List of Cultural Properties of Japan – paintings (Akita)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of paintings (絵画, kaiga) 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 絹本著色松に唐鳥図（佐竹曙山筆／） kenpon chakushoku matsu ni karadori zu (Satake Shozan hitsu)	later C18	Yokote	private (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	Akita ranga[5][6]			39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E	[1]
Taizong of Tang, Flowers and Birds, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake 絹本著色唐太宗花鳥図〈小田野直武筆／〉 kenpon chakushoku Tō Taisō kachō zu (Odano Naotake hitsu)	1770s	Yokote	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	three scrolls; Akita ranga[7][8]		122.0 centimetres (4 ft 0 in) by 44.5 centimetres (1 ft 5.5 in)	39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E	[2]
Taima Mandala, colour on silk 絹本著色当麻曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Taima mandara zu	Kamakura period	Daisen	Jōren-ji (浄蓮寺)	some flaking of the paint[9]			39°24′24″N 140°28′56″E	[3]
Shinobazu Pond, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake 絹本著色不忍池図〈小田野直武筆／〉 kenpon chakushoku Shinobazu-no-ike zu (Odano Naotake hitsu)	1770s	Yokote	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	Akita ranga[10][11]		132.5 centimetres (4 ft 4.2 in) by 98.5 centimetres (3 ft 2.8 in)	39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E	[4]

This list is complete and up to date as of August 2019.

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 24 May 2019, thirty properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4][12]

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Child Monju 稚児文珠像 chigo Monju zō	C17	Nikaho	Kanman-ji (蚶満寺))	holding a nyoi (scepter); by Kanō Tan'yū[13]			39°12′56″N 139°54′12″E	for all refs see [5]
Fugen Bosatsu 普賢菩薩像 Fugen Bosatsu zō	C17	Daisen	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[14]		120 centimetres (3 ft 11 in) by 75 centimetres (2 ft 6 in)	39°28′02″N 140°28′14″E
Portrait of Hakuun 白雲上人画像 Hakuun shōnin gazō		Misato	Hongaku-ji (本覚寺)				39°25′19″N 140°32′59″E
Sixteen Arhats 十六羅漢像 jūroku rakan zō	Edo period	Akita	Tentoku-ji (天徳寺)	sixteen scrolls			39°44′19″N 140°07′13″E
Customs of Akita, colour on paper, emaki 紙本着色秋田風俗絵巻 shihon chakushoku Akita fuzoku emaki		Akita	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Prefectural Museum)	[15]		14.7 metres (48 ft 3 in) by 38.3 centimetres (1 ft 3.1 in)	39°49′02″N 140°03′58″E
Senju Kannon, colour on silk 絹本着色千手観音像 kenpon chakushoku Senju Kannon zō		Nikaho	private				39°17′35″N 139°57′51″E
Mandala of the Two Realms 金剛胎蔵両界曼荼羅 Kongō-Taizō Ryōkai mandara	end of the Kamakura period	Oga	Chōraku-ji (長楽寺)	two scrolls, colour on silk[16]			39°52′00″N 139°45′06″E
Chinese Peony in a Flower Basket, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake 絹本着色芍薬花籠図 直武筆 kenpon chakushoku shakuyaku hana kago zu Naotake hitsu	1770s	Yokote	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	Akita ranga[17]		94.5 centimetres (3 ft 1.2 in) by 21.0 centimetres (8.3 in)	39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E
Kisakata, colour on paper, byōbu 紙本着色象潟図屏風 shihon chakushoku Kisakata zu byōbu	Edo period	Nikaho	Nikaho City (kept at the Nikaho City Kisakata Historical Museum (にかほ市象潟郷土資料館))	the pair of six-panel folding-screens by Nagamasa Eishō (牧野永昌) (1747-1824) depict Kisakata (象潟) 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[18][19]			39°12′06″N 139°54′26″E
True Views and Colouring, colour on paper, by Hakuun 紙本着色白雲筆真景帖および彩絵方 shihon chakushoku Hakuun hitsu shinkeijō oyobi saekata	end C18/early C19	Misato	private (kept at Hongaku-ji (本覚寺))				39°25′19″N 140°32′59″E
Amida Raigō, on silk 絹本阿弥陀来迎図 kenpon Amida raigō zu		Ōdate	private				40°13′46″N 140°34′47″E
Akita Ranga, Peonies on a Rock 秋田蘭画「岩に牡丹図」 Akita ranga "iwa no botan zu"	Edo period	Daisen	private	by Tashiro Tadakuni (田代忠国) (1757-1830)[20]		97 centimetres (3 ft 2 in) by 28.5 centimetres (11.2 in)	39°27′51″N 140°28′45″E
Hanshan and Shide, ink on paper 紙本墨画寒山拾得 shihon bokuga Kanzan Jittoku		Akita	Daihi-ji (大悲寺)	pair of scrolls			39°42′46″N 140°06′38″E
Sixteen Benevolent Deities, colour on silk 絹本着色十六善神 kenpon chakushoku jūroku zenjin		Akita	Daihi-ji (大悲寺)				39°42′46″N 140°06′38″E
Kōbō Daishi, colour on silk 絹本着色弘法大師像 kenpon chakushoku Kōbō Daishi zō	end of the Kamakura period/early Muromachi period	Oga	Chōraku-ji (長楽寺)	holding a vajra and rosary[21]			39°52′00″N 139°45′06″E
Sketchbook of Odano Naotake 小田野直武筆写生帖 Odano Naotake hitsu shaseichō	c.1777	Yokote	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	ink and colour on paper[22]		42.5 centimetres (1 ft 4.7 in) by 28.3 centimetres (11.1 in)	39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E
Cranes, by Shen Nanpin 鶴之図(沈南蘋筆) tsuru no zu (Shen Nanpin hitsu)	1738	Yokote	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	pair of scrolls[23]		97.2 centimetres (3 ft 2.3 in) by 49.6 centimetres (1 ft 7.5 in)	39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E
Shaka Triad 釈迦三尊像図 Shaka sanson zō		Akita	Tōfuku-ji (当福寺)				39°43′10″N 140°06′39″E
Copy of Van Royen's Flowers and Birds, colour on paper, by Ishikawa Tairō and Ishikawa Mōkō 紙本着色ファン・ロイエン筆 花鳥図模写 石川大浪・孟高合筆 shihon chakushoku Fan Roien hitsu kachō zu mosha Ishikawa Tairō・Mōkō hitsu	1796	Yokote	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	copy of W. Van Royen's painting of 1725[24][25]		232.8 centimetres (7 ft 7.7 in) by 107.0 centimetres (3 ft 6.1 in)	39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E
Nursing Tigress, by Hirafuku Suian 平福穂庵筆 乳虎 Hirafuku Suian hitsu nyūko	1890	Yokote	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	ink and colour on silk[26]		159.5 centimetres (5 ft 2.8 in) by 82.4 centimetres (2 ft 8.4 in)	39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E
High Mountains Clear Autumn, by Terasaki Kōgyō 寺崎廣業筆 高山清秋 Terasaki Kōgyō hitsu kōzan seishū	1914	Yokote	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	on silk, mounted on a pair of six-panel folding screens[27]		364.2 centimetres (11 ft 11.4 in) by 168.2 centimetres (5 ft 6.2 in)	39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E
Haruyama, by Hirafuku Hyakusui 平福百穂筆 春山 Hirafuku Hyakusui hitsu Haruyama	1933	Yokote	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	ink and colour on paper[28]		104.0 centimetres (3 ft 4.9 in) by 91.0 centimetres (2 ft 11.8 in)	39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E
Mount Fuji, by Odano Naotake 小田野直武筆 富嶽図 Odano Naotake hitsu Fugaku zu	1770s	Yokote	Akita Prefecture (kept at the Akita Museum of Modern Art)	colour on silk[29]		77.0 centimetres (2 ft 6.3 in) by 43.5 centimetres (1 ft 5.1 in)	39°17′32″N 140°32′51″E
Sketchbook of Satake Shozan 佐竹曙山 写生帖 Satake Shozan shaseichō	later C18	Akita	Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)	three volumes[30]		34.0 centimetres (13.4 in) by 26.3 centimetres (10.4 in)	39°43′02″N 140°07′28″E
Scenery with Lake, by Satake Shozan 佐竹曙山筆 湖山風景図 Satake Shozan hitsu gozan fūkei zu	later C18	Akita	Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			16.0 centimetres (6.3 in) by 26.3 centimetres (10.4 in)	39°43′02″N 140°07′28″E
Bamboo and Java Sparrows, by Satake Shozan 佐竹曙山筆 竹に文鳥図 Satake Shozan hitsu take ni bunchō zu	later C18	Akita	Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			136.0 centimetres (53.5 in) by 40.0 centimetres (15.7 in)	39°43′02″N 140°07′28″E
Irises and a Knife, by Satake Shozan 佐竹曙山筆 燕子花にナイフ図 Satake Shozan hitsu kakitsubata ni naifu zu	later C18	Akita	Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			112.5 centimetres (44.3 in) by 40.0 centimetres (15.7 in)	39°43′02″N 140°07′28″E
Pink Lotus, by Satake Shozan 佐竹曙山筆 紅蓮図 Satake Shozan hitsu guren zu	later C18	Akita	Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			87.0 centimetres (34.3 in) by 30.5 centimetres (12.0 in)	39°43′02″N 140°07′28″E
Bamboo Grass and White Rabbit, by Odano Naotake 小田野直武筆 笹に白兎図 Odano Naotake hitsu sasa ni shiro usagi zu	later C18	Akita	Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			100.5 centimetres (39.6 in) by 32.5 centimetres (12.8 in)	39°43′02″N 140°07′28″E
Children with Dog, by Odano Naotake 小田野直武筆 児童愛犬図 Odano Naotake hitsu jidō aiken zu	later C18	Akita	Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			41.5 centimetres (16.3 in) by 64.0 centimetres (25.2 in)	39°43′02″N 140°07′28″E

This list is complete and up to date as of August 2019.

