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List of Historic Sites of Japan (Yamagata)

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This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Yamagata.[1]

National Historic Sites

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As of 1 December 2022, thirty-one Sites have been designated as being of national significance, including the Dewa Sendai Kaidō Nakayamagoe Pass, which spans the prefectural borders with Miyagi, and Mount Chōkai, which spans the prefectural borders with Akita.[2][3]

Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.
Ichinosaka ruins
一ノ坂遺跡
Ichinosaka iseki
Yonezawa Jōmon period settlement trace 37°54′35″N 140°04′54″E / 37.9097051°N 140.08157581°E / 37.9097051; 140.08157581 (Ichinosaka ruins) 1 324
Ichinosawa Caves
一の沢洞窟
Ichinosawa dōkutsu
Takahata Jōmon period cave dwelling
Ichinosawa Caves
Ichinosawa Caves
38°02′50″N 140°13′51″E / 38.04717099°N 140.23069678°E / 38.04717099; 140.23069678 (Ichinosawa Caves) 1 311
Inarimori Kofun
稲荷森古墳
Inarimori kofun
Nan'yō Kofun period tumulus
Inarimori Kofun
Inarimori Kofun
38°02′23″N 140°09′26″E / 38.03960175°N 140.15722914°E / 38.03960175; 140.15722914 (Inarimori Kofun) 1 313
Ushū Kaidō
羽州街道
Ushū kaidō
Kaminoyama designation includes the sites of Narage-juku (楢下宿) and Kanayamagoe Pass (金山越)
Ushū Kaidō
Ushū Kaidō
38°05′49″N 140°18′43″E / 38.09683998°N 140.31189898°E / 38.09683998; 140.31189898 (Ushū Kaidō) 6 325
Nobesawa Ginzan ruins
延沢銀山遺跡
Nobesawa ginzan iseki
Obanazawa Edo period silver mine ruins
Nobesawa Ginzan ruins
Nobesawa Ginzan ruins
38°34′15″N 140°27′57″E / 38.57092966°N 140.46585514°E / 38.57092966; 140.46585514 (Nobesawa Ginzan ruins) 6 317
Shimokomatsu Kofun Cluster
下小松古墳群
Shimokomatsu kofun-gun
Kawanishi Kofun period tumuli
Shimokomatsu Kofun Cluster
Shimokomatsu Kofun Cluster
38°01′23″N 140°02′20″E / 38.02292195°N 140.03899876°E / 38.02292195; 140.03899876 (Shimokomatsu Kofun Cluster) 1 3267
Hibakoiwa Caves
火箱岩洞窟
Hibakoiwa dōkutsu
Takahata Jōmon period cave dwelling
Hibakoiwa Caves
Hibakoiwa Caves
38°03′02″N 140°12′56″E / 38.05058809°N 140.21551978°E / 38.05058809; 140.21551978 (Hibakoiwa Caves) 1 314
Chidōkan
旧致道館
kyū-Chidōkan
Tsuruoka han school[4]
Chidōkan
Chidōkan
38°43′35″N 139°49′34″E / 38.72629173°N 139.826148°E / 38.72629173; 139.826148 (Chidōkan) 4 298
Abumiya residence
旧鐙屋
Abumiya
Sakata the Abumiya family of rice brokers are mentioned in The Japanese Family Storehouse (日本永代蔵) by Saikaku[5][6]
Abumiya
Abumiya
38°54′55″N 139°50′14″E / 38.91526229°N 139.8371745°E / 38.91526229; 139.8371745 (Abumiya) 4 316
Furushida-Higashi ruins
古志田東遺跡
Furushida-Higashi iseki
Yonezawa Heian period settlement trace 37°53′53″N 140°05′55″E / 37.8980758°N 140.09852034°E / 37.8980758; 140.09852034 (Furushida-Higashi ruins) 1 3259
Aterazawa Tateyama Castle ruins
左沢楯山城跡
Aterazawa Tateyema-jō ato
Ōe Sengoku period castle ruins 38°23′11″N 140°13′00″E / 38.38632209°N 140.21673242°E / 38.38632209; 140.21673242 (Aterazawa Tateyema Castle ruins) 2 00003618
Yamagata Castle ruins
山形城跡
Yamagata-jō ato
Yamagata Edo period castle
Yamagata Castle ruins
Yamagata Castle ruins
38°15′20″N 140°19′41″E / 38.25562767°N 140.32801972°E / 38.25562767; 140.32801972 (Yamagata Castle ruins) 2 318
Yama-dera
山寺
Yama-dera
Yamagata also a Place of Scenic Beauty; immortalized in Bashō's haiku 閑さや岩にしみ入る蝉の声 "silence, penetrating into the rocks; the voice of a cicada"; in 1996 the Ministry of the Environment selected the cicadas of Yama-dera as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan[7]
Yama-dera
Yama-dera
38°18′50″N 140°26′06″E / 38.31375273°N 140.43511313°E / 38.31375273; 140.43511313 (Yama-dera) 3 293
Oguni Castle ruins
小国城跡
Oguni-jō ato
Tsuruoka Sengoku period castle ruins 38°34′03″N 139°37′56″E / 38.56736191°N 139.63219514°E / 38.56736191; 139.63219514 (Oguni Castle ruins) 2 3345
Matsugaoka Land Reclamation Area
松ヶ岡開墾場
Matsugaoka kaikonjō
Tsuruoka sericulture area developed in the early Meiji period by 3,000 former samurai of the Shōnai Domain; focus of the Matsugaoka Land Reclamation Area Memorial Museum (松ヶ岡開墾記念館)[8][9]
Matsugaoka Land Reclamation Area
Matsugaoka Land Reclamation Area
38°42′01″N 139°53′10″E / 38.70026737°N 139.88623648°E / 38.70026737; 139.88623648 (Matsugaoka Land Reclamation Area) 6 322
Uesugi Harunori Teaching Site
上杉治憲敬師郊迎跡
Uesugi Harunori keishi kōgei ato
Yonezawa at Haguro Jinja (羽黒神社)
Uesugi Harunori Teaching Site
Uesugi Harunori Teaching Site
37°52′04″N 140°08′38″E / 37.86782811°N 140.14401124°E / 37.86782811; 140.14401124 (Uesugi Harunori Teaching Site) 4 295
Kinowanosaku ruins
城輪柵跡
Kinowasaku ato
Sakata Nara to Heian period josaku-style fortification ruins
Kinowanosaku ruins
Kinowanosaku ruins
38°57′50″N 139°54′31″E / 38.96377637°N 139.90870536°E / 38.96377637; 139.90870536 (Kinowanosaku ruins) 2 294
Shinjō Tozawa clan cemetery
新庄藩主戸沢家墓所
Shinjō-han-shu Tozawa-ke bosho
Shinjō Edo period daimyō cemetery
Shinjō Tozawa clan cemetery
Shinjō Tozawa clan cemetery
38°46′49″N 140°18′24″E / 38.78028868°N 140.30672167°E / 38.78028868; 140.30672167 (Shinjō Tozawa clan cemetery) 7 320
Nishinumata ruins
西沼田遺跡
Nishinumata iseki
Tendō Kofun period settlement trace
Nishinumata ruins
Nishinumata ruins
38°21′36″N 140°20′32″E / 38.36001062°N 140.34218715°E / 38.36001062; 140.34218715 (Nishinumata ruins) 1 319
Ōdachi Caves
大立洞窟
Ōdachi dōkutsu
Takahata Jōmon period cave dwelling
