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

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

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 July 2019, one hundred and sixty Important Cultural Properties have been designated (including eighteen *National Treasures), being of national significance.[2] [3] [4]

PropertyDateMunicipalityOwnershipCommentsImageDimensionsCoordinatesRef.
  • Amida Triad with Boy Attendant, colour on silk

    kenpon chakushoku Amida sanzon oyobi dōji zō
three scrolls 34.6924°N 135.8041°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/52
  • Riding an Ox, colour on silk, by Li Di

    kenpon chakushoku kiboku zu (Li Di hitsu kigyū)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
24.2cm (09.5inches) by 23.8cm (09.4inches) 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/137
  • Kusha Mandala, colour on silk

    kenpon chakushoku Kusha mandara zu
34.6889°N 135.8399°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/81
  • Jion Daishi, colour on silk

    kenpon chakushoku Jion Daishi zō
161.2cm (63.5inches) by 129.2cm (50.9inches) 34.6686°N 135.7846°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/65
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
168.8cm (66.5inches) by 89.6cm (35.3inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/162
  • Twelve Devas, colour on silk

    kenpon chakushoku jūniten zō
twelve scrolls 160cm (60inches) by 134.5cm (53inches) 34.6936°N 135.7795°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/66
four walls 34.4622°N 135.8064°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/157
  • Mandala of the Two Realms, gold and silver paint on indigo ground (Kojima Mandala)

    konayaji kingin dei-e ryōkai mandara zu (Kojima mandara)

(kept at Nara National Museum)
pair of scrolls 351.3cm (138.3inches) by 297cm (117inches), 349.1cm (137.4inches) by 307.9cm (121.2inches)34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/82
  • Manners and Customs, colour on paper with gold ground, byōbu

    shihon kinji chakushoku fūzoku zu (rokkyoku byōbu)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
pair of screens 155.6cm (61.3inches) by 361.6cm (142.4inches) 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/107
  • Sudhana's Pilgrimage to Fifty-five Spiritual Teachers as described in the Flower Garland Sutra, colour on paper

    shihon chakushoku kegon gojūgosho emaki
29.8cm (11.7inches) by 1287cm (507inches) 34.6889°N 135.8399°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/144
three scrolls 31.5cm (12.4inches) by 827cm (326inches), 31.25cm (12.3inches) by 1270.3cm (500.1inches), 31.5cm (12.4inches) by 1416cm (557inches) 34.6889°N 135.8399°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/26
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
26cm (10inches) by 533cm (210inches) 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/63
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
26.5cm (10.4inches) by 454.7cm (179inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/128
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
five scrolls 25.8cm (10.2inches) to 26cm (10inches) by 39.2cm (15.4inches) to 77.2cm (30.4inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/161
  • Landscape, ink and light colour on paper, attributed to Shūbun

    shihon bokuga tansai sansui zu (den-Shūbun hitsu)
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
dated to Bun'an 2 by the postscript to the third of the accompanying poems[5] 108cm (43inches) by 32.7cm (12.9inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/86
  • Taishakuten Mandala, colour on wooden boards

    ita-e chakushoku den-Taishakuten mandara zu (kondō raigō heki)
34.5379°N 136.0405°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/160
  • Kichijōten, colour on hemp cloth

    mafu chakushoku Kichijōten zō
53cm (21inches) by 31.7cm (12.5inches) 34.6684°N 135.7843°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/25
34.4518°N 135.8051°W http://www.bunka.go.jp/koho_hodo_oshirase/hodohappyo/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2019/04/12/a1415176_01.pdf
Former Jimon-in Partition Paintings, by Sakaki Hyakusen

kyū-Jimon-in shōhekiga
private
(kept at Nara National Museum)
37 panels 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2438
Wall Paintings from the Outer Sanctuary of the Kondō

kondō gejin kyū-hekiga
12 panels 34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2134
Wall Paintings from the Inner Sanctuary of the Kondō

kondō naijin kyū-hekiga
20 panels 34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2133
Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land, light colour on silk, by An Gyeon

kenpon tansai muyū tōgen zu (An Gyeon hitsu)
pair of Joseon hand scrolls; the painting is accompanied by poetry and prose by twenty-one leading writers; the inscription by Prince Anpyeong (third son of Sejong the Great) reads "I am a person who dedicates his body to the palace day and night looking after affairs of state, so how is it that I went to the mountains and forests in my dreams?" Tao Yuanming's utopian Peach Blossom Spring provides the ideological underpinning to the dream[6] 34.5947°N 135.8463°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1907
Descent of Amida and his Retinue, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Amida shōjū raigō zu
34.6341°N 135.7281°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2437
Descent of Amida with Twenty-Five Bosatsu, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Amida nijūgo bosatsu raigō zu
34.695°N 135.8225°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1756
Descent of Amida, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Amida raigō zu
34.5358°N 135.9068°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1777
Aizen Myōō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Aizen Myōō zō
Hosomi Art Foundation
(kept at Hosomi Museum)
35.0138°N 135.7796°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1659
Aizen Myōō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Aizen Myōō zō
142.1cm (55.9inches) by 87.5cm (34.4inches) 34.6843°N 135.6867°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1774
Andō En'e, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Andō Enne zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
warlord depicted as a Zen priest[7] 119.5cm (47inches) by 57.9cm (22.8inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2245
Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu
private https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2281
Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu
34.4264°N 135.8099°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1783
Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
Dainichi Kinrin seated on a lion pedestal with a treasure wheel and the seven treasures of a universal ruler[8] [9] 79cm (31inches) by 49.5cm (19.5inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2502
Kashō Daishi, colour on silk
Jōei Daishi, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kashō Daishi zō
kenpon chakushoku Jōei Daishi zō
34.689°N 135.8399°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2197 https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2198
Spiritual Teachers of the Kegon Ocean Assembly, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kegon kai-e zenchishiki mandara zu
34.689°N 135.8399°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1751
Kasagi Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kasagi mandara zu
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1646
Daylilies and Dogs at Play, colour on silk, attributed to Mao Yi

