site: http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/SearchDetail.do?heritageId=151921 . ja:絹本著色不忍池図〈小田野直武筆／〉 . Shinobazu Pond, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake . Japanese . . 16 October 2013.
12. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010004/ref-1-0 . ja:不忍池図 . Shinobazu Pond . Japanese . . 16 October 2013.
13. Web site: http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkazai/shokai/chiho_shitei/todofuken.html . ja: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 . Japanese . . 1 May 2018 . 17 August 2019.
14. Web site: http://hyper.city.nikaho.akita.jp/kyoudo/caltural_assets/p006-chigo_monjyu_zou.html . ja:稚児文珠像 . Child Monju . Japanese . . 17 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019050452/http://hyper.city.nikaho.akita.jp/kyoudo/caltural_assets/p006-chigo_monjyu_zou.html . 19 October 2013 . dead .
15. Web site: http://www.city.daisen.akita.jp/content/bunkazai/data_base/HTML_page/HTML/shimin_teikyou/pdf/akita_kensitei/(2)yuukei_kaiga/(01).pdf . ja:普賢菩薩像 . Fugen Bosatsu . Japanese . . 17 October 2013.
16. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010002-00010002/ref-C-10 . ja:秋田風俗絵巻 . Customs of Akita, emaki . Japanese . . 19 October 2013.
17. Web site: http://www.city.oga.akita.jp/index.cfm/14,1402,52,142,html . ja:絹本着色、金剛・胎蔵両界曼荼羅 . Mandala of the Two Realms . Japanese . . 19 October 2013.
18. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010004/ref-1-179 . ja:芍薬花蘢図 . Chinese Peony in a Flower Basket . Japanese . . 19 October 2013.
19. Web site: http://hyper.city.nikaho.akita.jp/kyoudo/caltural_assets/p008-kenponchakusyoku_kisakatazu_byoubu.html . ja:絹本着色象潟図屏風（六曲一双） . Kisakata Byōbu (six panels) . Japanese . . 19 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131019185651/http://hyper.city.nikaho.akita.jp/kyoudo/caltural_assets/p008-kenponchakusyoku_kisakatazu_byoubu.html . 19 October 2013 . dead .
20. Web site: http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/SearchDetail.do?heritageId=215829 . ja:象潟 . Kisakata . Japanese . . 19 October 2013.
21. Web site: http://www.city.daisen.akita.jp/content/bunkazai/data_base/HTML_page/HTML/shimin_teikyou/pdf/akita_kensitei/(2)yuukei_kaiga/(02).pdf . ja:秋田蘭画 岩に牡丹図 . Akita Ranga - Peonies on a Rock . Japanese . . 19 October 2013.
22. Web site: http://www.city.oga.akita.jp/index.cfm/14,1402,52,142,html . ja:絹本着色弘法大師像 . Kobo Daishi, colour on silk . Japanese . . 19 October 2013.
23. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010004/ref-1-1026 . ja:写生帖 . Sketchbook . Japanese . . 19 October 2013.
24. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010004/ref-1-1044 . ja:鶴 . Cranes . Japanese . . 20 October 2013.
25. Web site: http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/culture/culture/institution/museum/tokuten/2011_03himitsu.html . ja:日本絵画のひみつ . Secrets of Japanese Painting . Japanese . . 17 October 2013.
26. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010004/ref-1-370 . ja:ファン・ロイエン筆 花鳥図模写 . Copy of Van Royen's Flowers and Birds . Japanese . . 17 October 2013.
27. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010004/ref-1-387 . ja:乳虎 . Nursing Tigress . Japanese . . 20 October 2013.
28. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010004/ref-1-383 . ja:高山清秋 . High Mountains Clear Autumn . Japanese . . 20 October 2013.
29. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010004/ref-1-384 . ja:春山 . Haruyama . Japanese . . 20 October 2013.
30. Web site: http://da.apl.pref.akita.jp/moma/item/00010004/ref-1-189 . ja:富嶽図 . Mount Fuji . Japanese . . 20 October 2013.
31. Web site: http://www.pref.akita.lg.jp/www/contents/1369373138694/files/gian13.pdf . ja:秋田県指定文化財の指定等について . Concerning the Designation of Akita Prefectural Cultural Properties . Japanese . . 20 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022184636/http://www.pref.akita.lg.jp/www/contents/1369373138694/files/gian13.pdf . 22 October 2013 . dead .