List of Cultural Properties of Japan – paintings (Kagoshima)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of paintings (絵画, kaiga) for the Prefecture of Kagoshima.^[1]

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 July 2019, one Important Cultural Property has been designated, being of national significance.^[2][3][4]

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Eight Aspects of the Buddha's Parinirvana, colours on silk 絹本著色八相涅槃図 kenpon chakushoku hassō nehan zu	Kamakura period	Minamisatsuma	Ryūgan-ji (龍巌寺) (kept at Kishinkan, Bōnotsu Center for Historical Material)	the other seven major events in Shaka's life are depicted around the central scene[5][6]		2.9 metres (9 ft 6 in) by 2.64 metres (8 ft 8 in)	31°16′09″N 130°13′49″E

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

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 14 August 2018, six properties have been designated at a prefectural level.^[4][7]

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Sixteen Arhats 十六羅漢 十六幅 jūroku Rakan jūroku haba	1854	Shibushi	Daiji-ji (大慈寺))	on paper; sixteen scrolls; by Tokuan (徳庵)		135 centimetres (4 ft 5 in) by 44.4 centimetres (1 ft 5.5 in)	31°28′36″N 131°05′55″E
Cedar doors 杉戸 sugi-to	Momoyama period	Minamisatsuma	private (kept at Kishinkan, Bōnotsu Center for Historical Material)	painted on both sides with subjects including Xiwangmu, the baku, a hawk on a rock, the morning sun, and bamboo in the snow; the right side of the face of Xi Wangmu was damaged by a machine gun bullet on 29 July 1945		178 centimetres (5 ft 10 in) by 96.5 centimetres (3 ft 2.0 in)	31°16′09″N 130°13′49″E
Eight Aspects of Shaka 釈迦八相之図 Shaka hassō no zu	Edo period	Kagoshima	Kagoshima Prefecture (kept at Reimeikan, Kagoshima Prefectural Center for Historical Material)	thirteen scrolls on silk, with gold paint; thought to be from early Ming China; restored three times since 1708; dedicated by Shimazu Yoshihisa; recorded as "Paintings of Eight Aspects of Shaka in thirteen scrolls, by a celebrated Chinese master" (「釈迦八相画十三幅, 唐人名筆」) in Sankoku meisho zue (三国名勝図会)[8]		132.0 centimetres (4 ft 4.0 in) by 65.5 centimetres (2 ft 1.8 in)	31°35′55″N 130°33′17″E
Mount Fuji and Clouds 富嶽雲烟之図 一幅 Fugaku unen no zu ippuku	1753	Kagoshima	Kagoshima City (kept at the Kagoshima City Museum of Art)	ink on paper; by Kimura Tangen (木村探元) (1679-1767)[9]		237 centimetres (7 ft 9 in) by 128 centimetres (4 ft 2 in)	31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E
Warrior (by tradition, Shimazu Tadahisa) 武将像(伝島津忠久画像)一幅 bushō zō (den-Shimazu Tadahisa gazō) ippuku	end of the Kamakura period/Nanboku-chō period	Kagoshima	Shoko Shuseikan (尚古集成館)	colour on silk; from Kōzan-ji[10]		87.4 centimetres (2 ft 10.4 in) by 26.8 centimetres (10.6 in)	31°37′02″N 130°34′34″E
Unzan, colour on silk 絹本著色雲山和尚像 一幅 kenpon chakushoku Unzan oshō zō ippuku	1490s	Izumi	Kannō-ji (感応寺)	portrait of Unzan (1274-1344), a priest from Tōfuku-ji who, at the invitation of Shimazu Sadahisa (島津貞久), oversaw the revival of the Shimazu clan family temple of Kannō-ji, where he served as chief priest from 1323-1344, garnering praise also from Ashikaga Takauji, as celebrated in the waka above his portrait, the oldest of a Zen priest in the prefecture[11]		95.5 centimetres (3 ft 1.6 in) by 45 centimetres (1 ft 6 in)	32°04′02″N 130°16′00″E

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

Municipal Cultural Properties

As of 14 August 2018, twenty-nine properties have been designated at a municipal level, including:^[4][12]