kenpon chakushoku kanzō yūku zu (den-Mōeki hitsu)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
25.3cm (10inches) by 25.7cm (10.1inches) 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1651
Kankyō Jūroku Kansō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku kankyō jūroku kansō zu
34.6778°N 135.8267°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2367
Yoshino Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Yoshino mandara zu
Saidai-ji
(kept at Nara National Museum)
34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10487
Kokūzō Bosatsu, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
the cloud arising from the bodhisattva's head and the landscape below are unusual features[10] 77cm (30inches) by 38.5cm (15.2inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1224
Nine Grades Raigō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku kubon raigō zu
three scrolls 34.3586°N 135.7939°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2254
Sword with the Dragon Kurikara and Two Child Acolytes, colour on silk
Mandala of the Two Realms, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kurikara-ryū ni dōji zō
kenpon chakushoku ryōgai mandara zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
from [11] 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10434 https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10448
Kumano Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kumano mandara zu
Agency for Cultural Affairs
(kept at Nara National Museum)
113.8cm (44.8inches) by 50.6cm (19.9inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011845
Five-Letter Monju, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku goji Monju zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
by Shingon priest (1278-1357)[12] 90.8cm (35.7inches) by 41.6cm (16.4inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1725
Gohonzon, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku goson zō
34.6141°N 135.7356°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2769
Five Great Myōō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku go dai Myōō zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
Fudō in the centre, with Gōzanze to the bottom right (East) and, clockwise, Gundari, Daiitoku, and Kongōyasha[13] 125.5cm (49.4inches) by 86.7cm (34.1inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1041
Kujaku Myōō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kujaku Myōō zō
34.6141°N 135.7356°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1767
Fazang, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kōzō Daishi zō
34.689°N 135.8399°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1750
Four Saintly Persons, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku shi shō no miei
key figures in the history of Tōdai-ji: Emperor Shōmu (rear left), Rōben (front left), Bodhisena (rear right), and Gyōki (front right); by from Mino Province; 1377 copy of the 1256 version pictured 34.689°N 135.8399°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2199 https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2200
Jion Daishi, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Jion Daishi zō
from the [14] 242.2cm (95.4inches) by 124.2cm (48.9inches) 34.6829°N 135.8322°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1753
Jion Daishi, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Jion Daishi zō
179.5cm (70.7inches) by 80.6cm (31.7inches) 34.6829°N 135.8322°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2050
Shaka Triad, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shaka sanzon zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
three scrolls; Shaka Nyorai flanked by Monju Bosatsu and Fugen Bosatsu, showing strong Chinese influence; from in Ōtsu[15] 117cm (46inches) by 58.2cm (22.9inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1255
Shaka Triad, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shaka sanzon zō (Ninnō-e honzon)
34.6936°N 135.7795°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2417
Shaka with Eight Great Bodhisattvas, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shaka hachi dai bosatsu zō
177.3cm (69.8inches) by 91.2cm (35.9inches) 34.6341°N 135.7281°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1776
Shaka Preaching at Vulture Peak, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shaka Ryōjusen seppō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
with a blue-green landscape setting[16] 157.8cm (62.1inches) by 78.2cm (30.8inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011425
Jūichimen Kannon, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku jūichimen Kannon zō
34.689°N 135.8399°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00010656
Ten Kings of Hell, colour on silk, by Riku Shinchū

kenpon chakushoku jūō zu (Riku Shinchū hitsu)
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
ten scrolls; alternatively dated to the Southern Song[17] 83.2cm (32.8inches) by 47cm (19inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2475
Ten Kings of Hell, colour on silk, by Riku Chūen

kenpon chakushoku jūō zu (Riku Chūen hitsu)
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
three scrolls[18] 85.9cm (33.8inches) by 50.8cm (20inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/979
Twelve Devas, colour on silk, by Riku Chūen

kenpon chakushoku jūniten zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
twelve scrolls; Bonten pictured[19] 122.7cm (48.3inches) by 41.8cm (16.5inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1191
Sixteen Arhats, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku jūroku rakan zō
34.6755°N 135.7848°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1761
Sixteen Arhats, colour on silk, eight-panel byōbu

kenpon chakushoku jūroku rakan zō
pair of screens 34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1770
Kasuga Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kasuga mandara zu
34.5368°N 135.9076°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1780
Kasuga Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kasuga mandara zu
122.7cm (48.3inches) by 54.3cm (21.4inches) 34.6843°N 135.6867°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1775
Pure Land Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku jōdo mandara zu
34.5358°N 135.9068°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1778
Pure Land Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku jōdo mandara zu (den-Seikai mandara)
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
formerly identified known as the Seikai Mandala[20] 162.1cm (63.8inches) by 134cm (53inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/900
Shinran Shōnin, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shinran Shōnin zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
in the top right corner is the poem 行者宿報設女犯 我成玉女身被犯 一生之間能莊嚴 臨終引導生極樂 and at the end of the scroll the inscription 信房御影[四句文尊円親王/繪浄賀法橋]naming the painter as Jōga (1275-1356); from in Kyoto[21] 120.2cm (47.3inches) by 81.1cm (31.9inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2178
Star Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku hoshi mandara zu
34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00010669
Star Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku hoshi mandara zu
34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1765
Ikoma Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Ikoma mandara zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
depicting seven Buddhas above Ikoma Jinja, an example of the honji suijaku paradigm[22] 105.3cm (41.5inches) by 41.9cm (16.5inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2105
Shōkō Mandala, colour on silk, by Gyōson

kenpon chakushoku Shōkō mandara zu (Gyōson hitsu)
34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2253
Descent of the Heavenly Multitude, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku shōjū raigō zu
95cm (37inches) by 53.8cm (21.2inches) 34.5324°N 135.7061°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1791
Shōtoku Taishi Lecturing on the Shoman-kyō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi Shōman-kyō kōsan zu
210.5cm (82.9inches) by 177.4cm (69.8inches) 34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011559
Shōtoku Taishi, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi zō
34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1771
Senju Kannon, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Senju Kannon zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
at the bottom of the image a dragon holding a sacred jewel rises from the waters[23] 100.8cm (39.7inches) by 41cm (16inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1049
Senju Sengen Kannon, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Senju Sengen Kannon zō
34.3686°N 135.858°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1792
Sonshō Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku sonshō mandara zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
from [24] 133.8cm (52.7inches) by 82.3cm (32.4inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2328
Pictorial Biography of Shōtoku Taishi, colour on silk, attributed to Tosa Mitsunobu

kenpon chakushoku Taishi e-den (den-Tosa Mitsunobu hitsu)
eight scrolls 34.47°N 135.8174°W
Daiitoku Myōō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Daiitoku Myōō zō
34.4659°N 135.8617°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1781
Daiitoku Myōō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Daiitoku Myōō zō
34.6755°N 135.7848°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1760
Daibutchō Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Daibutchō mandara zu
(C12) National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
devotional use of the Daibutchō mandala seems to have begun in the eleventh century[25] 125.5cm (49.4inches) by 88.5cm (34.8inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2503
Jizō and the Ten Kings of Hell, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Jizō jūō zō
34.5358°N 135.9068°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1779
Jizō Bosatsu, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Jizō Bosatsu zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
with a shakujō in his right hand and hōju or sacred gem in his left, standing upon a lotus pedestal atop a flying cloud[26] 101cm (40inches) by 36.3cm (14.3inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1027
Jizō Bosatsu, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Jizō Bosatsu zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
with a landscape background; from in Tamano, Okayama[27] 92.1cm (36.3inches) by 38.1cm (15inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1840
Nakamura Kuranosuke, colour on silk, by Ogata Kōrin

kenpon chakushoku Nakamura Kuranosuke zō (Ogata Kōrin hitsu)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
with poetic inscriptions dated to 1704 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2180
So-called Kakinomoto Miya Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku den-Kakinomoto Miya mandara zu
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
designation includes a related document dating to 1476 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1647
Legends of the Taima Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Chūjō-hime zō
pair of scrolls 34.516°N 135.6944°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1789
Daoxuan, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Dōsen Risshi zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
wearing a black kesa[28] 112.5cm (44.3inches) by 56.2cm (22.1inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/978
White Path between Two Rivers, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku niga byakudō zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
a Pure Land allegory[29] 71cm (28inches) by 26.3cm (10.4inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2209
Two Heavenly Kings, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku ni tennō zō
135.5cm (53.3inches) by 96cm (38inches) 34.6829°N 135.8322°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1752
Hiei Sannō Miya Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Hie Sannō miya mandara zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
with the twenty-one enshrined kami, and corresponding honjibutsu and seed syllables above[30] 120.7cm (47.5inches) by 68.1cm (26.8inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00010666
Hiei Sannō Miya Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Hie Sannō miya mandara zu
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10526
Nyoirin Kannon, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Nyoirin Kannon zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
with six arms and a gold body, as described in the [31] 101.7cm (40inches) by 41.6cm (16.4inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1032
White-Robed Kannon, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Byakue Kannon zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
white-robed and seated on a grass-covered rock; according to the fifth chapter of the Mahavairocana Sutra, the white is the "whiteness of the pure aspiration of enlightenment"; ink inscription in the upper right corner: 稽首淨聖甘露除焔 眞大依怙普施福縁 丁巳仲夏 壽峯海燁謹題; stylistic considerations date 丁巳 (Yin Fire Snake according to the Sexagenary cycle) to 1377; of Goryeo, Yuan or Ming origin[32] [33] [34] 99.1cm (39inches) by 40.3cm (15.9inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2499
Bishamon-ten, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Bishamon-ten zō
34.6929°N 135.8055°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1757
Bishamon-ten, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Bishamon-ten zō
34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1768
Fudō Myōō and Eight Child Acolytes, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Fudō Myōō hachidai dō zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
from on Mount Kōya[35] 129.6cm (51inches) by 89.3cm (35.2inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2561
Fugen Enmei, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Fugen Enmei zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
from Shōren-in in Kyoto[36] 91.3cm (35.9inches) by 41.9cm (16.5inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1446
Fugen and the Ten Rasetsunyō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Fugen jū rasetsunyō zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
the Rasetsunyō wear jūnihitoe[37] 112cm (44inches) by 55cm (22inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2008
Fugen Bosatsu, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Fugen Bosatsu zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
the episode where Fugen appears on a white elephant to protect the followers of the Lotus Sutra is from its [38] 62cm (24inches) by 30.7cm (12.1inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2539
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu
three scrolls 34.5317°N 135.959°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1782
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu
34.6758°N 135.8461°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1755
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
by ; alternatively dated to the Southern Song[39] 157.1cm (61.9inches) by 82.9cm (32.6inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1174
Monju Bosatsu, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Monju Bosatsu zō
34.6936°N 135.7795°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1772
Hokke Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Hokke mandara zu
122.3cm (48.1inches) by 86.2cm (33.9inches) 34.6755°N 135.7848°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1762
Hokke Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Hokke mandara zu
34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00010668
Musō Soseki, colour on silk
Mukyoku Shigen, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Musō Soseki zō
kenpon chakushoku Mukyoku Shigen zō
112.3cm (44.2inches) by 56.3cm (22.2inches), 115.3cm (45.4inches) by 61.1cm (24.1inches) https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011610
Myōkū, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Myōkū hōshi zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
from in Shiga Prefecture[40] 168.5cm (66.3inches) by 100.2cm (39.4inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1259
Miroku Bosatsu, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Miroku bosatsu zō
164.2cm (64.6inches) by 88.8cm (35inches) 34.6843°N 135.6867°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1773
Legends of Yata Jizō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Yata Jizō engi
pair of scrolls 34.6843°N 135.6867°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2280
Illustrated Legends of Yūzū Nenbutsu, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku yūzū nenbutsu engi-e
34.5437°N 135.7809°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2599
Mandala of the Two Realms, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku ryōgai mandara zu (zushi iri)
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
two paintings inside a portable shrine with doors to front and rear; from in Ōtsu[41] 18.3cm (07.2inches) by 18.5cm (07.3inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1256
Lotus Pond, colour on silk, two-panel byōbu

kenpon chakushoku renchi zu
from the real wall of the shumidan (altar) in the Shariden 34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1764
Shishū Daishi, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shishū Daishi zō
149cm (59inches) by 124.2cm (48.9inches) 34.6829°N 135.8322°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2395
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku nehan zu
34.5897°N 135.7068°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1786
Hollyhocks and Cats at Play, colour on silk, attributed to Mao Yi

kenpon chakushoku shokki yūbyō zu (den-Mōeki hitsu)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
25.3cm (10inches) by 25.8cm (10.2inches) 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1650
Water Moon Kannon, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku suigetsu Kannon zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
with poetic inscription by [42] 88cm (35inches) by 36.7cm (14.4inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2596
Landscape, ink and light colour on silk

kenpon bokuga tansai sansui zu
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2181
White-Robed Kannon, ink on silk

kenpon bokuga Byakue Kannon zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
the willow in a vase and water under a rock are iconographically similar to the Yōryū (Willow) Kannon and Suigetsu (Water Moon) Kannon[43] 100.3cm (39.5inches) by 41.4cm (16.3inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2542
Wall paintings of the Hōryū-ji Five-Storey Pagoda

gojū-no-tō shosō kyū-hekiga
18 panels on earthen render 34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2135
Defenders of the Law, door paintings

Gohō zenshin zue tobira
from a six-sided 88.4cm (34.8inches) by 30.2cm (11.9inches) 34.6829°N 135.8322°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1754
Lotus Sutra Hōtō Mandala, gold and silver paint on blue paper

konshi kingin dei Hokke-kyō hōtō mandara zu
ten scrolls 34.4659°N 135.8617°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2626
Fine Ox, light colour on paper

shihon tansai sungyū zu dankan
private https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2106
Matamata Ichiraku jō, light colour on paper, by Tanomura Chikuden

shihon Matamata Ichiraku jō (Tanomura Chikuden hitsu)
one album 34.686°N 135.8371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1758
Ippen Shōnin, light colour on paper

shihon chakushoku Ippen Shōnin emaki
private four scrolls https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1384
Sudhana's Pilgrimage to Fifty-five Spiritual Teachers as described in the Flower Garland Sutra, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku kegon gojūgosho e
ten scrolls 34.689°N 135.8399°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1979
Sudhana's Pilgrimage to Fifty-five Spiritual Teachers as described in the Flower Garland Sutra, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku kegon gojūgosho e
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
one scroll; part of a set dispersed across Tōdai-ji, the Nezu Museum, and the Fujita Art Museum[44] 74.7cm (29.4inches) by 44.7cm (17.6inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1963
Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku e-inga-kyō dankan
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
one scroll[45] 16.4cm (06.5inches) by 115.9cm (45.6inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2273
Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry, colour on paper (Kodai no Kimi)

shihon chakushoku sanjūrokkasen setsu (Koōkimi / Satake-ke denrai)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
one scroll from the Satake Family Collection 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1648
Ten Spiritual Realms, colour on paper, six-panel byōbu

shihon chakushoku jikkai zu (rokkyoku byōbu)
pair of screens 34.5168°N 135.6937°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2627
Five Pure Land Patriarchs, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku jōdo goso-e
private Donran and Zendō https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2538
Sesson, self-portrait, colour on silk

shihon chakushoku Sesson jigazō
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2567
Sutra fan, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku senmen koshakyō
34.6145°N 135.7371°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1766
Hell of Boiling Excrement, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku jigoku zōshi dankan (Fusshi Jikoku)
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
one scroll[46] 26.3cm (10.4inches) by 104.4cm (41.1inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011420
The Eastern Journeys of Ganjin, colour on paper, by Rengyō

shihon chakushoku tōsei emaki (Rengyō hitsu)
34.6755°N 135.7848°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1759
Legends of the Tōdai-ji Daibutsu, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku Tōdaiji daibutsu engi (Shiba Rinken hitsu)
three scrolls 34.689°N 135.8399°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1317
Legends of Taima-dera, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku Taima-dera engi
private three scrolls https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1787
Legends of Taima-dera, colour on paper, by Tosa Mitsumochi

shihon chakushoku Taima-dera engi (e Tosa Mitsumochi hitsu / shi Go-Nara tennō tō kyū hitsu〉
with poetic text in the hand of Emperor Go-Nara among others 34.516°N 135.6944°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2248
Portrait of a Lady, colour on silk

