List of Intangible Cultural Properties of Japan (Okinawa)

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This list is of the Intangible Cultural Properties of Japan in the Prefecture of Okinawa.[1]

National Cultural Properties[]

As of 1 January 2015, eleven Important Intangible Cultural Properties have been designated, being of national significance.[2][3][4]

Performing Arts[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Kumi Odori
組踊
Kumi odori
Traditional Kumi Odori Preservation Society (伝統組踊保存会) inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity[5] Japanisches Kulturinstitut Bühnenkünste.jpg [1]
Ryukyuan Classical Music
琉球古典音楽
Ryūkyū koten ongaku
Shimabukuro Masao (島袋正雄), Terukina Chōichi (照喜名朝一) Musical instruments of Okinawa.jpg [2]
Kumi Odori Music - Uta-Sanshin
組踊音楽歌三線
Kumi odori ongaku uta sanshin
Shiroma Tokutarō (城間德太郎), Nishie Kishun (西江喜春) [3]
Kumi Odori - Tachikata
組踊立方
Kumi odori tachikata
Miyagi Nōhō (宮城能鳳) [4]
Ryūkyū Dance
琉球舞踊
Ryūkyū buyō
Ryūkyū Dance Preservation Society (琉球舞踊保存会) Ryukyu Dance.jpg [5]

Craft Techniques[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Kijoka Bashōfu
喜如嘉の芭蕉布
Kijoka no bashōfu
Kijoka Bashōfu Preservation Society (喜如嘉の芭蕉布保存会) [6]
Miyako Jōfu
宮古上布
Miyako jōfu
Miyako Jōfu Preservation Society (宮古上布保持団体) processes include hand spinning of the ramie, indigo dyeing, weaving, washing, and repairs; the cloth was used for poll tax payments from 1637 [7]
Bingata
紅型
bingata
Tamanaha Yūkō (玉那覇有公) Bingata Dyeing.jpg [8]
Shuri-no-Orimono
首里の織物
Shuri no orimono
Miyahara Hatsuko (宮平初子) textile technique [9]
Bashōfu
芭蕉布
bashōfu
Taira Toshiko (平良敏子) banana fibre textile technique Basho Fibre Production in Okinawa.jpg [10]
Kumejima Tsumugi
久米島紬
Kumejima tsumugi
Kumejima Tsumugi Preservation Society (久米島紬保持団体) [11]

Prefectural Cultural Properties[]

As of 1 May 2014, fourteen properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4][6]

Performing Arts[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Okinawan Traditional Dance
沖縄伝統舞踊
Okinawa dentō buyō
Okinawan Traditional Dance Preservation Society (沖縄伝統舞踊保存会) [12]
Okinawan Traditional Music - Nomura Ryū
沖縄伝統音楽野村流
Okinawa dentō ongaku Nomura-ryū
Okinawan Traditional Music Nomura Ryū Preservation Society (沖縄伝統音楽野村流保存会) [13]
Okinawan Traditional Music - Afuso Ryū
沖縄伝統音楽安冨祖流
Okinawa dentō ongaku Afuso-ryū
Okinawan Traditional Music Afuso Ryū Preservation Society (沖縄伝統音楽安冨祖流保存会) [14]
Okinawan Traditional Music - Tansui Ryū
沖縄伝統音楽湛水流
Okinawa dentō ongaku Tansui-ryū
Okinawan Traditional Music Tansui Ryū Preservation Society (沖縄伝統音楽湛水流保存会協議会) [15]
Okinawan Traditional Music - Sōkyoku
沖縄伝統音楽箏曲
Okinawa dentō ongaku sōkyoku
Okinawan Traditional Music Sōkyoku Preservation Society (沖縄伝統音楽箏曲保存会) [16]
Yaeyama Classical Min'yō
八重山古典民謡
Yaeyama koten minyō
Yaeyama Classical Min'yō Preservation Society (八重山古典民謡保持者協会) [17]
Ryūkyū Kageki
琉球歌劇
Ryūkyū kageki
Ryūkyū Kageki Preservation Society (琉球歌劇保存会) [18]
Yaeyama Traditional Dance
八重山伝統舞踊
Yaeyama dentō buyō
Morita Yoshiko (森田吉子), Yamamori Kiyo (山森キヨ), Motomori Hite (本盛ヒテ), Une Yukiko (宇根雪子) [19]

Craft Techniques[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Bingata
紅型
bingata
Shiroma Eijun (城間榮順), Tamanaha Michiko (玉那覇道子), Fujimura Reiko (藤村玲子), Kinjō Shōtarō (金城昌太郎), Chinen Sekigen (知念績元), Kiyuna Morizō (喜友名盛蔵), Nishihira Sachiko (西平幸子) BingataKobo.jpg [20]
True Shuri-no-Orimono
本場首里の織物
honba Shuri no orimono
Shukumine Kyōko (祝嶺恭子), Tawada Yoshiko (多和田淑子), Le Bars Miyahira Ginko (ルバース・ミヤヒラ・吟子) [21]
Yomitan Hanaori
読谷山花織
Yomitanzan hanaori or Yuntanza hanaui
Higa Emiko (比嘉恵美子), Shimabukuro Shū (島袋秀), Ikehara Keiko (池原ケイ子) textile technique; an Important Intangible Cultural Property from 1999 until 2003, when it was removed from the national register upon the death of holder Yonamine Sada (與那嶺貞) [22]
Yaeyama Jōfu
八重山上布
Yaeyama jōfu
Arakaki Sachiko (新垣幸子), Nakamura Sumiko (中村澄子), Taira Yōko (平良蓉子), Itokazu Emiko (糸数江美子), Matsutake Kimiko (松竹喜生子) textile technique [23]
Ryūkyū Lacquerware
琉球漆器
Ryūkyū shikki
Maeda Takayoshi (前田孝允), Kinjō Yuiki (金城唯喜) Ryukyu Lacquer.jpg [24]

Karate - Kobujutsu[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Okinawan Karate and Kobujutsu
沖縄の空手・古武術
Okinawa no karate・ko-bujutsu
Ishikawa Tadashi (石川精徳), Uehara Takenobu (上原武信), Hichiya Yoshio (比知屋義夫), Nakamoto Masahiro (仲本政博), Higaonna Morio (東恩納盛男) Karate in Naha before the war.jpg [25]

Municipal Cultural Properties[]

As of 1 May 2014, seven properties have been designated at a municipal level.[4][7]

Performing Arts[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Tinbe and Kamanti
ティンベーとカマンティ
tinbē to kamanti
Tinbe and Kamanti Preservation Society (ティンベー・カマンティー保存会) Tinbe is fighting with spear and shield, Kamanti with sickle and staff; performed on the 17th day of 7th month and 15th day of 8th month of the old lunar calendar;[8] Cultural Property of Nanjō [26]
Amanchu
天人
Amanchu
Tsuhako District (津波古区) reenactment of legend of a giant who taught the local elder and his grandchild how to grow crops;[8] Cultural Property of Nanjō [27]
Bōjutsu
棒術
bōjutsu
Tsuhako Old Bōjutsu Preservation Society (津波古棒術保存会) Cultural Property of Nanjō [28]
Munjuru Bushi
むんじゅる節
munjuru bushi
Aguni Village Cultural Property of Aguni [29]

Craft Techniques[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Tsuboya Ware
壺屋焼
Tsuboya-yaki
Tsuboya Ware Preservation Society (壷屋焼物保存会) Cultural Property of Naha Tsuboya Ware Production.jpg [30]
Ryūkyū Kasuri and Haebaru Hanaori
琉球絣と南風原花織
Ryūkyū kasuri to Haebaru hanaori
Ryūkyū Kasuri and Haebaru Hanaori Preservation Society (琉球絣と南風原花織保存会) Cultural Property of Haebaru Indigo in Okinawa.jpg [31]

Oral Literature[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Folk Tales of Yamamoto Senkō
山本川恒の民話
Yamamoto Senkō no minwa
Yamamoto Senkō (山本川恒) (deceased) Cultural Property of Nago [32]

Former Cultural Properties[]

Performing Arts[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Kumi Odori Music - Taiko
組踊音楽太鼓
Kumi odori ongaku taiko
removed from the national register in 2006 upon the death of holder Shimabukuro Mitsufumi (島袋光史) [33]

Craft Techniques[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Ryūkyū Pottery
琉球陶器
Ryūkyū tōki
removed from the national register in 2004 upon the death of holder Kinjō Jirō (金城次郎) [34]

Intangible Cultural Properties that need measures such as making records[]

As of 1 May 2014, there was one Intangible Cultural Property that needs measures such as making records (記録作成��の措置を講ずべき無形文化財).[4]

Craft Techniques[]

Property Holder Comments Image Ref.
Tsuboya Arayachi Ware
壷屋荒焼
Tsuboya no arayachi
Tsuboya ware is generally divided into two: the unglazed arayachi (sometimes given a manganese glaze) and glazed jōyachi (上焼); at the end of the seventeenth century the royal government moved the Chibana kilns from Misato, the Takaraguchi kilns from Shuri, and the Wakuta kilns from Naha to Tsuboya; in 1897 there were forty arayachi kilns, after the war two, and there is now one Naha Tsuboya14n4272.jpg [35]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Pamphlet on Cultural Properties". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ^ 重要無形文化財・民俗文化財等 [Number of Important Intangible Cultural Properties and Folk Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Database of National Cultural Properties: 重要無形文化財" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 4 December 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d 国・県・市町村指定文化財 [National, Prefectural, and Municipal Cultural Properties] (PDF) (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Kumiodori, traditional Okinawan musical theatre". UNESCO. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  6. ^ 都道府県別指定等文化財件数(都道府県分) [Number of Prefectural Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. ^ 都道府県別指定等文化財件数(市町村分) [Number of Municipal Cultural Properties by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b "Intangible Cultural Property". Nanjō City. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

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