List of former Cultural Properties (Japan)
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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.[1][2]
Structures
[edit]101 properties
Castles
[edit]17 properties
Property | Date | Municipality | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | Image | Coordinates |
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Fukuyama (Matsumae) Castle Tenshu, East Wall of Main Gate 福山城 (松前城) 天守、本丸御門東塀 Fukuyama-jō (Mastumae-jō) tenshu, honmaru gomon higashi-bei |
Edo period | Matsumae | 8 May 1941 | 5 June 1949 (fire) |
two structures: three-storey tenshu with copper roof; 17.9m stretch of wall with copper roof | ![]() ![]() |
41°25′47″N 140°06′30″E / 41.429785°N 140.108417°E |
Sendai Castle Ōtemon 仙台城大手門 Sendai-jō ōtemon |
Edo period | Sendai | 14 December 1931 | 10 July 1945 (air raid of 10 July 1945) |
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38°15′08″N 140°51′21″E / 38.252092°N 140.855917°E | |
Sendai Castle Sumi-yagura 仙台城隅櫓 Sendai-jō sumi-yagura |
Edo period | Sendai | 14 December 1931 | 10 July 1945 (air raid of 10 July 1945) |
corner tower, part single storey, part two storey | ![]() |
38°15′08″N 140°51′21″E / 38.252092°N 140.855917°E |
Ōgaki Castle 大垣城 Ōgaki-jō |
Momoyama to Edo period | Ōgaki | 20 April 1936 | 29 July 1945 (fire from air raid) |
two structures, each with two associated structures: four-storey tenshu, with associated connecting west and east wings (天守附西附多門、東附多門); and two-storey northeast corner tower, with associated wings (良隅櫓附先手武多門、宗門多門) | ![]() ![]() |
35°21′43″N 136°36′58″E / 35.361922°N 136.616042°E |
Nagoya Castle 名古屋城 Nagoya-jō |
Momoyama to Edo period | Nagoya | 11 December 1930 | Lost in air raid of 14 July 1945 | twenty structures. Most were reconstructed after the war, those that survived were re-designated as Important Cultural Properties. | ![]() |
35°11′02″N 136°54′01″E / 35.183875°N 136.900399°E |
Wakayama Castle 和歌山城 Wakayama-jō |
Edo period | Wakayama | 13 May 1935 | Lost in air raid of 9 July 1945 | eleven structures | 34°13′39″N 135°10′17″E / 34.227558°N 135.171511°E | |
Okayama Castle Tenshu 岡山城天守 Okayama-jō tenshu |
Momoyama period | Okayama | 19 January 1931 | Lost in air raid of 29 June 1945 | six-storey tenshu with connecting storehouse | ![]() |
34°39′54″N 133°56′10″E / 34.665096°N 133.936054°E |
Okayama Castle Ishiyamamon 岡山城石山門 (渋蔵門) Okayama-jō ishiyamamon (shibukuramon) |
Momoyama period | Okayama | 19 January 1931 | Lost in air raid of 29 June 1945 | 34°39′54″N 133°56′10″E / 34.665096°N 133.936054°E | ||
Hiroshima Castle Tenshu 広島城天守 Hiroshima-jō tenshu |
Momoyama period | Hiroshima | 19 January 1931 | Lost in atomic bombing of 6 August 1945 | five-storey tenshu with connecting tower | ![]() |
34°24′05″N 132°27′34″E / 34.401474°N 132.459583°E |
Matsuyama Castle 松山城 Matsuyama-jō |
Edo period | Matsuyama | 13 May 1935 | 26 July 1945 (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 | 33°50′44″N 132°45′56″E / 33.845613°N 132.765588°E | |
Uwajima Castle Ōtemon 宇和島城追手門 Uwajima-jō ōtemon |
Edo period | Uwajima | 30 January 1934 | 13 July 1945 (fire from air raid) |
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33°13′09″N 132°34′04″E / 33.219095°N 132.567816°E | |
Shuri Castle Shureimon 首里城守礼門 Shuri-jō shureimon |
Muromachi period | Naha (former Shuri) |
23 January 1933 | c.12 May 1945 (battle) |
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26°13′05″N 127°43′01″E / 26.218170°N 127.716863°E | |