shihon chakushoku fujin zō
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2114
Deeds of Hōnen, colour on paper, emaki

shihon chakushoku Hōnen jōnin gyōjō emaki
forty-eight scrolls 34.5168°N 135.6937°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1790
Aristocratic Gathering in Kempo 6, monochrome ink on paper

hakubyō Kenpo rokunen chūden gyokai zu
private https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2599
Genji Monogatari (Ukifune scroll), monochrome ink on paper

shihon hakubyō Genji monogatari e (Ukifune maki zankan)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
one fragmentary scroll bound in a book 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10326
Iconographic Drawings of the Takao Mandala, monochrome ink on paper

shihon hakubyō Takao mandara zuzō
six scrolls (Diamond Realm scrolls 1, 2; Womb Realm scrolls 1, 3, 4, 5) 34.5358°N 135.9068°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2381
Iconographic Drawings of Kannon, monochrome ink on paper

shihon hakubyō sho Kannon zuzō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
contains six forms of Kannon (Shō Kannon, Senju Kannon, Batō Kannon, Fukukenjaku Kannon, Byakue Kannon, and Nyoirin Kannon)[47] 30.3cm (11.9inches) by 1064.3cm (419inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10524
Drawings of door paintings from the Tōdai-ji Kaidan-in, monochrome ink on paper

shihon hakubyō Tōdaiji Kaidan-in tobira-e zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
thought to be a copy of the paintings on the doors of a dedicated in 755 and lost to the fires of 1180[48] 28.9cm (11.4inches) by 1114cm (439inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00011427
Iconographic Drawings of Fudō Myōō, monochrome ink on paper

shihon hakubyō Fudō Myōō zuzō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
includes images of Fudō Myōō, his acolytes, and his avatars[49] 30.5cm (12inches) by 1232.6cm (485.3inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/00010662
Vimalakirti, colour on paper, by Bunsei

shihon chakushoku Yuima Kōji zō (Bunsei hitsu)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1649
Flowers and Birds, ink on paper, six-fold byōbu, by Sesson

shihon bokuga kachō zu (Sesson hitsu rokkyoku byōbu)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
pair of screens 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2566
Landscape, ink on paper, six-fold byōbu

shihon bokuga sansui zu (rokkyoku byōbu)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
pair of screens 34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1073
Iconographic Drawings of the Womb Realm, ink on paper

shihon bokuga Taizō zuzō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
pair of scrolls by [50] 30.3cm (11.9inches) by 1409.7cm (555inches), 30.3cm (11.9inches) by 1333cm (525inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/901
Daidō Ichii, ink on paper

shihon bokuga Daidō oshō zu (den-Minchō hitsu)
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
attributed to [51] 47cm (19inches) by 16.2cm (06.4inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2002
Bamboo with a Sparrow, ink on paper

shihon bokuga chikujaku zu
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1652
Lü Dongbin, ink on paper, by Sesson

shihon bokuga Ryo Dōhin zu (Sesson hitsu)
Kintetsu
(kept at the Yamato Bunkakan)
34.6954°N 135.7567°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2004
Jūichimen Kannon

jūichimen muki kannon-zō (sanjūsan-shin)
34.5368°N 135.9076°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10244
Pure Land Mandala, colour on silk

jōdo mandara kenpon chakushoku kakefuku (den-hokkyō keishun hitsu)
34.516°N 135.6944°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1788
Chikō Mandala, colour on wooden boards

chakushoku Chikō mandara zu (ita-e)
217cm (85inches) by 195cm (77inches) 34.6778°N 135.8313°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2151
Decorative Paintings of the Octagonal Hall, colour on wooden boards

hakkakudō naijin sōshoku ga (ita-e chakushoku)
34.3559°N 135.7207°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2612
Boats reaching port, colour on wooden boards

ita-e chakushoku kaisen nyūkō zu gaku
34.3686°N 135.858°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2403
Shoson Mandala, colour on wooden boards

ita-e chakushoku shoson mandara zu
two panels 34.516°N 135.6944°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/2255
Images of Kami, colour on wooden boards

ita-e chakushoku shinzō
six panels 34.6684°N 135.7843°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1763
Senju Kannon, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Senju Kannon zō
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
found inside a 53 cm high wooden statue of Kannon[52] 93.8cm (36.9inches) by 39.5cm (15.6inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1033
Kasuga Shrine Mandala

Kasuga Miya mandara zu
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/10243

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 1 April 2018, forty-three properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4] [53] [54]

PropertyDateMunicipalityOwnershipCommentsImageDimensionsCoordinatesRef.
Pure Land of Amida, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Amida jōdo zu (den-Chikō mandara)
34.6778°N 135.8313°W for all refs see http://www.pref.nara.jp/secure/143530/kenshiitiran.pdf
Mandala of the Two Realms, gold paint on indigo paper

konshi kindei ryōkai mandara zu
Saidai-ji
(kept at Nara National Museum)
34.683°N 135.8379°W
Shaka Triad with Sixteen Benevolent Deities, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shaka sanzon jūroku zenjin zu
Saidai-ji
(kept at Nara National Museum)
34.683°N 135.8379°W
Yakushi and the Twelve Heavenly Generals, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Yakushi jūni shinshō zō
34.6755°N 135.7848°W
Nigatsu-dō Mandala

