List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Okinawa)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of historical materials (歴史資料 rekishi shiryō) for the Prefecture of Okinawa.[1]

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 February 2015, three Important Cultural Properties have been designated (including one *National Treasure), being of national significance.[2][3][4]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.
*Materials relating to the Shō Family of Ryūkyū Kings
琉球国王尚家関係資料
Ryūkyū kokuō Shō-ke kankei shiryō 		Second Shō Dynasty to Meiji period Naha Naha City
(kept at the Naha City Museum of History (那覇市歴史博物館)) 		1,251 items, of which 85 are craft works and the remainder writings; the former comprise (a) royal costume (8 items): royal crown known as Hibenkan or Tamanchaabui, black silk with 288 gold, silver, crystal, and coral beads and a gold kanzashi engraved with a dragon; two ceremonial costumes of Chinese cloth; two belts - one with twenty previous stones, the other braided; a pair of boots; undergarments; (b) clothing (57 items): 42 bingata robes and 15 of orimono, some with banana fibre cloth; (c) metalwork (5 items): a gold cup, silver rinsing bowl, pair of silver bowls with stands, set of six octagonal silver goblets, and pair of tin bottles covered with glass beads; (d) lacquerware (9 items): of red lacquer - a covered multi-tiered food box, a set of footed trays, a rinsing bowl with stand, and a writing box; of black lacquer - a set of dishes and case, incense box, tray for scrolls, writing-paper box, and inkstone case; (e) ceramics (3 items of Tsuboya Ware (壷屋焼)): a candle-stand, portable brazier, and jar; (f) swords (3 items): sword known as Chiyoganemaru (千代金丸) with which, according to the Kyūyō Chronicles (球陽), the King of Hokuzan committed suicide in 1416; sword known as Chiganemaru (治金丸) which, according to the Kyūyō, Nakasone Toyomiya gave to Shō Shin in 1522; and sword known as Chatan Nakiri (北谷菜切)[5][6] 26°12′50″N 127°40′45″E / 26.21378075°N 127.67925408°E / 26.21378075; 127.67925408 (Naha City Museum of History)
Letter from the Ming Dynasty Hongzhi Emperor to Shō Shin
明孝宗勅諭〈琉球国中山王尚真宛／〉
Min Kōsō chokuyu (Ryūkyū-koku Chūzan-ō Shō Shin ate) 		1487 Naha Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum) 		47.05 centimetres (18.52 in) by 178.8 centimetres (70.4 in) 26°13′36″N 127°41′38″E / 26.2267571°N 127.69399418°E / 26.2267571; 127.69399418 (Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum)
Photographs by Kamakura Yoshitarō for his Investigation into Ryūkyū Art
琉球芸術調査写真<鎌倉芳太郎撮影／>
Ryūkyū geijutsu chōsa shashin (Kamakura Yoshitarō satsuei) 		Taishō period Naha Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts) 		2,080 items 26°13′10″N 127°43′08″E / 26.21935026°N 127.71890695°E / 26.21935026; 127.71890695 (Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts)

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2014, six properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4][7]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.
Remains of a Bronze Bell (former Naminoue-gū Korean bell)
銅鐘残欠 (旧波上宮朝鮮鐘)
dōshō zanketsu (kyū-Naminōe-gū Chōsen shō) 		Goryeo Naha Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum) 		the lengthy inscription dates the bell to Kentoku 3 (顕徳) or 956; the bell, designated a National Treasure in 1907 in accordance with the 1897 Ancient Temples and Shrines Preservation Law, was largely destroyed in 1945[8] 26°13′36″N 127°41′38″E / 26.2267571°N 127.69399418°E / 26.2267571; 127.69399418 (Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum) for all refs see
Ankokuzan Stele of Flowers and Trees
安国山樹花木記碑
Ankokuzan juka moku kihi 		1427 Naha Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum) 		26°13′36″N 127°41′38″E / 26.2267571°N 127.69399418°E / 26.2267571; 127.69399418 (Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum)
Sanpu Ryūmyaku-hi
三府龍脈碑
Sanpu ryūmyaku hi 		1750 Nago Nago City
(kept at the Nago Museum) 		the inscription records a proposal to relocate the capital of the three kingdoms (Hokuzan, Chūzan, and Nanzan) from Shuri to Nago[9] 26°35′11″N 127°59′13″E / 26.586263°N 127.986860°E / 26.586263; 127.986860 (Nago Museum)
Materials relating to the Ie Family
伊江家資料
Ie-ke shiryō 		Naha private
(kept at the Naha City Museum of History (那覇市歴史博物館)) 		122 items, with 29 associated items comprising 14 letters, 11 calligraphic works, 1 painting, and 3 pieces of lacquerware 26°12′50″N 127°40′45″E / 26.21378075°N 127.67925408°E / 26.21378075; 127.67925408 (Naha City Museum of History)
Materials relating to the Uezu Family
上江洲家資料
Uezu-ke shiryō 		Kumejima private
(kept at the Kumejima Museum (久米島博物館) and Uezu Family Residence (上江洲家住宅) ) 		1790 items, comprising 42 calligraphic works, 14 paintings, 109 craftworks, and 1,625 records relating to the early modern and modern period 26°20′30″N 126°45′50″E / 26.341634°N 126.763794°E / 26.341634; 126.763794 (Kumejima Museum)
Sketches by the Painter Kuramoto
蔵元絵師の画稿
Kuramoto eshi no gakō 		C18/19 Ishigaki Ishigaki City
(kept at the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum (石垣市立八重山博物館)) 		114 items 24°20′17″N 124°09′34″E / 24.337977°N 124.159541°E / 24.337977; 124.159541 (Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum)

Municipal Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2014, thirty-five properties have been designated at a municipal level.[4][10]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.
