List of former Cultural Properties (Japan)

This list is of former Cultural Properties of Japan that have been struck from the register as a result of heavy damage or total destruction during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, as identified and catalogued by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

Structures 101 properties

Castles 17 properties

Property Date Municipality Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image CoordinatesFukuyama (Matsumae) CastleTenshu, East Wall of Main GateFukuyama-jō (Mastumae-jō) tenshu, honmaru gomon higashi-bei Matsumae (fire) two structures: three-storey tenshu with copper roof; 17.9m stretch of wall with copper roof Sendai Castle ŌtemonSendai-jō ōtemon Sendai (air raid of 10 July 1945) Sendai Castle Sumi-yaguraSendai-jō sumi-yagura Sendai (air raid of 10 July 1945) corner tower, part single storey, part two storey Ōgaki CastleŌgaki-jō Ōgaki (fire from air raid) two structures, each with two associated structures: four-storey ; and two-storey Nagoya CastleNagoya-jō Nagoya twenty structures. Most were reconstructed after the war, those that survived were re-designated as Important Cultural Properties. Wakayama CastleWakayama-jō Wakayama eleven structures Okayama Castle TenshuOkayama-jō tenshu Okayama six-storey tenshu with connecting storehouse Okayama Castle IshiyamamonOkayama-jō ishiyamamon (shibukuramon) Okayama Hiroshima Castle TenshuHiroshima-jō tenshu Hiroshima five-storey tenshu with connecting tower Matsuyama CastleMatsuyama-jō Matsuyama (fire from air raid)27 February 1949(fire) fourteen structures; lost in 1945: Tenjin-yagura, Bagu-yagura, Taiko-yagura, Tatsumi-yagura, Inuimon, Higashi-Tsuzuki-yagura of Inuimon, Taiko-mon, Tsuzuki-yagura of Taikomon, West Wall of Inuimon, East Wall of Taikomon, West Wall of Taikomon; lost in 1949: Tsutsuimon, Higashi-Tsuzuki-yagura of Tsutsuimon, Nishi-Tsuzuki-yagura of Tsutsuimon Uwajima Castle ŌtemonUwajima-jō ōtemon Uwajima (fire from air raid) Shuri Castle ShureimonShuri-jō shureimon Naha(former Shuri) (battle) Shuri Castle KankaimonShuri-jō kankaimon Naha(former Shuri) (battle) Shuri Castle ZuisenmonShuri-jō zuisenmon Naha(former Shuri) (battle) Shuri Castle ShiroganemonShuri-jō shiroganemon Naha(former Shuri) (battle)

Mausolea 15 properties

Property Date Municipality Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image CoordinatesMausoleum of Date MasamuneDate Masamune reibyō Sendai (fire from air raid) seven structures: , , (fence), , , , , ,

Miscellaneous structures 1 property

Property Date Municipality Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image CoordinatesIshioka First Power Plant Water TankIshioka dai-ichi hatsudensho shisetsu suisō Kitaibaraki (2011 Tōhoku earthquake)

Shrines 19 properties

Temples 40 properties

Residences 9 properties

Property Date Municipality Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image CoordinatesHanyū Family ResidenceHanyū-ke jūtaku Ishioka(formerly Yasato) two structures: and ; designation included associated Omotemon (Former Satsuma Mansion Gate)Omotemon (kyū-Satsuma shōzoku yashiki mon) Chiyoda from the Tokyo residence of the Shimazu clan, former daimyō of the Satsuma Domain