Nigatsudō mandara zu
34.6893°N 135.8443°W
Legends of Tōdai-ji, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Tōdaiji engi zu
pair of scrolls 34.6893°N 135.8443°W
Buddha's Parinirvana, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu
34.6447°N 135.8684°W
Ise Mandala, ink and light colour on paper

shihon bokuga tansai Ise mandara zu
34.6447°N 135.8684°W
Yakushi and the Twelve Heavenly Generals, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Yakushi jūni shinshō zō
34.6686°N 135.7846°W
Hossō Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Hossō mandara zu
126.5cm (49.8inches) by 79.4cm (31.3inches) 34.6829°N 135.8322°W
Kasuga Shrine and Temple Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kasuga shaji mandara zu
116cm (46inches) by 42.5cm (16.7inches) 34.6829°N 135.8322°W
Horse Race, colour on paper, six-fold byōbu

shihon chakushoku kurabe-uma zu (rokkyoku byōbu)
34.6815°N 135.8485°W
Kasuga Deities Departing from Kashima Shrine, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kashima-tachi shin-ei zu
when designated as a municipal property the designation included the wooden rod or jikugi around which the bottom of the hanging scroll was wound, until its removal during restoration work in 1891, and which bears an ink inscription naming the artist - Nijō Eiin - and dating the work to the 30th day of the 9th month of Eitoku 3: 永徳三年九月三十日 八月十三日春日ハシラタテノ日筆ハシメナリ 二條英印筆 107.1cm (42.2inches) by 36.2cm (14.3inches) 34.6815°N 135.8485°W
A Beauty, by Soga Shōhaku, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku bijin zu Soga Shōhaku hitsu
39.4cm (15.5inches) by 107.3cm (42.2inches) 34.6859°N 135.8326°W
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu
34.6929°N 135.8056°W
Hokke Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Hokke mandara zu
107cm (42inches) by 74cm (29inches) 34.5733°N 135.9642°W
Arrival of the Nanban - Horse Race, colour on paper with gold ground

shihon kinji chakushoku Nanban-jin torai zu・kurabe-uma zu
pair of screens 34.6755°N 135.7848°W
Six Paths, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku rokudō-e
34.561°N 135.852°W
En no Gyōja, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku En no Gyōja zō
34.6061°N 135.907°W
Pictorial Biography of Shōtoku Taishi, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi e-den
four scrolls 34.4659°N 135.8617°W
Legends of Tōnomine, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Tōnomine engi
48.2cm (19inches) by 384.3cm (151.3inches) to 562.3cm (221.4inches) 34.4659°N 135.8617°W
Kōgyō Daishi, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kōgyō Daishi zō
34.5358°N 135.9068°W
Jūichimen Kannon, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku honzon Jūichimen Kannon mikage
34.5358°N 135.9068°W
Kasuga Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kasuga Mandala zu
34.5358°N 135.9068°W
Legends of Hase-dera, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku Hasedera engi
34.5358°N 135.9068°W
Fudō Myōō-Aizen Myōō, monochrome ink on paper

shihon hakubyō Fudō Myōō zu zō/Aizen Myōō zu zō
34.5358°N 135.9068°W
Pure Land of Amida, colour on silk (Chikō Mandala)

kenpon chakushoku Amida jōdo zu (den-Chikō mandara)
34.5368°N 135.9076°W
Fugen and the Ten Rasetsunyo, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Fugen jū rasetsunyo zō
34.5368°N 135.9076°W
Tenkawa Benzaiten Mandala, colour on silk, by Shiba Rinken

kenpon chakushoku Tenkawa Benzaiten mandara zu Shiba Rinken hitsu
Nōman-in
(kept at Nara National Museum)
99.4cm (39.1inches) by 39.4cm (15.5inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W
Fujiwara no Muchimaro, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Fujiwara no Muchimaro zō
34.3559°N 135.7207°W
Descent of Amida Triad with the Six Aspects of Jizō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Amida sanzon roku Jizō raigō zu
34.3259°N 135.6979°W
Ikoma Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Ikoma mandara
34.6781°N 135.7036°W
Jukkanshō, ink on paper

shihon bokuga jukkanshō
ten handscrolls; a copy of the late-Heian Esoteric Buddhist iconography[55] 34.6846°N 135.6865°W
Taima Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Taima mandara zu
34.5168°N 135.6937°W
Chūjō-hime, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Chūjō-hime zō
142.5cm (56.1inches) by 66.3cm (26.1inches) 34.5156°N 135.6957°W
Pictorial Biography of Shōtoku Taishi, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi e-den
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
pair of scrolls; formerly in the possession of and kept at the Nara National Museum; acquired by NICH for the Museum in 2017 for ¥40,000,000[56] 157.8cm (62.1inches) to 86.5cm (34.1inches) and 157.2cm (61.9inches) to 86.7cm (34.1inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W
Descent of Amida and the Heavenly Retinue, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Amida shōju raigō zu
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
(kept at Nara National Museum)
formerly in the possession of and kept at the Nara National Museum; acquired by NICH for the Museum in 2017 for ¥50,000,000 123.1cm (48.5inches) to 84cm (33inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W
Eight Patriarchs of Shingon, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shingon hasso zō
eight scrolls 34.5378°N 136.0406°W
Zennyo Ryūō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Zennyo Ryūō zu
34.5527°N 135.7943°W
Mandala of the Two Realms, gold and silver paint on indigo ground

konji kingin dei ryōkai mandara zu
pair of scrolls 34.4443°N 135.7973°W
Buddha’s Parinirvana, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku butsu nehan zu
280.5cm (110.4inches) by 206.4cm (81.3inches) 34.47°N 135.8174°W
Mandala of the Two Realms, colour on wooden boards

ita-e chakushoku ryōkai mandara zu
pair of paintings 34.5665°N 135.7523°W
Yoshino Mandala, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku Yoshino mandara
34.3646°N 135.8679°W