Maps of the Villages in Nakijin Magiri, Kunigami District
国頭郡今帰仁間切各村全図及び字図
Kunigami-gun Nakijin magiri kakuson zenzu oyobi jizu 		Nakijin Nakijin Village 26°41′30″N 127°55′38″E / 26.691618°N 127.927315°E / 26.691618; 127.927315 (Nakijin Centre for History and Culture) for all refs see
Maps of Heshiki Village in Nakijin Magiri
今帰仁間切平敷村略図及び平敷村字図
Nakijin magiri Heshiki-mura ryakuzu oyobi Heshiki-mura jizu 		Nakijin Nakijin Village 26°41′30″N 127°55′38″E / 26.691618°N 127.927315°E / 26.691618; 127.927315 (Nakijin Centre for History and Culture)
Former Jahana Elementary School Site Hō-an-den
旧謝花尋常高等小学校跡 奉安殿
kyū-Jahana jinjōkōtō shōgakkō ato hōanden 		Empire of Japan Motobu Motobu Town 26°41′02″N 127°53′50″E / 26.683921°N 127.897215°E / 26.683921; 127.897215 (Jahana, Motobu)
Tōjin Baka Tombstone
唐人墓の墓碑
Tōjin baka bohi 		Onna Onna Village 26°26′17″N 127°48′08″E / 26.438145°N 127.802110°E / 26.438145; 127.802110 (Nakadomari, Onna)
Genealogy of the Branch Line of the Jinsei Family
「湛姓家譜」支流一冊
Jinsei kefu shiryū itsusatsu 		Ginoza Ginoza Village 26°29′17″N 127°59′02″E / 26.488109°N 127.984017°E / 26.488109; 127.984017 (Matsuda, Ginoza)
Materials from Ginoza Village relating to the Battle of Okinawa
沖縄戦関連宜野座村資料
Okinawa-sen kanren Ginoza-son shiryō 		Ginoza Ginoza Village 26°28′57″N 127°58′24″E / 26.482558°N 127.973224°E / 26.482558; 127.973224 (Ginoza)
Yomitan Zero Milestone
読谷村道路元標
Yomitan-mura dōro genpyō 		Yomitan Yomitan Village 26°23′57″N 127°45′30″E / 26.399270°N 127.758218°E / 26.399270; 127.758218 (Kina, Yomitan)
Hija Bridge Inscription
比謝橋碑文
Hija-bashi hibun 		Yomitan Yomitan Village 26°22′13″N 127°45′23″E / 26.370301°N 127.756255°E / 26.370301; 127.756255 (Hijabashi, Yomitan)
Kamuiyaki Excavated from Uchima, Nishihara
西原町内間散布地No.1出土のカムィ焼
Nishihara-chō Uchima sanpuchi No.1 shutsudo no kamui-yaki 		Nishihara Nishihara Town 26°13′16″N 127°45′36″E / 26.221242°N 127.759978°E / 26.221242; 127.759978 (Nishihara Town Library)
Meiji Land Registry Map
明治土地台帳附属地図
Meiji tochi daichō tsuketari zoku chizu 		Ginowan Ginowan City 26°17′24″N 127°46′54″E / 26.289952°N 127.781575°E / 26.289952; 127.781575 (Nodake, Ginowan)
Madan Bridge Inscription
重修真玉橋碑文
Chōfuku Madan-bashi hibun 		Tomigusuku private 26°10′26″N 127°40′27″E / 26.173821°N 127.674297°E / 26.173821; 127.674297 (Tomigusuku City Chūō Library)
Meiji Land Registry Map
明治土地台帳附属地図
Meiji tochi daichō tsuketari zoku chizu 		Nanjō Nanjō City 26°10′34″N 127°44′40″E / 26.176035°N 127.744560°E / 26.176035; 127.744560 (Nanjō City Office Ōzato Branch)
Public records of Kumejima Nakazato Magiri
久米仲里間切公事帳
Kume Nakazato magiri kōji-chō 		Kumejima Kumejima Town Board of Education (久米島町教育委員会) 26°20′26″N 126°48′19″E / 26.340624°N 126.805143°E / 26.340624; 126.805143 (Kumejima Town Board of Education)
Public records of Muro Village, Kumejima Nakazato Magiri
久米仲里間切諸村公事帳
Kume Nakazato magiri Muro-mura kōji-chō 		Kumejima Kumejima Town Board of Education (久米島町教育委員会) 26°20′26″N 126°48′19″E / 26.340624°N 126.805143°E / 26.340624; 126.805143 (Kumejima Town Board of Education)
Criminal Records
科人公事帳
toganin kōji-chō 		Kumejima Kumejima Town Board of Education (久米島町教育委員会) 26°20′26″N 126°48′19″E / 26.340624°N 126.805143°E / 26.340624; 126.805143 (Kumejima Town Board of Education)
Anchor Stones from Uegusuku Castle
宇江城城跡の碇石
Uegusuku-jō ato no ikariishi 		Kumejima Kumejima Town Board of Education (久米島町教育委員会) 26°20′26″N 126°48′19″E / 26.340624°N 126.805143°E / 26.340624; 126.805143 (Kumejima Town Board of Education)