Shuri Castle Kankaimon 首里城歓会門 Shuri-jō kankaimon |
Muromachi period | Naha (former Shuri) |
23 January 1933 | c.12 May 1945 (battle) |
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26°13′04″N 127°43′04″E / 26.217873°N 127.717775°E | |
Shuri Castle Zuisenmon 首里城瑞泉門 Shuri-jō zuisenmon |
Muromachi period | Naha (former Shuri) |
23 January 1933 | c.12 May 1945 (battle) |
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26°13′03″N 127°43′05″E / 26.217514°N 127.718193°E | |
Shuri Castle Shiroganemon 首里城白銀門 Shuri-jō shiroganemon |
Muromachi period | Naha (former Shuri) |
23 January 1933 | c.12 May 1945 (battle) |
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26°13′02″N 127°43′14″E / 26.217115°N 127.720460°E |
Mausolea
[edit]15 properties
Property | Date | Municipality | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | Image | Coordinates |
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Mausoleum of Date Masamune 伊達政宗霊廟 Date Masamune reibyō |
1637 | Sendai | 14 December 1931 | 10 July 1945 (fire from air raid) |
seven structures: Zuihōden (瑞鳳殿), Karamon (唐門), Sukibei (透塀) (fence), South Corridor (南廊下), Haiden (拝殿), Hashi (橋), Gokusho (御供所), Connecting Corridor (繋廊下), Nehan-mon (涅槃門) | 38°15′03″N 140°51′56″E / 38.250806°N 140.865694°E |
Miscellaneous structures
[edit]1 property
Property | Date | Municipality | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | Image | Coordinates |
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Ishioka First Power Plant Water Tank 石岡第一発電所施設 水槽 Ishioka dai-ichi hatsudensho shisetsu suisō |
Meiji period | Kitaibaraki | 2 October 2008 | 11 March 2011 (2011 Tōhoku earthquake) |
36°47′31″N 140°39′15″E / 36.79195557°N 140.65411694°E |
Shrines
[edit]19 properties
Temples
[edit]40 properties
Residences
[edit]9 properties
Property | Date | Municipality | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | Image | Coordinates |
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Hanyū Family Residence 羽生家住宅(茨城県新治郡八郷町) Hanyū-ke jūtaku |
Edo period | Ishioka (formerly Yasato) |
3 February 1976 | 25 February 1993 (fire) |
two structures: Main House (主屋, Omoya) and House for the Old Master (隠居所, Inkyo-jo); designation included associated plans (家相図) | 36°12′28″N 140°09′28″E / 36.207799°N 140.157701°E | |
Omotemon (Former Satsuma Mansion Gate) 表門(旧薩摩装束屋門) Omotemon (kyū-Satsuma shōzoku yashiki mon) |
Edo period | Chiyoda | 14 December 1931 | 25 May 1945 (air raid) |
from the Tokyo residence of the Shimazu clan, former daimyō of the Satsuma Domain | ![]() |
Works of Fine Art
[edit]74 properties
Paintings
[edit]12 properties
Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | Image | Coordinates |
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Pictorial Biography of Ippen Shōnin, colour on paper 紙本着色一遍上人絵詞伝 shihon chakushoku Ippen shōnin ekotoba den |
Kamakura period | Fujisawa | Shōjōkō-ji | 1 August 1899 | 6 July 1911 (fire) |
ten scrolls | 35°20′54″N 139°29′19″E / 35.348447°N 139.488623°E | |
Nagoya Castle Honmaru Palace wall and sliding-door paintings 名古屋城本丸御殿障壁画 Nagoya-jō honmaru goten shōhekiga |
Momoyama to Edo period | Nagoya | Nagoya City (kept at Nagoya Castle) |
26 June 1942 | 4 May 1945 (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[3] Honmaru Palace and all the paintings were reconstructed by 2020. | 35°11′02″N 136°54′01″E / 35.183875°N 136.900399°E | |
Portrait of Tōdō Takatora, colour on silk 絹本着色藤堂高虎像 shihon chakushoku Tōdō Takatora zō |