Ōdachi Caves
Ōdachi Caves
38°01′16″N 140°12′29″E / 38.02116078°N 140.20814039°E / 38.02116078; 140.20814039 (Ōdachi Caves) 1 312
Shima ruins
嶋遺跡
Shima iseki
Yamagata Kofun period settlement trace
Shima ruins
Shima ruins
38°17′03″N 140°19′08″E / 38.28426804°N 140.31875661°E / 38.28426804; 140.31875661 (Shima ruins) 1 305
Dōnomae ruins
堂の前遺跡
Dōnomae iseki
Sakata Heian period fortified settlement trace 38°57′43″N 139°55′35″E / 38.96186387°N 139.92635635°E / 38.96186387; 139.92635635 (Dōnomae ruins) 2 310
Hinata Caves
日向洞窟
Hinata dōkutsu
Takahata Jōmon period cave dwelling
Hinata Caves
Hinata Caves
38°01′55″N 140°12′15″E / 38.03180639°N 140.20429331°E / 38.03180639; 140.20429331 (Hinata Caves) 1 308
Yonezawa Uesugi clan cemetery
新庄藩主戸沢家墓所
Yonezawa-han-shu Uesugi-ke bosho
Yonezawa Edo period daimyō cemetery
Yonezawa Uesugi clan cemetery
Yonezawa Uesugi clan cemetery
37°54′54″N 140°05′29″E / 37.91490884°N 140.09140705°E / 37.91490884; 140.09140705 (Yonezawa Uesugi clan cemetery) 7 315
Mount Chōkai
鳥海山
Chōkaisan
Yuza Holy Mountain, designation includes areas of Yurihonjō and Nikaho in Akita Prefecture
Mount Chōkai
Mount Chōkai
38°59′49″N 139°56′38″E / 38.996932°N 139.943850°E / 38.996932; 139.943850 (Mount Chōkai) 3 00003566
Dewa Sendai Kaidō Nakayamagoe Pass
出羽仙台街道中山越
Dewa Sendai kaidō Nakayamagoe
Mogami Ancient highway; the designation includes an area of Ōsaki in Miyagi Prefecture[10]
Dewa Sendai Kaidō Nakayamagoe Pass
Dewa Sendai Kaidō Nakayamagoe Pass
38°44′15″N 140°36′59″E / 38.737515°N 140.616288°E / 38.737515; 140.616288 (Dewa Sendai Kaidō Nakayamagoe Pass) 6 3095
Jion-ji Old Precinct
慈恩寺旧境内
Jionji kyū-keidai
Sagae Buddhist temple founded in the Nara period
Jionji Old Precinct
Jionji Old Precinct
38°24′37″N 140°15′03″E / 38.410256°N 140.250826°E / 38.410256; 140.250826 (Jionji Old Precinct) 3 00003856
Tateyama Castle ruins
舘山城跡
Tateyama-jō ato
Yonezawa Sengoku period castle ruins
Tateyama Castle Site
Tateyama Castle Site
37°54′43″N 140°03′46″E / 37.911883°N 140.062808°E / 37.911883; 140.062808 (Tateyama Castle Site) 2 00003928
Koyamazaki Site
小山崎遺跡
Koyamazaki iseki
Yuza 39°04′18″N 139°53′20″E / 39.07153889°N 139.88883611°E / 39.07153889; 139.88883611 (Koyamazaki Site) 1 00004090
Sankyo Warehouses
山居倉庫
Sankyo sōko
Sakata
Sankyo Warehouses
Sankyo Warehouses
38°54′41″N 139°50′13″E / 38.91138333°N 139.83695833°E / 38.91138333; 139.83695833 (Sankyo Warehouses) 6 00004112
Former Higashitagawa District Office and Assembly Building
旧東田川郡役所及び郡会議事堂
kyū-Higashitagawa gunyakusho oyobi gunkaigi jidō
Tsuruoka 38°45′58″N 139°54′08″E / 38.766154°N 139.902347°E / 38.766154; 139.902347 (Former Higashitagawa District Office and Assembly Building) [1]