Materials relating to the Nakasone Chūdō Family
忠導氏仲宗根家関係資料
Chūdō-uji Nakasone-ke kankei shiryō 		Miyakojima Miyakojima City Museum (宮古島市総合博物館) 24°47′47″N 125°19′04″E / 24.796475°N 125.317698°E / 24.796475; 125.317698 (Miyakojima City Museum)
Materials relating to the Shōei Motomura Family
向裔氏本村家関係資料
Shōei-uji Motomura-ke kankei shiryō 		Miyakojima private 24°48′10″N 125°16′49″E / 24.802669°N 125.280350°E / 24.802669; 125.280350 (Shimozato, Miyakojima)
Genealogy of the Main Line of the Tsuchihara Family
土原氏正統系図、家譜
Tsuchihara-uji seitō keizu, kefu 		Tarama private 26°09′51″N 127°42′12″E / 26.164259°N 127.703404°E / 26.164259; 127.703404 (Taketomi, Itoman)
Genealogy of the Branch Line of the Tsuchihara Family
土原氏支流系図、家譜
Tsuchihara-uji shiryū keizu, kefu 		Tarama private 24°40′08″N 124°42′12″E / 24.669014°N 124.703364°E / 24.669014; 124.703364 (Shiokawa, Tarama)
Genealogy of the Main Line of the Shōei Family
向裔氏正統系図、家譜
Shōei-uji seitō keizu, kefu 		Tarama private 24°40′14″N 124°42′09″E / 24.670506°N 124.702624°E / 24.670506; 124.702624 (Nakasuji, Tarama)
Genealogy of a Branch Line of the Shōei Family
向裔氏支流系図、家譜
Shōei-uji shiryū keizu, kefu 		Tarama private 26°13′02″N 127°41′56″E / 26.217344°N 127.698888°E / 26.217344; 127.698888 (Daidō, Naha)
Genealogy of a Branch Line of the Shōei Family
向裔氏支流系図、家譜
Shōei-uji shiryū keizu, kefu 		Tarama private 26°14′38″N 127°43′38″E / 26.243791°N 127.727287°E / 26.243791; 127.727287 (Nakama, Urasoe)
Genealogy of a Branch Line of the Shōei Family
向裔氏支流系図、家譜
Shōei-uji shiryū keizu, kefu 		Tarama private 26°13′14″N 127°43′09″E / 26.220530°N 127.719101°E / 26.220530; 127.719101 (Shuritonokura-chō, Naha)
Genealogy of the Chūdō Family
忠導氏系図、家譜
Chūdō-uji keizu, kefu 		Tarama private 24°40′13″N 124°42′12″E / 24.670204°N 124.703257°E / 24.670204; 124.703257 (Nakasuji, Tarama)
Genealogy of the Urado Family
浦渡氏系図、家譜
Urado-uji keizu, kefu 		Tarama private 24°40′09″N 124°42′11″E / 24.669190°N 124.703150°E / 24.669190; 124.703150 (Nakasuji, Tarama)
Land Register
土地台帳
tochi daichō 		Tarama Tarama Village 24°40′10″N 124°42′06″E / 24.669414°N 124.701691°E / 24.669414; 124.701691 (Nakasuji, Tarama)
Land Tax Register
地租名寄帳
chiso nayorichō 		Tarama Tarama Village 24°40′10″N 124°42′06″E / 24.669414°N 124.701691°E / 24.669414; 124.701691 (Nakasuji, Tarama)
Land Registry Map
地籍図
chiseki-zu 		Tarama Tarama Village 24°40′10″N 124°42′06″E / 24.669414°N 124.701691°E / 24.669414; 124.701691 (Nakasuji, Tarama)
Sample Patterns
御絵図
miezu 		early C18 Ishigaki Ishigaki City
(kept at the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum) 		46 items; designs for tribute cloth for the Ryūkyū court; also a Municipal Cultural Property - Craftworks[11] 24°20′17″N 124°09′34″E / 24.337977°N 124.159541°E / 24.337977; 124.159541 (Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum)
Letter of Appreciation to Toyokawa Zensa for the Rescue Operation in the Senkaku Islands
豊川善佐宛尖閣列島遭難救護の感謝状
Toyokawa Zensa ate Senkaku rettō sōnan kyūgo no kanshajō 		1920 Ishigaki private
(kept at the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum) 		sent by the Consul of the Republic of China in Nagasaki on 20 May 1920 for the rescue the previous winter by villagers from Ishigaki of 31 Chinese fishermen shipwrecked in the Senkaku Islands[12] 24°20′17″N 124°09′34″E / 24.337977°N 124.159541°E / 24.337977; 124.159541 (Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum)
Letter of Appreciation to Tamayose Sanban for the Rescue Operation in the Senkaku Islands