Edo period | Tsu | Kanshō-in (寒松院) | 14 April 1906 | 18 July 1945 (fire from air raid) |
inscribed by Tenkai (replica pictured) |
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34°42′53″N 136°30′53″E / 34.714602°N 136.514647°E |
Willows and Reeds & Loquats, colour on gold ground 金地着色柳及蘆図・枇杷図 kinji chakushoku yanagi oyobi ashi zu・biwa zu |
Momoyama period | Kyōto | Chishaku-in | 8 August 1919 | 17 May 1947 (fire) |
ten panels; wall and sliding-door paintings from the Shinden Higashi-no-ma | 34°59′17″N 135°46′33″E / 34.988045°N 135.775941°E | |
Bamboo & Hinoki and Daimyō Oaks, colour on gold ground 金地着色竹図・檜及柏図 kinji chakushoku take zu・hinoki oyobi kashiwa zu |
Momoyama period | Kyōto | Chishaku-in | 8 August 1919 | 17 May 1947 (fire) |
six panels; wall and sliding-door paintings from the Shinden Nishi-no-ma | 34°59′17″N 135°46′33″E / 34.988045°N 135.775941°E | |
Wall and sliding-door paintings from the Hōjō 方丈障壁画 hōjō shōhekiga |
1641 | Kyōto | Daitoku-ji | 5 September 1944 | 20 July 1966 (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)[4] | 35°02′38″N 135°44′46″E / 35.043904°N 135.746066°E |
Sculptures
[edit]34 properties
Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | Image | Coordinates |
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Seated Wooden Statue of Priest Motsugai 木造物外和尚座像 mokuzō Motusgai oshō zazō |
1370 | Tachikawa | Fusai-ji (普済寺) | 14 April 1913 | 4 April 1995 (fire) |
35°41′26″N 139°24′06″E / 35.690659°N 139.401762°E |
Crafts
[edit]16 properties
Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | Image | Coordinates |
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Bronze Bell 銅鐘 dōshō |
Goryeo | Naha | Naminoue-gū | 27 May 1907 | Lost in fire, 1945 | ![]() |
26°13′13″N 127°40′17″E / 26.220366°N 127.671347°E |
Calligraphic works
[edit]10 properties
Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | Image | Coordinates |
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Engi-shiki, ink on paper 紙本墨書延喜式 shihon bokusho Engi-shiki |
Heian period | Shinjuku | private | 30 January 1934 | 10 March 1945 (fire from air raid of 10 March 1945) |
five scrolls (vols 1–5) | 35°41′46″N 139°44′02″E / 35.696053°N 139.733756°E | |
Notes on the Doctrines of the Kegon Sutra, ink on paper 紙本墨書華厳文義要決 shihon bokusho Kegon mongi yōketsu |
Heian period | Shinjuku | private | 4 July 1938 | 14 April 1945 (fire from air raid) |
volume one, with the Tōdaiji Fujumonkō on the back | 35°40′55″N 139°43′12″E / 35.681822°N 139.719914°E | |
Lotus Sutra, ink on paper 紙本墨書法華経 shihon bokusho Hoke-kyō |
1352 | Kamakura | Zokutō-an (続燈庵) (subtemple of Engaku-ji) |
4 April 1905 | 1 September 1923 (fire from Great Kantō earthquake) |
one scroll, in the hand of Ashikaga Takauji | 35°20′21″N 139°32′58″E / 35.339255°N 139.549502°E | |
Writing in the hand of Retired Emperor Kōmyō-in, ink on paper 紙本墨書光明院宸翰 shihon bokusho Kōmyō-in shinkan |
Nanboku-chō period | Fukui | Asuwa Jinja (足羽神社) | 7 April 1900 | 19 July 1945 (fire from air raid of 19 July 1945) |
36°03′31″N 136°12′35″E / 36.058496°N 136.209814°E | ||
Writing in the hand of Emperor Ninkō, ink on paper 紙本墨書仁孝天皇宸翰 shihon bokusho Kōmyō-in shinkan |
late Edo period | Fukui | Asuwa Jinja (足羽神社) | 7 April 1900 | 19 July 1945 (fire from air raid of 19 July 1945) |
36°03′31″N 136°12′35″E / 36.058496°N 136.209814°E | ||
Taiheiki, ink on paper 紙本墨書太平記 shihon bokusho Taiheiki |
Muromachi period | Kyōto | Ryōan-ji | 5 April 1909 | 18 March 1929 (fire) |