Works of fine art 74 properties

Paintings 12 properties Property Date Municipality Ownership Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image CoordinatesPictorial Biography of Ippen Shōnin, colour on papershihon chakushoku Ippen shōnin ekotoba den Fujisawa Shōjōkō-ji (fire) ten scrolls Nagoya Castle Honmaru Palace wall and sliding-door paintingsNagoya-jō honmaru goten shōhekiga Nagoya Nagoya City(kept at Nagoya Castle) (fire from air raid) ninety-five panels; other panels had been removed for safekeeping; three hundred and thirty-one surviving panels have been designated an Important Cultural Property Honmaru Palace and all the paintings were reconstructed by 2020. Portrait of Tōdō Takatora, colour on silkshihon chakushoku Tōdō Takatora zō Tsu (fire from air raid) inscribed by Tenkai(replica pictured) Willows and Reeds & Loquats, colour on gold groundkinji chakushoku yanagi oyobi ashi zu・biwa zu Kyōto Chishaku-in (fire) ten panels; wall and sliding-door paintings from the Shinden Higashi-no-ma Bamboo & Hinoki and Daimyō Oaks, colour on gold groundkinji chakushoku take zu・hinoki oyobi kashiwa zu Kyōto Chishaku-in (fire) six panels; wall and sliding-door paintings from the Shinden Nishi-no-ma Wall and sliding-door paintings from the Hōjōhōjō shōhekiga Kyōto Daitoku-ji (fire) one of the eighty-four panels was lost; ink on paper, by Kanō Tan'yū; although the record was updated, designation has continued (now an Important Cultural Property)

Sculptures 34 properties Property Date Municipality Ownership Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image CoordinatesSeated Wooden Statue of Priest Motsugaimokuzō Motusgai oshō zazō Tachikawa

Crafts 16 properties Property Date Municipality Ownership Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image CoordinatesBronze Belldōshō Naha Naminoue-gū

Calligraphic works 10 properties Property Date Municipality Ownership Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image CoordinatesEngi-shiki, ink on papershihon bokusho Engi-shiki Shinjuku private (fire from air raid of 10 March 1945) five scrolls (vols 1–5) Notes on the Doctrines of the Kegon Sutra, ink on papershihon bokusho Kegon mongi yōketsu Shinjuku private (fire from air raid) volume one, with the Tōdaiji Fujumonkō on the back Lotus Sutra, ink on papershihon bokusho Hoke-kyō Kamakura (subtemple of Engaku-ji) (fire from Great Kantō earthquake) one scroll, in the hand of Ashikaga Takauji Writing in the hand of Retired Emperor Kōmyō-in, ink on papershihon bokusho Kōmyō-in shinkan Fukui (fire from air raid of 19 July 1945) Writing in the hand of Emperor Ninkō, ink on papershihon bokusho Kōmyō-in shinkan Fukui (fire from air raid of 19 July 1945) Taiheiki, ink on papershihon bokusho Taiheiki Kyōto Ryōan-ji (fire) one scroll lost of the thirteen; although the record was updated, designation has continued (now an Important Cultural Property) Lotus Sutra, ink on papershihon bokusho Hoke-kyō Yawata Iwashimizu Hachimangū (fire) eight scrolls, in the hand of Yuiitsu Shinron, ink on papershihon bokusho Yuiitsu Shinron Kōbe private (fire from air raid) one scroll, from a Tang translation of a Christian text; from Dunhuang; cf. Jingjiao Documents Documents of Seinan-inSeinan-in monjo Kōya (fire) four of the eleven scrolls were damaged; although the record was updated, designation has continued (now an Important Cultural Property) Anthology of Poems in Memory of the Wars between the Taira and the Minamoto, ink on papershihon bokusho Kaikoshi kajō Shimonoseki Akama-gū (fire from air raid) one volume

Stone monuments 2 properties

Property Date Municipality Ownership Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image CoordinatesStele (Ankokuzan Jukaboku no Ki)seki-hi (Ankokuzan jukaboku no ki) Naha(formerly Shuri) Shuri City erected by King Shō Hashi in 1427, the inscription records the planting of trees and flowers on Ankoku Hill, formed with fill from the digging of Ryūtan pond; the stele was badly damaged in 1945; kept at Okinawa Prefectural Museum, it is scheduled to be re-designated an Important Cultural Property in Autumn 2019 Stone Signpostsseki-hyō Naha(formerly Shuri) Shuri City a pair of stelai inscribed with the injunction to dismount from one's horse; formerly flanking the entrance to Sōgen-ji, only one survived the battle of Okinawa

List of former Cultural Properties (Japan)

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