List of former Cultural Properties (Japan)
# List of former Cultural Properties (Japan)

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.

## Structures

101 properties

### Castles

17 properties

| Property | Date | Municipality | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | 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

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 (橋), 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

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

19 properties

### Temples

40 properties

### Residences

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

74 properties

### Paintings

12 properties

| Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | 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 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) | 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

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

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

10 properties

| Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Date of designation | Date of loss | Comments | 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) | 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) | 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

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; 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 | | 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) |
