This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Okinawa.
National Cultural Properties As of 1 June 2019, zero properties have been designated as being of national significance.
Prefectural Cultural Properties As of 1 May 2018, eleven properties have been designated at a prefectural level.
Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.Hakutaku, by Ji RyōJi Ryō hitsu Hakutaku-no-zu Naha institutional(kept at the ) Ji Ryō is the art name of Gusukuma Seihō (1614–1644), son of a Shuri pechin for all refs see Flowers and birds, colour on silk, by Sonokukinuhon chakushoku kachō zu Sonoku hitsu Kumejima private(kept at the Kumejima Museum) Chinese painter Sonoku, active in Fuzhou in the second half of the seventeenth century, exerted considerable influence on Ryūkyūan painting after local painters and crossed to China and received instruction from him in 1683; Sonoku's painting of flowers and birds was presented in thanks to the Kikumura family after the shipwreck of the Imperial Chinese mission off Kumejima in 1756 Flowers and birds, colour on silk, by In Genryōkinuhon chakushoku kachō-zu In Genryō hitsu Naha Okinawa Prefecture(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) In Genryō (1718–1767) was born in Shuri and summoned to the Ryūkyū court on account of his talent in painting aged 12; from 1752 he spent two years in China; after the death of , In Genryō was the leading court painter; most of his works are now lost; the shape of the branches of the plum and the distribution of its flowers, combining vigour with delicacy, are characteristic of the Southern School and thence of Nanga by Pheasant in the snow, colour on paper, by In Genryōshihon chakushoku setchū kiji no zu In Genryō hitsu Naha Okinawa Prefecture(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) there is no snowfall in Okinawa, but in the shoin of Shuri Castle In Genryō studied Chinese exemplars of the subject of flowers and birds in the snow by Bamboo, ink on paper, by In Genryōshihon bokuga take no zu In Genryō hitsu Naha Okinawa Prefecture(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) ink wash paintings on the subject of bamboo provided suitable decoration for the tokonoma of the warrior family residences of Shuri by Mission to the Ryūkyūs, colour on papershihon chakushoku hōshi Ryūkyū zu Naha Okinawa Prefecture(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) emakimono with twenty views of one of the Imperial Chinese missions on its journey from the port of Fuzhou to that of Naha and back again Procession on a Mission to the Ryūkyūs, colour on papershihon chakushoku sakuhōshi gyōretsu zu Naha Okinawa Prefecture(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum) emakimono depicting some 600 figures, 380 Ryukyuans and 220 envoys Divine cat, by Yamaguchi Sōkishinbyō zu Yamaguchi Sōki hitsu Naha Naha City(kept at the Naha City Museum of History) the reputation of Yamaguchi Sōki (1672-1743) was such that he received commissions for paintings of flowers and birds from the Shimazu clan in Satsuma and Konoe family in Kyoto Portrait of Tōnin Taku, colour on papershihon chakushoku Tōnin Taku (Chinen sato-nushi-peeichin Seigyō) gazō tsuketari ichi, kyōkun jūkajō ichi, kakemono iribako Ishigaki private(kept at the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum) accompanied by a scroll with ten precepts and a storage case; portrait of Tōnin Taku (1778-1861), village pechin, aged 61 Portrait of Miyahira Chōen, colour on papershihon chakushoku Miyahira Chōen gazō Ishigaki private(kept at the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum) portrait of Miyahira Chōen (1674-1749) aged 71 Portrait of Kikumura Kiyoshi Satoshi, colour on papershihon chakushoku Kikumura Kiyoshi Satoshi (Katami Jitōde) zō Kumejima private(kept at the Kumejima Museum) thought to have been painted when the sitter was 47; the Kikumura family served as local officials on Kumejima by
Municipal Cultural Properties As of 1 May 2018, six properties have been designated at a municipal level.
Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.Genuine Views of the Ryūkyū Islands, emakiRyūkyū-tō shinkei emaki Nago Nago Museum by of the by for all refs see Ryūkyū Trading Port, byōbuRyūkyū kōekikō zu byōbu Urasoe Urasoe City(kept at Urasoe Art Museum) includes depictions of tribute ships returning from China, dragon boats, , Yarazamori gusuku, Mie gusuku, Naminoue Shrine, Sōgen-ji, Enkaku-ji, and Shuri Castle by Eight Views of RyūkyūRyūkyū hakkei Urasoe Urasoe City(kept at Urasoe Art Museum) series of eight prints by Hokusai; , , , , , , , and Ryūkyū Trading PortRyūkyū kōekikō zu Urasoe Urasoe City(kept at Urasoe Art Museum) three scrolls Flowers and birdskachō zu Urasoe Urasoe City(kept at Urasoe Art Museum) by Proof Prints for Eight Views of RyūkyūRyūkyū hakkei kyōgōzuri Urasoe Urasoe City(kept at Urasoe Art Museum) set of eight from the blocks used to print the outlines
See also Cultural Properties of Japan List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings) Japanese painting List of Museums in Okinawa Prefecture
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