List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Okinawa)
This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of Japanese painting for the Prefecture of Okinawa'''.
National Cultural Properties
As of 1 June 2019, zero properties have been designated as being of national significance.Prefectural Cultural Properties
As of 1 May 2018, eleven properties have been designated at a prefectural level.| Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Comments | Image | Dimensions | Coordinates | Ref. |
| Hakutaku, by Ji Ryō Ji Ryō hitsu Hakutaku-no-zu | Naha | institutional | Ji Ryō is the art name of Gusukuma Seihō, son of a Shuri pechin | for all refs see | ||||
| Flowers and birds, colour on silk, by Sonoku kinuhon chakushoku kachō zu Sonoku hitsu | Kumejima | private | Chinese painter Sonoku, active in Fuzhou in the second half of the seventeenth century, exerted considerable influence on Ryūkyūan painting after local painters Ishimine Denbaku and Uehara Shinshira crossed to China and received instruction from him in 1683; Sonoku's painting of flowers and birds was presented in thanks to the Kikumura family after the shipwreck of the Imperial Chinese mission off Kumejima in 1756 | |||||
| Flowers and birds, colour on silk, by In Genryō kinuhon chakushoku kachō-zu In Genryō hitsu | Naha | Okinawa Prefecture | In Genryō was born in Shuri and summoned to the Ryūkyū court on account of his talent in painting aged 12; from 1752 he spent two years in China; after the death of Yamaguchi Sōki, In Genryō was the leading court painter; most of his works are now lost; the shape of the branches of the plum and the distribution of its flowers, combining vigour with delicacy, are characteristic of the Southern School and thence of Nanga | by | ||||
| Pheasant in the snow, colour on paper, by In Genryō shihon chakushoku setchū kiji no zu In Genryō hitsu | Naha | Okinawa Prefecture | there is no snowfall in Okinawa, but in the shoin of Shuri Castle In Genryō studied Chinese exemplars of the subject of flowers and birds in the snow | by | ||||
| Bamboo, ink on paper, by In Genryō shihon bokuga take no zu In Genryō hitsu | Naha | Okinawa Prefecture | ink wash paintings on the subject of bamboo provided suitable decoration for the tokonoma of the warrior family residences of Shuri | by | ||||
| Mission to the Ryūkyūs, colour on paper shihon chakushoku hōshi Ryūkyū zu | Naha | Okinawa Prefecture | emakimono with twenty views of one of the Imperial Chinese missions on its journey from the port of Fuzhou to that of Naha and back again | |||||
| Procession on a Mission to the Ryūkyūs, colour on paper shihon chakushoku sakuhōshi gyōretsu zu | Naha | Okinawa Prefecture | emakimono depicting some 600 figures, 380 Ryukyuans and 220 envoys | |||||
| Divine cat, by Yamaguchi Sōki shinbyō zu Yamaguchi Sōki hitsu | Naha | Naha City | the reputation of Yamaguchi Sōki was such that he received commissions for paintings of flowers and birds from the Shimazu clan in Satsuma and Konoe family in Kyoto | |||||
| Portrait of Tōnin Taku, colour on paper shihon chakushoku Tōnin Taku gazō tsuketari ichi, kyōkun jūkajō ichi, kakemono iribako | Ishigaki | private | accompanied by a scroll with ten precepts and a storage case; portrait of Tōnin Taku, village pechin, aged 61 | |||||
| Portrait of Miyahira Chōen, colour on paper shihon chakushoku Miyahira Chōen gazō | Ishigaki | private | portrait of Miyahira Chōen aged 71 | |||||
| Portrait of Kikumura Kiyoshi Satoshi, colour on paper shihon chakushoku Kikumura Kiyoshi Satoshi zō | Kumejima | private | thought to have been painted when the sitter was 47; the Kikumura family served as local officials on Kumejima | by |
Municipal Cultural Properties
As of 1 May 2018, six properties have been designated at a municipal level.| Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Comments | Image | Dimensions | Coordinates | Ref. |
| Genuine Views of the Ryūkyū Islands, emaki Ryūkyū-tō shinkei emaki | Nago | Nago Museum | by Okamoto Toyohiko of the Shijō School | by | for all refs see | |||
| Ryūkyū Trading Port, byōbu Ryūkyū kōekikō zu byōbu | Urasoe | Urasoe City | includes depictions of tribute ships returning from China, dragon boats, Omono gusuku, Yarazamori gusuku, Mie gusuku, Naminoue Shrine, Sōgen-ji, Enkaku-ji, and Shuri Castle | by | ||||
| Eight Views of Ryūkyū Ryūkyū hakkei | Urasoe | Urasoe City | series of eight prints by Hokusai; Evening Moon at Izumisaki, Sound of Lake Rinkai, Bamboo Hedge at Kume Village, Pines and Waves at Ryūdō, Evening Glow at Jungai, Clear Autumn at Chōkō, Sacred Fountain at Castle Peak, and Banana Groves at Nakashima | |||||
| Ryūkyū Trading Port Ryūkyū kōekikō zu | Urasoe | Urasoe City | three scrolls | |||||
| Flowers and birds kachō zu | Urasoe | Urasoe City | by Sonoku | |||||
| Proof Prints for Eight Views of Ryūkyū Ryūkyū hakkei kyōgōzuri | Urasoe | Urasoe City | set of eight from the blocks used to print the outlines |