Municipal Cultural Properties

Properties designated at a municipal level include:

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Icon with Saints 聖像画 Seizōga		Ōdate	Hokuroku Orthodox Church (北鹿ハリストス正教会)	by Yamashita Rin			40°12′53″N 140°37′27″E	[6]
Ink Landscape, by Satake Yoshimasa 佐竹義和筆「水墨山水」 Satake Yoshimasa hitsu suiboku sansui	Edo period	Akita	Akita City (kept at Satake Historical Museum)				39°43′12″N 140°07′29″E	[7]
Hunter, colour on silk, by Hirafuku Hyakusui 絹本着色猟夫 平福百穂筆 kenpon chakushoku ryōfu Hirafuku Hyakusui hitsu	1903	Akita	Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			162.6 centimetres (5 ft 4.0 in) by 92.3 centimetres (3 ft 0.3 in)	39°43′02″N 140°07′28″E	[8]
Begonias with Frog, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake 絹本着色岩に秋海棠と蛙図 小田野直武筆 kenpon chakushoku iwa ni shūkaidō to kaeru zu Odano Naotake hitsu	C18	Akita	Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			129.0 centimetres (4 ft 2.8 in) by 31.9 centimetres (1 ft 0.6 in)	39°43′02″N 140°07′28″E	[9]
Flowers and Birds, colour on silk, by Sasaki Harazen 絹本着色花鳥図 佐々木原善筆 kenpon chakushoku kachō zu Sasaki Harazen hitsu	Edo period	Akita	Akita City (kept at the Akita Senshū Museum of Art)			143.8 centimetres (4 ft 8.6 in) by 60.8 centimetres (1 ft 11.9 in)	39°43′02″N 140°07′28″E	[10]

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

References

1. "Cultural Properties for Future Generations". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 17 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 17 August 2019.
3. "Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財（美術品）(絵画 秋田県)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
4. 絵画 [Paintings] (in Japanese). Akita Prefecture. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
5. 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] (in Japanese). Akita Prefecture. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
6. "Akita ranga". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
7. 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] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
8. 唐太宗･花鳥山水 [Taizong of Tang - Landscape with Flowers and Birds] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
9. 絹本著色当麻曼荼羅図 [Taima Mandala, colour on silk] (PDF) (in Japanese). Daisen City. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
10. 絹本著色不忍池図〈小田野直武筆／〉 [Shinobazu Pond, colour on silk, by Odano Naotake] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
11. 不忍池図 [Shinobazu Pond] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
12. 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 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
13. 稚児文珠像 [Child Monju] (in Japanese). Nikaho City. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
14. 普賢菩薩像 [Fugen Bosatsu] (PDF) (in Japanese). Daisen City. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
15. 秋田風俗絵巻 [Customs of Akita, emaki] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
16. 絹本着色、金剛・胎蔵両界曼荼羅 [Mandala of the Two Realms] (in Japanese). Oga City. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
17. 芍薬花蘢図 [Chinese Peony in a Flower Basket] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
18. 絹本着色象潟図屏風（六曲一双） [Kisakata Byōbu (six panels)] (in Japanese). Nikaho City. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
19. 象潟 [Kisakata] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
20. 秋田蘭画 岩に牡丹図 [Akita Ranga - Peonies on a Rock] (PDF) (in Japanese). Daisen City. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
21. 絹本着色弘法大師像 [Kobo Daishi, colour on silk] (in Japanese). Oga City. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
22. 写生帖 [Sketchbook] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
23. 鶴 [Cranes] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
24. 日本絵画のひみつ [Secrets of Japanese Painting] (in Japanese). Kobe City. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
25. ファン・ロイエン筆 花鳥図模写 [Copy of Van Royen's Flowers and Birds] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
26. 乳虎 [Nursing Tigress] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
27. 高山清秋 [High Mountains Clear Autumn] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
28. 春山 [Haruyama] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
29. 富嶽図 [Mount Fuji] (in Japanese). Akita Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
30. 秋田県指定文化財の指定等について [Concerning the Designation of Akita Prefectural Cultural Properties] (PDF) (in Japanese). Akita Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

External links

• (in Japanese) Cultural Properties in Akita Prefecture