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

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 Miyagi.

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 July 2019, four Important Cultural Properties (including one *National Treasure) have been designated, being of national significance.

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.
*Materials relating to the Keichō Mission to Europe
慶長遣欧使節関係資料
Keichō ken ō shisetsu kankei shiryō
1613–20 Sendai Sendai City Museum 47 items, comprising a parchment certificate of citizenship of Rome, oil paintings on canvas of Hasekura Tsunenaga and Pope Paul V, an oil painting on copper plate of the Virgin Mary, a chasuble, three crosses (one accompanied by a medal of the Virgin Mary, six medal fragments, five rosaries, a disciplina (ディスチプリナ), teka (テカ) and bag, a reliquary, two saddles, two stirrups, two bridles, two horse fittings, a cloak and trousers, a wall hanging, a striped cloth, two daggers, two seals, and ten metal clasps; the certificate and paintings of Tsunenaga and the Pope, alongside 94 related documents from two archives in Spain, have been placed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register 38°15′21″N 140°51′25″E [1]
A Map of the Myriad Countries of the World
坤輿万国全図〈(版本)/〉
konyo bankoku zenzu (hanpon)
1602 Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) 6 widths; printed edition 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [2]
Sendai Domain Astronomical Instruments
仙台藩天文学器機
Sendai-han tenmongaku kiki
C18/19 Sendai Sendai Astronomical Observatory (仙台市天文台) 4 items 38°15′24″N 140°45′19″E [3]
Materials relating to the Territory of Sendai in Mutsu Province for the Genroku Kuniezu
陸奥国仙台領元禄国絵図関係資料
Mutsu-no-kuni Sendai-ryō Genroku kuni-ezu kankei shiryō
1697–1702 Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) 265 items 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [4]

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2019, twelve properties have been designated at a prefectural level.

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.
Map of the Area around Sendai Castle
仙台城下絵図
Sendai-jōka ezu
Edo period Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) a number of samurai residences are named 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [5]
Maps of Sendai Castle
仙台城絵図
Sendai-jō ezu
Edo period Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) 15 items 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [6]
Map of Sendai Businesses and Edo Residence
仙台別業・江戸屋敷等絵図
Sendai betsugō Edo yashiki tō ezu
Edo period Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [7]
Map of the Castle, Fortifications, and Residences
城・要害・在郷屋敷絵図
Shiro・yōgai・zaikyō yashiki ezu
Edo period Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [8]
Map of the Territory
領内図
Ryōnai zu
Edo period Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [9]
Map of the Territory's Enclaves
飛地領絵図
Tobichi ryōnai zu
Edo period Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [10]
Map relating to Ezo
蝦夷地関係絵図
Ezo-chi kankei ezu
C19 Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [11]
Map of the Borders
境絵図
Sakai ezu
Edo period Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [12]
Map by Inō Tadataka
伊能図(中図)
Inō zu (Naka zu)
Edo period Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) the middle-sized of the three maps he made 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [13]
Materials relating to the Festivals of Sendai
仙台祭絵関係資料
Sendai matsuri kankei shiryō
Edo period Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) designation comprises ten leaves relating to the 1791 float festival at Sendai Tōshōgū and an emakimono on the same subject 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [14]
Kuniezu Map of the Territory of Sendai in Ōshū in the Shōhō Era (Copy)
国絵図 正保年間奥州仙台領絵図(写)
Kuni ezu Shōhō nenkan Ōshū Sendai-ryō ezu (utsushi)
1644 Sendai Sendai City Museum a copy of that submitted by the Sendai Domain to the Edo bakufu 38°15′22″N 140°51′24″E [15]
Map of the Province
国絵図
Kuni ezu
Edo period Sendai Miyagi Prefectural Library (宮城県図書館) 38°20′46″N 140°50′19″E [16]

See also