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

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

National Cultural Properties

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

PropertyDateMunicipalityOwnershipCommentsImageDimensionsCoordinatesRef.
Fudō Myōō with Two Attendants, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Fudō Myōō ni dōji zō
37.9218°N 139.072°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1952
Plum Blossoms in Snow, ink on silk, by Wu Taisu

kenpon bokuga setsubai zu (Gotaiso hitsu)
42cm (17inches) by 72cm (28inches) 37.2272°N 138.6378°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/1067

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2019, sixteen properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4] [5]

PropertyDateMunicipalityOwnershipCommentsImageDimensionsCoordinatesRef.
Landscape, six-fold byōbu, by Kushiro Unzen

sansui-zu Kushiro Unzen hitsu rokkyoku byōbu
private pair of screens 37.1225°N 138.7544°W for all refs see https://www.pref.niigata.lg.jp/sec/bunkagyosei/1211389257758.html
Willows at Weicheng, by Ike no Taiga

Ijō ryūshoku Taiga hitsu tsuketari Taiga sho "ijō ryūshoku"
Tsurui Collection
(kept at
37.9144°N 139.0597°W
Works by Kikuchi Yōsai

Kikuchi Yōsai sakuhin"
49 items, comprising 18 hanging scrolls, 12 fusuma, 1 fan, 6 letters, 2 pairs of byōbu, 8 ranma paintings, and 2 folding books 37.2272°N 138.6378°W
Landscape with Snow by Okada Hanko

Okada Hankō, sekkei sansui zu"
37.2272°N 138.6378°W
Dharma Body of Expedient Means

hōben hosshin sonzō
37.8378°N 139.222°W
Cranes, colour on gold ground, by Ganku

konji chakusai gunkaku zu (itahari tsuke) Ganku hitsu
37.6247°N 138.8414°W
Uesugi Kenshin with Two Retainers, colour on paper

shihon chakushoku Uesugi Kenshin narabini ni shin zō

(kept at)
150cm (60inches) by 54.5cm (21.5inches) 37.4644°N 138.8323°W
Three Thousand Buddhas, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku sanzen Butsu zu
3 hanging scrolls 37.9218°N 139.072°W
Legends of Oppō-ji, colour on paper, emaki

shihon chakushoku Oppōji engi emaki
14.54m (47.7feet) by 42.2cm (16.6inches) 38.1187°N 139.4028°W
Myōsenin, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Myōsenin zō
150cm (60inches) by 54.5cm (21.5inches) 37.4584°N 138.8568°W
Jion Daishi

Jion Daishi zō
104.3cm (41.1inches) by 40.3cm (15.9inches) 37.9218°N 139.072°W
Illustrated Biography of Hōnen Shōnin, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Hōnen shōnin e-den
6 hanging scrolls 156.3cm (61.5inches) by 82.3cm (32.4inches) 37.1124°N 138.2373°W
Shōkō Oshō, colour on silk

kenpon chakushoku Shōkō oshō zō
designation includes a copy of the same subject 87.2cm (34.3inches) by 36.3cm (14.3inches) 37.1124°N 138.2373°W
Scenes in and around the Capital, colour on paper with gold ground, byōbu

shihon kinji chakushoku rakuchū rakugai zu rokkyoku byōbu
pair of six-panel screens 153cm (60inches) by 370cm (150inches) 38.0802°N 138.436°W
Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry

sanjūrokkasen e-hengaku

(kept at)
35 plaques; Kishi Joō pictured 45cm (18inches) by 32cm (13inches) 37.9859°N 138.3448°W
Okina and Sanbasō, Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry

Okina・Sanbasō e-hengaku
sanjūrokkasen e-hengaku

(kept at)
pair of plaques and 18 plaques 42cm (17inches) by 29cm (11inches) 37.9859°N 138.3448°W

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Properties for Future Generations . . 13 September 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 . 13 September 2019.
  3. Web site: Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財(美術品)(絵画 新潟県) . Japanese . . 13 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190630231514/https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/index_pc.html . 30 June 2019 . dead .
  4. Web site: https://www.pref.niigata.lg.jp/sec/bunkagyosei/1211389257758.html . ja:新潟県の文化財一覧 . List of Cultural Properties of Niigata Prefecture . Japanese . . 1 April 2019 . 13 September 2019.
  5. 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 2019 . 13 September 2019.