Prefectural Historic Sites

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As of 1 May 2022, thirty-two Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance.[11][12]

Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.
Akutsu Kofun Cluster
安久津古墳群
Akutsu kofun-gun
Takahata 38°00′28″N 140°12′02″E / 38.007660°N 140.200546°E / 38.007660; 140.200546 (Akutsu Kofun Cluster) [2]
Amagasawa Earthen Altar
尼ヶ沢土壇
Amagasawa dodan
Kawanishi 38°00′16″N 140°02′37″E / 38.004482°N 140.043647°E / 38.004482; 140.043647 (Amagasawa Earthen Altar) [3]
Aratame Castle ruins
新田目城跡
Aratame-jō ato
Sakata 38°58′03″N 139°53′19″E / 38.967617°N 139.888530°E / 38.967617; 139.888530 (Aratame Castle Site) [4]
Iidesan Water Conduit
飯豊山の穴堰
Iidesan no anazeki
Iide, Oguni 147.7 m tunnel excavated through Mount Iide between 1798 and 1818[13] 37°51′25″N 139°42′27″E / 37.856829°N 139.707470°E / 37.856829; 139.707470 (Iidesan Water Conduit) [5]
Sakata Ichirizuka
一里塚
ichirizuka
Sakata 38°53′44″N 139°53′13″E / 38.895659°N 139.886861°E / 38.895659; 139.886861 (Milestone) [6]
Kakuchi Gakusha
格知学舎
Kakuchi gakusha
Tendō 38°20′38″N 140°24′35″E / 38.343928°N 140.409844°E / 38.343928; 140.409844 (Kakuchi Gakusha) [7]
Kakuniyama Stone Age Dwelling Sites
角二山石器時代住居跡群
Fukiura sekki-jidai jūkyo ato-gun
Ōishida 38°35′20″N 140°22′23″E / 38.588967°N 140.373151°E / 38.588967; 140.373151 (Kakuniyama Stone Age Dwelling Sites) [8]
Kawashimayama Site
河島山遺跡
Kawashimayama iseki
Murayama 38°29′10″N 140°21′13″E / 38.486080°N 140.353646°E / 38.486080; 140.353646 (Kawashimayama Site) [9]
Kitadate Daigaku Grave
北楯大学墓
Kitadate Daigaku no haka
Shōnai 38°47′31″N 139°58′27″E / 38.791874°N 139.974253°E / 38.791874; 139.974253 (Kitadate Daigaku Grave) [10]
Former Yamagata Prefectural Assembly Building
旧山形県会仮議事堂
kyū-Yamagata-ken kaikarigijidō
Yamagata 38°15′25″N 140°20′25″E / 38.256898°N 140.340402°E / 38.256898; 140.340402 (Former Yamagata Prefectural Assembly Building) [11]
Kyōgakura Sutra Mound
経ヶ倉山経塚
Kyōgakura kyōzuka
Sakata 38°54′44″N 140°02′56″E / 38.912304°N 140.048873°E / 38.912304; 140.048873 (Kyōgakura Sutra Mound) [12]
Shimizu Castle ruins
清水城
Shimizu-jō ato
Ōkura 38°41′53″N 140°13′30″E / 38.698121°N 140.225061°E / 38.698121; 140.225061 (Shimizu Castle Site) [13]
Shimizumae Kofun Cluster
清水前古墳群
Shimizumae kofun-gun
Takahata 38°00′30″N 140°13′49″E / 38.008235°N 140.230179°E / 38.008235; 140.230179 (Shimizumae Kofun Cluster) [14]
Jūgorigahara Battlefield
十五里ヶ原古戦場
Jūgorigahara ko-senjō
Tsuruoka 38°44′49″N 139°47′06″E / 38.747080°N 139.784900°E / 38.747080; 139.784900 (Jūgorigahara Battlefield) [15]
Hayama Sue Ware Kiln Site
須恵器窯跡
Sueki kama ato
Kaminoyama 38°08′53″N 140°15′40″E / 38.148060°N 140.261241°E / 38.148060; 140.261241 (Sue Ware Kiln Site) [16]
Arasawamae Sue Ware Kiln Site
須恵器窯跡
Sueki kama ato
Tsuruoka 38°42′59″N 139°42′54″E / 38.716297°N 139.714937°E / 38.716297; 139.714937 (Sue Ware Kiln Site) [17]
Sugesawa No.2 Kofun
菅沢古墳二号墳
Sugesawa kofun nigōfun
Yamagata 38°13′39″N 140°16′17″E / 38.227376°N 140.271313°E / 38.227376; 140.271313 (Sugesawa No.2 Kofun) [18]