Municipal Cultural Properties

Properties designated at a municipal level include:

PropertyDateMunicipalityOwnershipCommentsImageDimensionsCoordinatesRef.
Kasuga Deities Departing from Kashima Shrine, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kashima dachi shin-ei zu
107.6cm (42.4inches) by 39cm (15inches) 34.6815°N 135.8485°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1384938340884/index.html
Taima Mandala, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Taima mandara zu
166.3cm (65.5inches) by 152.9cm (60.2inches) 34.5934°N 135.9466°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1386657304643/index.html
Tosō Tenjin, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Tosō Tenjin zō

(kept at Nara National Museum)
holding a branch of plum blossoms; with gasan or accompanying text by (1370-1452)[57] 88.6cm (34.9inches) by 33cm (13inches) 34.683°N 135.8379°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1258080429654/index.html
Eison (Kōshō Bosatsu), colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kōshō Bosatsu zō
Saidai-ji
(kept at Nara National Museum)
34.683°N 135.8379°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1275290274660/index.html
Eison (Kōshō Bosatsu), colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kōshō Bosatsu zō
34.6756°N 135.7848°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1275290274660/index.html
Shinkū, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Jishin oshō zō
34.6924°N 135.8042°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1275290274660/index.html
Legends of Yata Jizō, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku Yata Jizō engi
private one scroll 34.7047°N 135.7342°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1275290274660/index.html
Kasuga Gongen Genkidai

Kasuga Gongen genkidai
six panels 34.6815°N 135.8465°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1275290274660/index.html
Tsutsui Junkei, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Tsutsui Junkei zō
110.4cm (43.5inches) by 41.1cm (16.2inches) 34.6806°N 135.8258°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1275290274660/index.html
Town and Country, emaki

kenpon chakushoku tohizu maki

(kept at Nara National Museum)
1 scroll 34.683°N 135.8379°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1179117929386/#3
Congratulating Empress Meishō on her 70th Birthday, colour on paper with gold ground, byōbu

shihon kinji chakushoku Meishō-in nanajū ga getsuji e byōbu
pair of six-panel screens 34.6437°N 135.8456°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1179117929386/#3
Grazing in Springtime and Autumn Fields, colour on paper, byōbu

shihon chakushoku shunkō hōboku denen shūshoku zu byōbu
pair of six-panel screens 34.6437°N 135.8456°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1179117929386/#3
Tamaya Partition Paintings

Tamaya shōhekiga

(kept at Kyoto National Museum)
20 panels by 34.9899°N 135.7732°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1179117929386/#3
Former Fukuju-in Partition Paintings, by Nagasawa Rosetsu

kyū Fukuju-in shōhekiga Nagasawa Rosetsu hitsu
Yakushi-ji
(kept at Nara National Museum)
29 panels 34.683°N 135.8379°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1179117929386/#3
Ema with Storage Box

ema-ban tsuketari shūnōbako
5 ema 34.6804°N 135.8437°W http://www.city.nara.lg.jp/www/contents/1179117929386/#3
Toyotomi Hidenaga

Toyotomi Hidenaga gazō
118cm (46inches) by 55cm (22inches) 34.6508°N 135.7842°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000232.html
Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu

Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu gazō
private http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000188.html
Rikugi-en, emaki

Rikugi-en, emaki
3 scrolls 34.651°N 135.7804°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000188.html
View of Kōriyama Castle

Kōriyama-jō no zu (Kyōhō 9-nen)
34.651°N 135.7804°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000188.html
View of Kōriyama Castle

Kōriyama-jō no zu (Ansei nenkan)
34.651°N 135.7804°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000235.html
Maps of the Town Divisions

machi wari zu
29 items 34.651°N 135.7804°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000188.html
Map of Residences with Roads and Names

Gokachū Nakayashiki kōji wari namae-zu
34.651°N 135.7804°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000188.html
Old View of Kōriyama Castle

Kōriyama-jō kozu
34.6472°N 135.7608°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000188.html
Kasuga Akadōji, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Kasuga Akadōji gazō
73.9cm (29.1inches) by 31.5cm (12.4inches) 34.654°N 135.7816°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000238.html
Occurrences of Kasuga Festival

Kasuga omatsuri no shidai (jōgekan)
two scrolls 34.651°N 135.7804°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000188.html
Illustrated Legends of Uetsuki Dōjō, emaki

Uetsuki dōjō engi emaki
1 scroll 34.654°N 135.7816°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000188.html
Chinese Lions, fusuma

karajishi zu to fusuma-e
8 panels 180cm (70inches) by 97cm (38inches) 34.6466°N 135.787°W http://www.city.yamatokoriyama.nara.jp/ourcity/history/shiseki/000243.html