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
The Artist's Studio, by Kuroda Seiki 黒田清輝作「アトリエ」 Kuroda Seiki-saku atorie	1890	Kagoshima	Kagoshima City (kept at Kagoshima City Museum of Art)	oil on canvas; the atelier of Raphaël Collin, Kuroda Seiki's teacher at the Académie Colarossi in Paris[13]		72.8 centimetres (28.7 in) by 60.6 centimetres (23.9 in)	31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E	for all refs see
Six Episodes from the Eruption of Sakurajima, by Kuroda Seiki 黒田清輝作「桜島噴火連作6点」 Kuroda Seiki-saku Sakurajima funka rensaku 6-ten	1914	Kagoshima	Kagoshima City (kept at Kagoshima City Museum of Art)	in Kagoshima from 8 January 1914 due to his father's illness, Kuroda Seiki witnessed a major eruption of Sakurajima and created, in oil on wooden panels, a series of six paintings showing the Plume of smoke (噴煙), Eruption (噴火), Lava (溶岩), Ash fall (降灰), Devastation (荒廃), and Steam (湯気)[14]		14 centimetres (5.5 in) by 18 centimetres (7.1 in)	31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E
Bamboo, by Hatta Tomonori 八田知紀筆「竹」 Hatta Tomonori hitsu take	C19	Kagoshima	Kagoshima City (kept at Kagoshima City Museum of Art)			155.3 centimetres (61.1 in) by 152.5 centimetres (60.0 in)	31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E
Study of a Nude, by Fujishima Takeji 裸体習作 藤島武二 ratai shūsaku Fujishima Takeji	1906/7	Kagoshima	Kagoshima City (kept at Kagoshima City Museum of Art)	oil on canvas; from Fujishima Takeji's study days in France[15]			31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E
Chinese Landscape, by Fujishima Takeji 藤島武二作「中国風景」 Fujishima Takeji-saku Chūgoku fūkei	1938	Kagoshima	Kagoshima City (kept at Kagoshima City Museum of Art)	oil on canvas; Fujishima Takeji travelled to China in 1937 to serve as judge for the inaugural Manchuria Fine Arts Exhibition (満州美術展) (Manten); the following year his travels took him to Mongolia, Chengde, and Peking[16]			31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E
Red Matches, by Wada Eisaku 和田英作作「赤い燐寸」 Wada Eisaku-saku akai matchi	1914	Kagoshima	Kagoshima City (kept at Kagoshima City Museum of Art)	oil on canvas; entered in the eighth Bunten exhibition in 1914; Wada Eisaku's friend Shibusawa Hideo (澁沢秀雄), at the time a student at Tokyo Imperial University, served as model during a trip to Toi on the Izu Peninsula[17]			31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E
Suzanna, by Arishima Ikuma 有島生馬作「スザンナ」 Arishima Ikuma-saku Suzanna	1909	Kagoshima	Kagoshima City (kept at Kagoshima City Museum of Art)			35 centimetres (14 in) by 27 centimetres (11 in)	31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E
Parisian daughter, by Arishima Ikuma 有島生馬作「巴里娘」 Arishima Ikuma-saku Pari musume	1964	Kagoshima	Kagoshima City (kept at Kagoshima City Museum of Art)				31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E
Court ladies, emakimono, by Momota Ryūei 桃田柳栄筆 「官女図巻」一巻 Momota Ryūei hitsu kannyo zu kan ichi-kan	Edo period	Kagoshima	Kagoshima City (kept at Kagoshima City Museum of Art)				31°35′45″N 130°33′12″E

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings)
• Japanese painting
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Kagoshima)
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Kagoshima)
• List of Museums in Kagoshima Prefecture

References

1. "Cultural Properties for Future Generations". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 18 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 18 August 2019.
3. "Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財（美術品）(絵画 鹿児島県)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
4. 鹿児島県内の国・県・市町村指定文化財数一覧 [Number of National, Prefectural, and Municipal Cultural Cultural Properties in Kagoshima Prefecture] (in Japanese). Kagoshima Prefecture. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
5. 絹本著色八相涅槃図 [Eight Aspects Nirvana Painting, colour on silk] (PDF) (in Japanese). Kagoshima Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
6. "nehanzu". Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
7. 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 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
8. 釈迦八相之図 [Eight Aspects of Shaka] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
9. 富嶽雲烟之図 [Mount Fuji and Clouds] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
10. 武将像（伝島津忠久画像一幅） [Warrior, by tradition Shimazu Tadahisa] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
11. 指定文化財 [Prefectural Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Izumi City. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
12. 都道府県別指定等文化財件数（市町村分） [Number of Municipal Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
13. アトリエ [Atelier of The Artist's Studio] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
14. 桜島爆発図（噴火） [Explosion of Sakurajima (Eruption)] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
15. 藤島武二「裸體習作」 [Study of a Nude, by Fujishima Takeji] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
16. 藤島武二作「中国風景」 [Chinese Landscape, by Fujishima Takeji] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
17. 和田英作作 「赤い燐寸」 [Red Matches, by Wada Eisaku] (in Japanese). Kagoshima City. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

External links

• (in Japanese) Cultural Properties in Kagoshima Prefecture