Higashiyama Treasure
The Higashiyama Treasure was a collection of important and valuable artefacts by the Ashikaga shogunate. It is named after the residence of the 8th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, , in the eastern hills of the capital city Kyoto. The items consisted mostly of karamono and consisted of ceramics, lacquerware, paintings, calligraphy, and others. It represented the pinnacle of Higashiyama culture.
After the fall of the shogunate the treasures were dispersed and some survived the times and are listed as either National Treasures or Important Cultural Property.
The collecting of important items was continued by the warlords Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who laid great emphasis on Japanese tea utensils as chadō was developed. These were known as special tea utensils.
List of existing items
- Summer Mountain, National Treasure, Kuon-ji, Minobu, Yamanashi
- Autumn Landscape, National Treasure, Konchi-in, Kyoto
- Winter Landscape, National Treasure, Konchi-in, Kyoto
- Sakyamuni descending the mountain after asceticism / Snowy Landscape, National Treasure, Tokyo National Museum
- Han-shan and Shi-de, Important Cultural Property, Tokyo National Museum
- , Important Cultural Property, private collection
- , Important Cultural Property, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art
- Insects and Flower Plants, Important Cultural Property, Tokyo National Museum
- Bamboos and Insects, Important Cultural Property, Tokyo National Museum
- Plum Flower and Two Sparrows, Important Cultural Property, Tokyo National Museum
| Name | Author | Remarks | Date | Format | Present location | Image |
| Summer Mountain | attributed to Hu Zhifu | — | Southern Song dynasty, 13th century | Hanging scroll, color on silk, | Kuon-ji, Minobu, Yamanashi | |
| Autumn and Winter Landscapes | attributed to Emperor Huizong of Song | — | Southern Song dynasty, 12th century | Two hanging scrolls, color on silk, each | Konchi-in, Kyoto | |
| Sakyamuni descending the mountain after asceticism Snowy Landscape Snowy Landscape purportedly by Liang Kai | Liang Kai | "III" was cut later to make the three paintings into a triad likely during the time of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Marked with the zakkeshitsu-in seal found on Chinese paintings imported to Japan by the Ashikaga. Originally designated as three distinct National Treasures, they came to be designated as a single National Treasure in 2007. | Southern Song dynasty, 13th century | Three hanging scrolls, ink and light color on silk, , , | Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo |