title: List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Iwate)
text: # List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Iwate)
  
  This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of paintings (絵画, kaiga) for the Prefecture of Iwate.
  
  ## National Cultural Properties
  
  As of 1 July 2019, one National Treasure has been designated.
  
  | Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Comments | Image | Dimensions | Coordinates | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | *Golden Light Sutra with Gold-Letter Pagodas, colour on indigo paper 紺紙著色金光明最勝王経金字宝塔曼荼羅図 konshi chakushoku konkōmyō saishō ōkyō kinji hōtō mandara zu | Heian period (late C12) | Hiraizumi | Chūson-ji Daichōju-in | 10 scrolls | | | 39°00′09″N 141°05′59″E﻿ / ﻿39.002627°N 141.099622°E﻿ / 39.002627; 141.099622﻿ (Chūsonji Daichōju-in) | |
  
  ## Prefectural Cultural Properties
  
  As of 2019, nine properties have been designated at a prefectural level.
  
  | Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Comments | Dimensions | Coordinates |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Temple Founder Mutei Ryōshō, colour on silk 絹本著色開山良韶画像 kenpon chakushoku kaizan Ryōshō gazō | c.1360 | Ōshū | Shōbō-ji (正法寺) | with accompanying text or gasan by Ryōshō dating to Enbun 5 | 72.5 centimetres (28.5 in) by 36.5 centimetres (14.4 in) | 39°04′05″N 141°13′29″E﻿ / ﻿39.068180°N 141.224613°E﻿ / 39.068180; 141.224613﻿ (Shōbōji) |
  | Aizen Myōō, colour on silk 絹本著色愛染明王画像 kenpon chakushoku Aizen Myōō gazō | Muromachi period | Rikuzentakata | Fumon-ji (普門寺) | | 184 centimetres (72 in) by 98 centimetres (39 in) | 39°01′34″N 141°39′25″E﻿ / ﻿39.026219°N 141.656985°E﻿ / 39.026219; 141.656985﻿ (Fumonji) |
  | Tachibana, lacquer painting (large ema) 漆絵立花図（大絵馬） urushi-e rikka zu (dai ema) | c.1716 | Ninohe | Tendai-ji (天台寺) | dated by the inscription to Shōtoku 6 | 181.3 centimetres (71.4 in) by 126.7 centimetres (49.9 in) | 40°11′54″N 141°11′12″E﻿ / ﻿40.198298°N 141.186569°E﻿ / 40.198298; 141.186569﻿ (Tendaiji) |
  | Sixteen Arhats, colour on silk 絹本著色十六羅漢像 kenpon chakushoku jūroku rakan zō | Nanboku-chō period | Ōshū | Shōbō-ji (正法寺) | 16 scrolls | 94.3 centimetres (37.1 in) to 95.5 centimetres (37.6 in) by 45.3 centimetres (17.8 in) to 46.6 centimetres (18.3 in) | 39°04′05″N 141°13′29″E﻿ / ﻿39.068180°N 141.224613°E﻿ / 39.068180; 141.224613﻿ (Shōbōji) |
  | Nirvana painting 仏涅槃図 Butsu nehan zu | 1420 | Tōno | Jōraku-ji (常楽寺) | restored in 1769 | 180.1 centimetres (70.9 in) by 100.3 centimetres (39.5 in) | 39°16′20″N 141°25′23″E﻿ / ﻿39.272107°N 141.423043°E﻿ / 39.272107; 141.423043﻿ (Jōrakuji) |
  | Thirteen Buddhas 十三仏 jūsan Butsu | Muromachi period | Tōno | Jōraku-ji (常楽寺) | | 109 centimetres (43 in) by 36.4 centimetres (14.3 in) | 39°16′20″N 141°25′23″E﻿ / ﻿39.272107°N 141.423043°E﻿ / 39.272107; 141.423043﻿ (Jōrakuji) |
  | Shō Kannon 聖観音菩薩画像 Shō Kannon Bosatsu gazō | 1512 | Ōshū | Jishō-in (自性院) | ita-e; the wooden board formerly served as the back panel of a miniature shrine | 114.5 centimetres (45.1 in) by 44.5 centimetres (17.5 in) | 39°10′33″N 141°16′52″E﻿ / ﻿39.175861°N 141.281208°E﻿ / 39.175861; 141.281208﻿ (MIdo, Ōshū) |
  | Tatara-gami, colour on paper 紙本著色たたら神図 shihon chakushoku Tatara-gami zu | C17 | Iwaizumi | private | the tatara furnace god | 120 centimetres (47 in) by 74 centimetres (29 in) | 39°50′35″N 141°47′37″E﻿ / ﻿39.842970°N 141.793638°E﻿ / 39.842970; 141.793638﻿ (Matsuhashi, Iwaizumi) |
  | Kaji-gami, colour on paper 紙本著色鍛冶神図 shihon chakushoku Kaji-gami zu | C17 | Morioka | Iwate Prefectural Museum | the blacksmith god; 3 scrolls | 104 centimetres (41 in) by 57.4 centimetres (22.6 in) | 39°45′20″N 141°09′14″E﻿ / ﻿39.755430°N 141.153857°E﻿ / 39.755430; 141.153857﻿ (Iwate Prefectural Museum) |
  