This list is of paintings designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Miyagi.[1]
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 Kanrantei shōhekiga | 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, a painter of the Kanō School in the employ of the Sendai Domain[5] | 38.3694°N 141.0613°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2530 | |||||
| Partition paintings in the Zuigan-ji Hondō hondō shōhekiga | 161 panels, colours on gold ground; paintings of pines and peacocks in the, of Lü Shang and King Wen in the, of bamboo and plum trees, trees and flowers in the, of cherry trees in the, of hawks and birds in the, of pines and cherry trees in the, and of chrysanthemums in the ; the paintings are attributed to Hasegawa Tōhaku,, and his pupil ; the designation includes twenty-two panels by in the 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 | 38.3722°N 141.0598°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2532 | ||||
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 Butsu nehan-zu | 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] | 189.7cm (74.7inches) by 150.3cm (59.2inches) | 38.7939°N 141.5068°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/01nehan.html | ||||
| Mandala of the Two Realms, colour on silk kenpon chakushoku ryōkai mandara-zu | colours on silk; remounted in 1502 and 1734 | Diamond Realm Mandala: 157.9cm (62.2inches) by 129.7cm (51.1inches); Womb Realm Mandala: 175.1cm (68.9inches) by 129.4cm (50.9inches) | 38.068°N 140.7652°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/02mandara.html | ||||
| Godaidō at Matsushima Matsushima Godaidō zu | 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 | 108.6cm (42.8inches) by 57.7cm (22.7inches) | 38.2638°N 140.855°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/ken-03godaidou.html | ||||
| Matsushima Matsushima zu | by Takahashi Yuichi (1828-1894); also painted at the same time as his Before the Gate of the Miyagi Prefectural Office (1881) | 92.5cm (36.4inches) by 47.3cm (18.6inches) | 38.2638°N 140.855°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/04matusima.html | ||||
| Before the Gate of the Miyagi Prefectural Office Miyagi kenchō mon mae zu | oil painting by Takahashi Yuichi (1828-1894); the building previously functioned as the 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 | 122cm (48inches) by 61.1cm (24.1inches) | 38.2638°N 140.855°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/site/mmoa/mmoa-collect005.html | ||||
| Seikai Mandala Seikai mandala zu | the Seikai Mandala, along with the Taima Mandala and the Chikō Mandala, is one of the ; based on the Amitayurdhyana Sutra, it depicts a vision of the Pure Land granted to the monk in 996; the painting was brought from in Kyōto in 1630[9] [10] | 183cm (72inches) by 151cm (59inches) | 38.2551°N 140.8891°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/06seikai.html | ||||
| Sakyamunī with Sixteen Benevolent Deities Shaka jūroku zenjin zō zu | 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] | 126.1cm (49.6inches) by 61.4cm (24.2inches) | 38.7939°N 141.5068°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/07jyuuroku.html | ||||
| Buddha's Parinirvāṇa Butsu nehan zu | 227cm (89inches) by 183cm (72inches) | 38.3722°N 141.0598°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/08nehan.html | |||||
| Sakyamunī Preaching Shaka seppō zu | colours on silk | 159.8cm (62.9inches) by 113cm (44inches) | 38.3722°N 141.0598°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/09seppou.html | ||||
| Shōsai Hōshin Shōsai Hōshin zō | colours on silk; refounder of the Heian-period temple of as Zuigan-ji | 101cm (40inches) by 49.5cm (19.5inches) | 38.3722°N 141.0598°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/10-12syousei.html | ||||
| Rankei Dōryū Rankei Dōryū zō | colours on silk; second chief priest of Zuigan-ji | 101cm (40inches) by 49.5cm (19.5inches) | 38.3722°N 141.0598°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/10-12syousei.html | ||||
| Minki Sōgu Minki Sōgu zō | colours on silk; tenth chief priest of Zuigan-ji | 93.5cm (36.8inches) by 45.3cm (17.8inches) | 38.3722°N 141.0598°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/10-12syousei.html | ||||
| Partition painting of phoenixes from the Honmaru great hall of Sendai Castle Sendai-jō honmaru dai-hiroma shōhekiga hōō zu | Matsushima Town (kept at the Kanrantei Matsushima Museum) | 3.19m (10.47feet) by 1.606m (05.269feet) | 38.3812°N 141.0689°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/13houou.html | ||||
| Partition painting of fans from the Honmaru great hall of Sendai Castle Sendai-jō honmaru dai-hiroma shōhekiga senmen zu | colours on paper; the fans depict subjects including a bridge and waterwheel,, Hamamatsu, wisteria with running water, and phoenixes with paulownias; few partition paintings survive from castles, so these are of particular significance | 3.3m (10.8feet) by 1.585m (05.2feet) | 38.2559°N 140.8567°W | http://www.pref.miyagi.jp/soshiki/bunkazai/14oogi.html | ||||
Properties designated at a municipal level include:[12]