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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

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101 properties

Castles

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17 properties

Property Date Municipality Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image Coordinates
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 / 41.429785; 140.108417 (Matsumae Castle Tenshu, East Wall of Main Gate)
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)
38°15′08″N 140°51′21″E / 38.252092°N 140.855917°E / 38.252092; 140.855917 (Sendai Castle Ōtemon)
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 / 38.252092; 140.855917 (Sendai Castle Sumi-yagura)
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 / 35.361922; 136.616042 (Ōgaki Castle)
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 / 35.183875; 136.900399 (Nagoya Castle)
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 / 34.227558; 135.171511 (Wakayama Castle)
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 / 34.665096; 133.936054 (Okayama Castle)
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 / 34.665096; 133.936054 (Okayama Castle)
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 / 34.401474; 132.459583 (Hiroshima Castle)
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 / 33.845613; 132.765588 (Matsuyama Castle)
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)
33°13′09″N 132°34′04″E / 33.219095°N 132.567816°E / 33.219095; 132.567816 (Uwajima Castle Ōtemon)
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)
26°13′05″N 127°43′01″E / 26.218170°N 127.716863°E / 26.218170; 127.716863 (Shuri Castle Shureimon)
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)
26°13′04″N 127°43′04″E / 26.217873°N 127.717775°E / 26.217873; 127.717775 (Shuri Castle Kankaimon)
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)
26°13′03″N 127°43′05″E / 26.217514°N 127.718193°E / 26.217514; 127.718193 (Shuri Castle Zuisenmon)
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)
26°13′02″N 127°43′14″E / 26.217115°N 127.720460°E / 26.217115; 127.720460 (Shuri Castle Shiroganemon)

Mausolea

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15 properties

Property Date Municipality Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image Coordinates
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 (), 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 / 38.250806; 140.865694 (Mausoleum of Date Masamune)

Miscellaneous structures

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1 property

Property Date Municipality Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image Coordinates
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 / 36.79195557; 140.65411694 (Ishioka First Power Plant Water Tank)

Shrines

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19 properties

Temples

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40 properties

Residences

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9 properties

Property Date Municipality Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image Coordinates
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 / 36.207799; 140.157701 (Hanyū Family Residence)
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

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74 properties

Paintings

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12 properties

Property Date Municipality Ownership Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image Coordinates
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 / 35.348447; 139.488623 (Pictorial Biography of Ippen Shōnin, Shōjōkōji)
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 / 35.183875; 136.900399 (Nagoya Castle Honmaru Palace Wall and Sliding-door Paintings)
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)
34°42′53″N 136°30′53″E / 34.714602°N 136.514647°E / 34.714602; 136.514647 (Portrait of Tōdō Takatora, Kanshō-in)
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 / 34.988045; 135.775941 (Chishaku-in Shinden Higashi-no-ma Wall and Sliding-door Paintings)
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 / 34.988045; 135.775941 (Chishaku-in Shinden Nishi-no-ma Wall and Sliding-door Paintings)
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 / 35.043904; 135.746066 (Daitokuji Hōjō Wall and Sliding-door Paintings)

Sculptures

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34 properties

Property Date Municipality Ownership Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image Coordinates
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 / 35.690659; 139.401762 (Fusaiji)

Crafts

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16 properties

Property Date Municipality Ownership Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image Coordinates
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 / 26.220366; 127.671347 (Bronze Bell, Naminoue-gū)

Calligraphic works

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10 properties

Property Date Municipality Ownership Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image Coordinates
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 / 35.696053; 139.733756 (Engi-shiki, Ichigayata-machi, Shinjuku)
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 / 35.681822; 139.719914 (Notes on the Doctrines of the Kegon Sutra, Owari-chō Shinjuku)
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 / 35.339255; 139.549502 (Lotus Sutra in the hand of Ashikaga Takauji, Zokutō-an)
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 / 36.058496; 136.209814 (Writing in the hand of Retired Emperor Kōmyō-in, Asuwa Jinja)
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 / 36.058496; 136.209814 (Writing in the hand of Emperor Ninkō, Asuwa Jinja)
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 / 35.034547; 135.718253 (Taiheiki, Ryōanji)
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 / 34.879654; 135.700085 (Lotus Sutra in the hand of Princess Tsuneko, Iwashimizu Hachimangū)
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 / 34.713045; 135.261247 (Yuiitsu Shinron, Sumiyoshi-machi, Kōbe)
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 / 34.212818; 135.574990 (Documents from Seinan-in)
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 / 33.959381; 130.948657 (Anthology of Poems in Memory of the Wars between the Taira and the Minamoto, Akama-gū)

Stone monuments

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2 properties

Property Date Municipality Ownership Date of designation Date of loss Comments Image Coordinates
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 / 26.218166; 127.717327 (Stele, Sonohyan-utaki)
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 / 26.22039; 127.6906 (Stone Signposts, Sōgenji)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 太平記 [Taiheiki] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ^ 西南院文書 [Documents of Seinan-in] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  7. ^ Pearson, Richard (2013). Ancient Ryukyu: an Archaeological Study of Island Communities. University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 239 f. ISBN 978-0824837129.
  8. ^ 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.