玉代勢孫伴宛尖閣列島遭難救護の感謝状
Tamayose Sanban ate Senkaku rettō sōnan kyūgo no kanshajō 		1920 Ishigaki Ishigaki City
(kept at the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum) 		sent by the Consul of the Republic of China in Nagasaki on 20 May 1920 for the rescue the previous winter by villagers from Ishigaki of 31 Chinese fishermen shipwrecked in the Senkaku Islands[12] 24°20′17″N 124°09′34″E / 24.337977°N 124.159541°E / 24.337977; 124.159541 (Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum)
Tile Document
瓦証文
kawara shōmon 		Ishigaki private
(kept at the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum) 		24°20′17″N 124°09′34″E / 24.337977°N 124.159541°E / 24.337977; 124.159541 (Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum)
Tōjin Baka Stele
唐人墓碑
Tōjin bohi 		Ishigaki Ishigaki City
(kept at the Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum) 		commemorates the Chinese coolies who, after suffering indignities such as having their pigtails cut, mutinied aboard the Robert Bowne in 1852 while on their way from Amoy to San Francisco and put ashore in Ishigaki[13][14] 24°20′17″N 124°09′34″E / 24.337977°N 124.159541°E / 24.337977; 124.159541 (Ishigaki City Yaeyama Museum)
Tonoshiro Elementary School Hō-an-den
旧登野城尋常高等小学校の奉安殿
kyū-Tonoshiro jinjōkōtō shōgakkō no hōanden 		Empire of Japan Ishigaki Ishigaki City
(at Tonoshiro Elementary School (登野城小学校)) 		24°20′32″N 124°09′49″E / 24.342268°N 124.163607°E / 24.342268; 124.163607 (Tonoshiro Elementary School)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Pamphlet on Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  2. ↑ 国宝・重要文化財 [Number of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Database of National Cultural Properties: 国宝・重要文化財（美術品）(歴史資料 沖縄県)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 国・県・市町村指定文化財 [National, Prefectural, and Municipal Cultural Properties] (PDF) (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "National Treasure: Ryukyu King Sho Family Related Documents". Naha City Museum of History. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Naha City Museum of History, ed. (2006). 国宝「琉球国王尚家関係資料」のすべて―尚家資料/目録・解説 [National Treasure "Materials relating to the Shō Family of Ryūkyū Kings": Inventory and Commentary] (in Japanese). Okinawa Times. ISBN 4-87127-175-7.
  7. ↑ 都道府県別指定等文化財件数（都道府県分） [Number of Prefectural Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  8. ↑ 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. pp. 160f. ISBN 4-900901-34-2.
  9. ↑ Smits, Gregory (1999). Visions of Ryukyu: Identity and Ideology in Early-Modern Thought and Politics. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 128ff. ISBN 0-8248-2037-1.
  10. ↑ 都道府県別指定等文化財件数（市町村分） [Number of Municipal Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  11. ↑ 御絵図46点 市文化財に 貢納布を織る図案 [46 Patterns for Tribute Cloth Designated a Municipal Cultural Property]. Yaeyama Nippō (ja) (in Japanese). March 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  12. 1 2 "The Senkaku Islands" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs. March 2013. p. 13. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  13. ↑ 唐人墓 [Tōjin Baka] (in Japanese). Ishigaki City. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  14. ↑ Johnson, Robert (1979). Far China Station: The U.S. Navy in Asian Waters, 1800-98. Naval Institute Press. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-61251-482-6.

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