This list is of the Intangible Cultural Properties of Japan in the Prefecture of Okinawa.

National Cultural Properties As of 1 January 2015, eleven Important Intangible Cultural Properties have been designated, being of national significance.

Performing Arts Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Kumi OdoriKumi odori inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Ryukyuan Classical MusicRyūkyū koten ongaku , Kumi Odori Music - Uta-SanshinKumi odori ongaku uta sanshin , Kumi Odori - TachikataKumi odori tachikata Ryūkyū DanceRyūkyū buyō

Craft Techniques Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Kijoka BashōfuKijoka no bashōfu Miyako JōfuMiyako jōfu processes include hand spinning of the ramie, indigo dyeing, weaving, washing, and repairs; the cloth was used for poll tax payments from 1637 Bingatabingata Shuri-no-OrimonoShuri no orimono textile technique Bashōfubashōfu banana fibre textile technique Kumejima TsumugiKumejima tsumugi

Prefectural Cultural Properties As of 1 May 2014, fourteen properties have been designated at a prefectural level.

Performing Arts Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Okinawan Traditional DanceOkinawa dentō buyō Okinawan Traditional Music - Nomura RyūOkinawa dentō ongaku Nomura-ryū Okinawan Traditional Music - Afuso RyūOkinawa dentō ongaku Afuso-ryū Okinawan Traditional Music - Tansui RyūOkinawa dentō ongaku Tansui-ryū Okinawan Traditional Music - SōkyokuOkinawa dentō ongaku sōkyoku Yaeyama Classical Min'yōYaeyama koten minyō Ryūkyū KagekiRyūkyū kageki Yaeyama Traditional DanceYaeyama dentō buyō , , ,

Craft Techniques Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Bingatabingata , , , , , , True Shuri-no-Orimonohonba Shuri no orimono , , Yomitan HanaoriYomitanzan hanaori or Yuntanza hanaui , , textile technique; an Important Intangible Cultural Property from 1999 until 2003, when it was removed from the national register upon the death of holder Yaeyama JōfuYaeyama jōfu , , , , textile technique Ryūkyū LacquerwareRyūkyū shikki ,

Karate - Kobujutsu Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Okinawan Karate and KobujutsuOkinawa no karate・ko-bujutsu , , , ,

Municipal Cultural Properties As of 1 May 2014, seven properties have been designated at a municipal level.

Performing Arts Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Tinbe and Kamantitinbē to kamanti Tinbe is fighting with spear and shield, Kamanti with sickle and staff; performed on the 17th day of 7th month and 15th day of 8th month of the old lunar calendar; Cultural Property of Nanjō AmanchuAmanchu reenactment of legend of a giant who taught the local elder and his grandchild how to grow crops; Cultural Property of Nanjō Bōjutsubōjutsu Cultural Property of Nanjō Munjuru Bushimunjuru bushi Aguni Village Cultural Property of Aguni

Craft Techniques Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Tsuboya WareTsuboya-yaki Cultural Property of Naha Ryūkyū Kasuri and Haebaru HanaoriRyūkyū kasuri to Haebaru hanaori Cultural Property of Haebaru

Oral Literature Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Folk Tales of Yamamoto SenkōYamamoto Senkō no minwa (deceased) Cultural Property of Nago

Former Cultural Properties

Performing Arts Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Kumi Odori Music - TaikoKumi odori ongaku taiko removed from the national register in 2006 upon the death of holder

Craft Techniques Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Ryūkyū PotteryRyūkyū tōki removed from the national register in 2004 upon the death of holder

Intangible Cultural Properties that need measures such as making records As of 1 May 2014, there was one .

Craft Techniques Property Holder Comments Image Ref.Tsuboya Arayachi WareTsuboya no arayachi Tsuboya ware is generally divided into two: the unglazed arayachi (sometimes given a manganese glaze) and glazed ; at the end of the seventeenth century the royal government moved the Chibana kilns from Misato, the Takaraguchi kilns from Shuri, and the Wakuta kilns from Naha to Tsuboya; in 1897 there were forty arayachi kilns, after the war two, and there is now one

See also Cultural Properties of Japan List of Cultural Properties of Japan - crafts (Okinawa) Angama (dance)

References

External links Cultural Properties in Okinawa Prefecture List of Cultural Properties in Okinawa Prefecture