This list is of paintings designated in the category of for the Prefecture of Miyagi.
National Cultural Properties As of 1 July 2019, two properties have been designated Important Cultural Properties, being of national significance.
Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.Partition paintings at KanranteiKanrantei shōhekiga Matsushima Kanrantei 21 panels, colours on gold ground; paper pasted on bamboo shōji (12), hinoki fusuma (6), and the hinoki walls of the tokonoma (3); the paintings include trees, rocks, waters, and spring flowers - dandelions, daffodils, azaleas, violets, and crab apples; attributed on stylistic grounds to , a painter of the Kanō School in the employ of the Sendai Domain Partition paintings in the Zuigan-ji Hondōhondō shōhekiga Matsushima Zuigan-ji 161 panels, colours on gold ground; paintings of pines and peacocks in the , of Lü Shang and King Wen in the , of bamboo and plum trees, trees and flowers in the , of cherry trees in the , of hawks and birds in the , of pines and cherry trees in the , and of chrysanthemums in the ; the paintings are attributed to Hasegawa Tōhaku, , and his pupil ; the designation includes twenty-two panels by in the and twelve painted cedar doors; the paintings, dated by an ink inscription of 1730, have now been replaced with replicas and are stored in the temple museum various sizes
Prefectural Cultural Properties As of 1 May 2019, fourteen properties have been designated at a prefectural level.
Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.Buddha's ParinirvāṇaButsu nehan-zu Kesennuma colours on silk; showing the parinirvana of Shaka, the historical Buddha, underneath the sal tree, surrounded by mourners man and beast, high and low; the painting was brought from Kyōto in 1539 and since the Keichō era (1596–1615) has been remounted four times by Mandala of the Two Realms, colour on silkkenpon chakushoku ryōkai mandara-zu Shibata colours on silk; remounted in 1502 and 1734 Diamond Realm Mandala: by ; Womb Realm Mandala: by Godaidō at MatsushimaMatsushima Godaidō zu Sendai The Miyagi Museum of Art by Takahashi Yuichi (1828–1894); painted at the same time as his Before the Gate of the Miyagi Prefectural Office (1881); the first yōga or Western-style painting of this popular subject by MatsushimaMatsushima zu Sendai The Miyagi Museum of Art by Takahashi Yuichi (1828–1894); also painted at the same time as his Before the Gate of the Miyagi Prefectural Office (1881) by Before the Gate of the Miyagi Prefectural OfficeMiyagi kenchō mon mae zu Sendai The Miyagi Museum of Art oil painting by Takahashi Yuichi (1828–1894); the building previously functioned as the han school and was destroyed by fire in July 1945; the painting was commissioned by Miyagi Prefecture at the same time as two landscape paintings of Matsushima by Seikai MandalaSeikai mandala zu Sendai the Seikai Mandala, along with the Taima Mandala and the Chikō Mandala, is one of the ; based on the Amitayurdhyana Sutra, it depicts a vision of the Pure Land granted to the monk in 996; the painting was brought from in Kyōto in 1630 by Sakyamunī with Sixteen Benevolent DeitiesShaka jūroku zenjin zō zu Kesennuma colours on silk, with kirikane, gold paint, cinnabar, yellow ochre, ultramarine, verdigris, and black ink; the Sixteen Benevolent Deities, protectors of the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra, appear eight on each side of Shaka and the attendant bodhisattvas Fugen Bosatsu and Monju Bosatsu; the painting was brought from Kyōto in 1539 by Buddha's ParinirvāṇaButsu nehan zu Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk; traditionally attributed by the temple to Kanō Motonobu by Sakyamunī PreachingShaka seppō zu Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk by Shōsai HōshinShōsai Hōshin zō Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk; refounder of the Heian-period temple of as Zuigan-ji by Rankei DōryūRankei Dōryū zō Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk; second chief priest of Zuigan-ji by Minki SōguMinki Sōgu zō Matsushima Zuigan-ji colours on silk; tenth chief priest of Zuigan-ji by Partition painting of phoenixes from the Honmaru great hall of Sendai CastleSendai-jō honmaru dai-hiroma shōhekiga hōō zu Matsushima Matsushima Town(kept at the Kanrantei Matsushima Museum) colours on paper with gold ground; by an artist of the Kanō school for Date Masamune by Partition painting of fans from the Honmaru great hall of Sendai CastleSendai-jō honmaru dai-hiroma shōhekiga senmen zu Sendai Sendai City Museum colours on paper; the fans depict subjects including a bridge and waterwheel, , Hamamatsu, wisteria with running water, and phoenixes with paulownias; few partition paintings survive from castles, so these are of particular significance by
Municipal Cultural Properties Properties designated at a municipal level include:
Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Dimensions Coordinates Ref.True View of MatsushimaMatsushima shinkeizu Matsushima by Tani Bunchō Date MitsumuneDate Mitsumune zō Matsushima Zuigan-ji colour on silk by Tenrin'in IrohahimeTenrin'in Irohahime zō Matsushima Zuigan-ji colour on paper by Date Masamune, colour on paper, by Kanō Tan'yūshihon chakushoku Date Masamune gazō (Kanō Tan'yū-hitsu) Sendai Sendai City Museum Byōbu with Waka and Chrysanthemumskiku-e waka byōbu Sendai Sendai City Museum Byōbu with Blossom Viewing at KasumigaokaKasumigaoka hanami zu byōbu Sendai Sendai City Museum Partition paintings from the Former Honmaru and Ninomaru Palace at Sendai CastleSendai-jō kyū-Honmaru oyobi Ninomaru Goten shōhekiga Sendai Sendai City Museum designation comprises a pair of two-panel , six panels of , and four panels of by Portraits of the Successive Generations of Lords and Ladies of the Sendai DomainSendai-han rekidai han-shu fujin shōzōga Sendai Sendai City Museum series of 31 scrolls and 2 panels (Date Masamune pictured) Rei Shōjo, Peonies, Confederate Rose, by Date Tsunamunekenpon chakushoku Rei Shōjo・botan・fuyō zu (Date Tsunamune hitsu) Sendai Sendai City Museum three scrolls Our Lady of Sorrows, oil on copper platedōban yusai kanashimi no Maria zō Sendai Sendai City Museum Eight Views of Xiaoxiang, by Sesson ShūkeiShōshō hakkei (Sesson Shūkei hitsu) Sendai Sendai City Museum six scrolls True View of Mount Dainenji, attributed to Takaku AigaiDainenji-yama shinkei zu (den-Takaku Aigai hitsu) Sendai Sendai City Museum
See also Cultural Properties of Japan List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings) Japanese painting List of Historic Sites of Japan (Miyagi) List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Miyagi) Tōhoku History Museum
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