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Properties for Future Generations . . 25 August 2019.
  2. Web site: http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkazai/shokai/shitei.html . ja:国宝・重要文化財 . Number of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties by Prefecture . Japanese . . 1 July 2019 . 25 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財(美術品)(絵画 奈良県) . Japanese . . 25 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190630231514/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/index_pc.html . 30 June 2019 . dead .
  4. Web site: http://www.pref.nara.jp/secure/89775/bunkazaikensu.pdf . ja:文化財指定件数 . Number of Designated Cultural Properties . Japanese . . 1 April 2018 . 25 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Hue of the Water, Light on the Peaks . . 23 June 2014.
  6. Web site: Koreana: Joseon Prince's Dream Journey to Peach Orchard Paradise . Ahn Hwi-Hoon . . 23 June 2014.
  7. Web site: Portrait of Ando En'e . . 28 June 2014.
  8. Web site: Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel (Skt., Ekaksarosnisacakra), (J., Ichiji Kinrin Mandara) . . 29 June 2014.
  9. Web site: Ichijikinrin 一字金輪 . . 29 June 2013.
  10. Web site: Kokuzo (Akasagarbha) . . 30 June 2014.
  11. Web site: Mandalas of the Two Worlds (Ryokai Mandara); Sword with the Dragon Kurikara (Kulika Nagaraja) and Two Child Acolytes . . 3 September 2015.
  12. Web site: Monju (Manjusri) . . 3 September 2015.
  13. Web site: Five Great Myoo (Vidyarajas) . . 30 June 2014.
  14. Web site: http://www.kohfukuji.com/property/cultural/041.html . ja:http://www.kohfukuji.com/property/cultural/041.html . Images of Jion Daishi . Japanese . . 25 August 2019.
  15. Web site: Sakyamuni Triad . . 3 September 2015.
  16. Web site: Sakyamuni Preaching on Vulture Peak . . 3 September 2015.
  17. Web site: Ten Kings of Hell . . 4 September 2015.
  18. Web site: Ten Kings of Hell . . 4 September 2015.
  19. Web site: Twelve Heavenly Deities (Devas) . . 4 September 2015.
  20. Web site: Mandala of the Pure Land of Amida (Amitabha), (J., Amida Jodo Mandara) . . 4 September 2015.
  21. Web site: Portrait of the Priest Shinran . . 4 September 2015.
  22. Web site: Mandala of Ikoma Shrine . . 4 September 2015.
  23. Web site: Thousand-Armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja) . . 4 September 2015.
  24. Web site: Mandala of the Supreme Usnisa Buddhas (J., Sonsho Mandara) . . 4 September 2015.
  25. Web site: Mandala of the Great Cranial Protuberance (Skt., Mahosnisacakra), (J., Daibutcho・Mandara) . . 4 September 2015.
  26. Web site: Jizo (Ksitigarbha) . . 30 June 2014.
  27. Web site: Jizo (Ksitigarbha) . . 30 June 2014.
  28. Web site: Portrait of the Priest Daoxuan (Dosen) . . 5 September 2015.
  29. Web site: White Path to Paradise between Two Rivers of Worldly Vice (J., Nika Byakudo Zu) . . 5 September 2015.
  30. Web site: Mandala of Sanno Shrine (J., Sanno-Miya Mandara) . . 5 September 2015.
  31. Web site: Nyoirin Kannon (Cintamanicakra) . . 28 June 2014.
  32. Web site: Byakue Kannon . . 23 June 2014.
  33. Web site: http://www.narahaku.go.jp/collection/942-0.html . ja:白衣観音像 . Byakue Kannon . Japanese . . 23 June 2014.
  34. Web site: White-Robed Kannon (Pandaravasini) . . 23 June 2014.
  35. Web site: Fudo Myoo (Acalanatha) and Eight Child Acolytes (Kumaras) . . 5 September 2015.
  36. Web site: Fugen Enmei (Vajramoghasamayasattva) . . 5 September 2015.
  37. Web site: Fugen (Samantabhadra) and Ten Rasetsunyo (Raksasis) . . 5 September 2015.
  38. Web site: Fugen (Samantabhadra) . . 28 June 2014.
  39. Web site: Nirvana (Death) of the Buddha . . 5 September 2015.
  40. Web site: Portrait of the Priest Myoku . . 5 September 2015.
  41. Web site: Shrine with Mandalas of the Two Worlds (Ryokai Mandara) . . 5 September 2015.
  42. Web site: Water Moon Kannon (Avalokitesvara) . . 5 September 2015.
  43. Web site: White-Robed Kannon (Pandaravasini) . . 5 September 2015.
  44. Web site: Sudhana's Pilgrimage to Fifty-five Spiritual Teachers as Described in the Flower Ornament Scripture (Avatamsaka Sutra), (J., Kegon Gojugosho E), (Scene of Sudhana Meeting Upasika) . . 5 September 2015.
  45. Web site: Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect (J., E-inga Kyo) . . 5 September 2015.
  46. Web site: Monk-in-Hell Scroll (Hell of boiling excrement) . . 5 September 2015.
  47. Web site: Iconographic Drawings of Kannon (Avalokitesvara) . . 7 September 2015.
  48. Web site: Todai-ji Kaidan-in Tobira Ezu (Painting for the doors of Kaidan-in of Todai-ji temple) . . 7 September 2015.
  49. Web site: Iconographic Drawings of Fudo Myoo (J., Fudo Giki) . . 7 September 2015.
  50. Web site: Iconographic Drawings of the Womb World Mandala (J., Taizo Zuzo) . . 7 September 2015.
  51. Web site: Portrait of the Priest Daido Ichii . . 4 September 2015.
  52. Web site: Thousand-Armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja); Kannon (Avalokitesvara) . . 22 June 2014.
  53. Web site: http://www.pref.nara.jp/item/143530.htm#itemid143530 . ja:奈良県指定文化財一覧 . List of Nara Prefectural Cultural Properties . Japanese . . 1 April 2015 . 4 September 2015.
  54. Web site: https://kunishitei.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 2014 . 3 September 2015.
  55. Web site: https://www.city.ikoma.lg.jp/dm/14/1402hozanji/140288jukansho/140288jukansho.php . ja:宝山寺十巻抄 . Jukkansho from Hozanji . . 4 September 2015.
  56. Web site: https://www.nich.go.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/konyu2017_nara-1.pdf . ja:平成29年度購入文化財一覧 . List of Cultural Properties Acquired in 2017 . Japanese . . 25 August 2019.
  57. Web site: gasan . . 28 June 2014.