one scroll lost of the thirteen; although the record was updated, designation has continued (now an Important Cultural Property)[5] | 35°02′04″N 135°43′06″E / 35.034547°N 135.718253°E | |
Lotus Sutra, ink on paper 紙本墨書法華経 shihon bokusho Hoke-kyō |
1689 | Yawata | Iwashimizu Hachimangū | 30 April 1935 | 12 February 1947 (fire) |
eight scrolls, in the hand of Princess Tsuneko (常子内親王) | 34°52′47″N 135°42′00″E / 34.879654°N 135.700085°E | |
Yuiitsu Shinron, ink on paper 紙本墨書唯一神論 shihon bokusho Yuiitsu Shinron |
Tang | Kōbe | private | 23 January 1923 | 12 March 1945 (fire from air raid) |
one scroll, from a Tang translation of a Christian text; from Dunhuang; cf. Jingjiao Documents | 34°42′47″N 135°15′40″E / 34.713045°N 135.261247°E | |
Documents of Seinan-in 西南院文書 Seinan-in monjo |
Kamakura to Edo period | Kōya | Seinan-in (西南院) | 18 December 1959 | 18 December 1969 (fire) |
four of the eleven scrolls were damaged; although the record was updated, designation has continued (now an Important Cultural Property)[6] | 34°12′46″N 135°34′30″E / 34.212818°N 135.574990°E | |
Anthology of Poems in Memory of the Wars between the Taira and the Minamoto, ink on paper 紙本墨書懐古詩歌帖 shihon bokusho Kaikoshi kajō |
Muromachi to Edo period | Shimonoseki | Akama-gū | 14 April 1906 | 2 July 1945 (fire from air raid) |
one volume | 33°57′34″N 130°56′55″E / 33.959381°N 130.948657°E |
Stone monuments
[edit]2 properties
Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | Image | Coordinates |
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Stele (Ankokuzan Jukaboku no Ki) 石碑(安国山樹華木之記) seki-hi (Ankokuzan jukaboku no ki) |
1427 | Naha (formerly Shuri) |
Shuri City | 25 October 1937 | 1945 | 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;[7] 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[8] | ![]() |
26°13′05″N 127°43′02″E / 26.218166°N 127.717327°E |
Stone Signposts 石標 seki-hyō |
1527 | Naha (formerly Shuri) |
Shuri City | 25 October 1937 | 1945 | 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 | ![]() |
26°13′13″N 127°41′26″E / 26.22039°N 127.6906°E |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Agency for Cultural Affairs, ed. (2003). 戦災等による焼失文化財―20世紀の文化財過去帳 [Cultural Properties Lost to Fire during War etc: a register of former twentieth-century cultural properties] (in Japanese). 戎光祥出版. ISBN 4-900901-34-2.
- ^ Agency for Cultural Affairs, ed. (2017). 戦災等による焼失文化財 2017 [Cultural Properties Lost to Fire during War etc 2017] (in Japanese). 戎光祥出版. ISBN 978-4864032414.
- ^ 名古屋城旧本丸御殿障壁画 [Former Nagoya Castle Honmaru Palace Wall and Sliding-door Paintings] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ 方丈障壁画狩野探幽筆 [Wall and sliding-door paintings from the Hōjō, by Kanō Tan'yū] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ 太平記 [Taiheiki] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ 西南院文書 [Documents of Seinan-in] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ Pearson, Richard (2013). Ancient Ryukyu: an Archaeological Study of Island Communities. University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 239 f. ISBN 978-0824837129.
- ^ 国重文に琉球国時代の石碑 沖縄県内から3件指定へ 伊江家資料・八重山蔵元の画稿も [3 Properties to be Designated Important Cultural Properties: Inscribed Stelai from the Time of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, Ie Family Materials, Yaeyama Kuramoto Sketches]. Okinawa Times. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2019.