List of Cultural Properties of Japan – paintings (Niigata)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of paintings (絵画, kaiga) for the Prefecture of Niigata.

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 July 2019, two Important Cultural Properties have been designated, being of national significance.

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Fudō Myōō with Two Attendants, colour on silk 絹本著色不動明王二童子像 kenpon chakushoku Fudō Myōō ni dōji zō	Kamakura period	Niigata	Hōkō-in (法光院)				37°55′19″N 139°04′19″E	[1]
Plum Blossoms in Snow, ink on silk, by Wu Taisu 絹本墨画雪梅図〈呉太素筆／〉 kenpon bokuga setsubai zu (Gotaiso hitsu)	Yuan dynasty	Kashiwazaki	Teikan-en Preservation Society (貞観園保存会)			42 centimetres (1 ft 5 in) by 72 centimetres (2 ft 4 in)	37°13′38″N 138°38′16″E	[2]

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

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2019, sixteen properties have been designated at a prefectural level.

Property	Date	Municipality	Ownership	Comments	Image	Dimensions	Coordinates	Ref.
Landscape, six-fold byōbu, by Kushiro Unzen 山水図 釧雲泉筆六曲屛風 sansui-zu Kushiro Unzen hitsu rokkyoku byōbu	1808	Tōkamachi	private	pair of screens			37°07′21″N 138°45′16″E	for all refs see [3]
Willows at Weicheng, by Ike no Taiga 渭城柳色 大雅筆 附 大雅書「渭城柳色」 Ijō ryūshoku Taiga hitsu tsuketari Taiga sho "ijō ryūshoku"	1744	Niigata	Tsurui Collection (kept at Tsurui Museum of Art (敦井美術館)				37°54′52″N 139°03′35″E
Works by Kikuchi Yōsai 菊池容斎作品 Kikuchi Yōsai sakuhin"	late Edo period	Kashiwazaki	Teikan-en Preservation Society (貞観園保存会)	49 items, comprising 18 hanging scrolls, 12 fusuma, 1 fan, 6 letters, 2 pairs of byōbu, 8 ranma paintings, and 2 folding books			37°13′38″N 138°38′16″E
Landscape with Snow by Okada Hanko 岡田半江、雪景山水図 Okada Hankō, sekkei sansui zu"	1817	Kashiwazaki	Teikan-en Preservation Society (貞観園保存会)				37°13′38″N 138°38′16″E
Dharma Body of Expedient Means 方便法身尊像 hōben hosshin sonzō	early Muromachi period	Agano	Muishin-ji (無為信寺)				37°50′16″N 139°13′19″E
Cranes, colour on gold ground, by Ganku 金地著彩群鶴図(板貼付)岸駒筆 konji chakusai gunkaku zu (itahari tsuke) Ganku hitsu	late Edo period	Tsubame	Gannōkaku (願王閣)				37°37′29″N 138°50′29″E
Uesugi Kenshin with Two Retainers, colour on paper 紙本著色上杉謙信並二臣像 shihon chakushoku Uesugi Kenshin narabini ni shin zō	late Muromachi period	Nagaoka	Jōan-ji (常安寺) (kept at Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art (新潟県立近代美術館))			150 centimetres (4 ft 11 in) by 54.5 centimetres (1 ft 9.5 in)	37°27′52″N 138°49′56″E
Three Thousand Buddhas, colour on silk 絹本著色三千仏図 kenpon chakushoku sanzen Butsu zu	1466	Niigata	Hōkō-in (法光院)	3 hanging scrolls			37°55′19″N 139°04′19″E
Legends of Oppō-ji, colour on paper, emaki 紙本著色乙宝寺縁起絵巻 shihon chakushoku Oppōji engi emaki	1810	Tainai	Oppō-ji (乙宝寺)			14.54 metres (47.7 ft) by 42.2 centimetres (1 ft 4.6 in)	38°07′07″N 139°24′10″E
Myōsenin, colour on silk 絹本著色妙泉院像 kenpon chakushoku Myōsenin zō	1639	Nagaoka	Shōkaku-ji (正覚寺)			150 centimetres (4 ft 11 in) by 54.5 centimetres (1 ft 9.5 in)	37°27′30″N 138°51′25″E
Jion Daishi 慈恩大師像 Jion Daishi zō	late Kamakura period	Niigata	Hōkō-in (法光院)			104.3 centimetres (3 ft 5.1 in) by 40.3 centimetres (1 ft 3.9 in)	37°55′19″N 139°04′19″E
Illustrated Biography of Hōnen Shōnin, colour on silk 絹本著色法然上人絵伝 kenpon chakushoku Hōnen shōnin e-den	Muromachi period	Jōetsu	Jōkō-ji (浄興寺)	6 hanging scrolls		156.3 centimetres (5 ft 1.5 in) by 82.3 centimetres (2 ft 8.4 in)	37°06′45″N 138°14′14″E
Shōkō Oshō, colour on silk 絹本著色少康和尚像 kenpon chakushoku Shōkō oshō zō	early Muromachi period	Jōetsu	Jōkō-ji (浄興寺)	designation includes a copy of the same subject		87.2 centimetres (2 ft 10.3 in) by 36.3 centimetres (1 ft 2.3 in)	37°06′45″N 138°14′14″E
Scenes in and around the Capital, colour on paper with gold ground, byōbu 紙本金地著色洛中洛外図 六曲屛風 shihon kinji chakushoku rakuchū rakugai zu rokkyoku byōbu	early Edo period	Sado	Myōhō-ji (妙法寺)	pair of six-panel screens		153 centimetres (5 ft 0 in) by 370 centimetres (12 ft 2 in)	38°04′49″N 138°26′09″E
Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry 三十六歌仙絵扁額 sanjūrokkasen e-hengaku	early Edo period	Sado	Matsumae Jinja (松前神社) (kept at Sado Museum (佐渡博物館))	35 plaques; Kishi Joō pictured		45 centimetres (1 ft 6 in) by 32 centimetres (1 ft 1 in)	37°59′09″N 138°20′41″E
Okina and Sanbasō, Thirty-six Immortals of Poetry 翁・三番叟絵扁額 三十六歌仙絵扁額 Okina・Sanbasō e-hengaku sanjūrokkasen e-hengaku	early Edo period	Sado	Jissō-ji (実相寺) (kept at Sado Museum (佐渡博物館))	pair of plaques and 18 plaques		42 centimetres (1 ft 5 in) by 29 centimetres (11 in)	37°59′09″N 138°20′41″E

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

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• List of National Treasures of Japan (paintings)
• Japanese painting
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Niigata)

External links

• (in Japanese) Cultural Properties in Niigata Prefecture