Takaseyama Kofun
高瀬山古墳
Takaseyama kofun
Sagae 38°21′46″N 140°16′10″E / 38.362758°N 140.269339°E / 38.362758; 140.269339 (Takaseyama Kofun) [19]
Takahara Kofun
高原古墳
Takahara kofun
Yamagata 38°16′44″N 140°22′04″E / 38.278858°N 140.367723°E / 38.278858; 140.367723 (Takahara Kofun) [20]
Takeda Daizen no Tayū Nobikyo Grave
武田大膳太夫信清の墓
Takeda Daizen no Tayū Nobikyo no haka
Yonezawa 37°54′05″N 140°06′05″E / 37.901307°N 140.101438°E / 37.901307; 140.101438 (Takeda Daizen no Tayū Nobikyo Grave) [21]
Tamagawa Jōmon Site
玉川縄文遺跡
Tamagawa Jōmon iseki
Tsuruoka 38°42′20″N 139°56′23″E / 38.705556°N 139.939696°E / 38.705556; 139.939696 (Tamagawa Jōmon Site) [22]
Tsuchiyagura Kofun Cluster
土矢倉古墳群
Tsuchiyagura kofun-gun
Kaminoyama 38°09′47″N 140°18′01″E / 38.163058°N 140.300356°E / 38.163058; 140.300356 (Tsuchiyagura Kofun Cluster) [23]
Tenjinmori Kofun
天神森古墳
Tenjinmori kofun
Kawanishi 38°00′24″N 140°03′04″E / 38.006688°N 140.051072°E / 38.006688; 140.051072 (Tenjinmori Kofun) [24]
Naoe Kanetsugu Grave
直江兼続夫妻の墓
Naoe Kanetsugu fusai no haka
Yonezawa graves of both husband and wife at Rinsen-ji (林泉寺) 37°54′05″N 140°06′05″E / 37.901415°N 140.101444°E / 37.901415; 140.101444 (Naoe Kantesugu Grave) [25]
Nakamurahara Earthen Altar
中村原土壇
Nakamurahara dodan
Iide 38°04′22″N 139°58′43″E / 38.072791°N 139.978631°E / 38.072791; 139.978631 (Nakamurahara Earthen Altar) [26]
Niirone Kofun Cluster
二色根古墳
Niirone kofun-gun
Nan'yō 38°03′25″N 140°09′31″E / 38.056844°N 140.158725°E / 38.056844; 140.158725 (Niirone Kofun Cluster) [27]
Mount Haguro Southern Valley
羽黒山南谷
Hagurosan minami-dani
Tsuruoka 38°42′06″N 139°58′56″E / 38.701688°N 139.982107°E / 38.701688; 139.982107 (Mount Haguro Southern Valley) [28]
Harusame-an ruins
春雨庵
Harusame-an ato
Kaminoyama 38°09′23″N 140°16′08″E / 38.156427°N 140.268953°E / 38.156427; 140.268953 (Harusame-an Site) [29]
Hirakata Fortified Residence ruins
平形館跡
Hirakata tate ato
Tsuruoka 38°46′31″N 139°53′56″E / 38.775348°N 139.898937°E / 38.775348; 139.898937 (Hirakata Fortified Residence Site) [30]
Fukiura Stone Age Site
吹浦石器時代遺跡
Fukiura sekki-jidai iseki
Yuza 39°04′10″N 139°52′54″E / 39.069421°N 139.881749°E / 39.069421; 139.881749 (Fukiura Stone Age Site) [31]
Maruoka Castle ruins
丸岡城跡及び加藤清正墓碑
Maruoka-jō ato oyobi Katō Kiyomasa bohi
Tsuruoka designation includes the tombstone of Katō Kiyomasa 38°40′51″N 139°49′54″E / 38.680937°N 139.831796°E / 38.680937; 139.831796 (Maruoka Castle Site) [32]
Yagashiwa Kofun Cluster
谷柏古墳群
Yagashiwa kofun-gun
Yamagata 38°12′40″N 140°17′10″E / 38.210973°N 140.286098°E / 38.210973; 140.286098 (Yagashiwa Kofun Cluster) [33]

Municipal Historic Sites

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As of 1 May 2022 a further one hundred and seventy-one Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance,[14] including:

Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.
Shinjō Castle Site (Saijō Park)
新庄城址(最上公園)
Shinjō-jō ato (Saijō kōen)
Shinjō 38°46′01″N 140°17′37″E / 38.767006°N 140.293558°E / 38.767006; 140.293558 (Shinjō Castle Site (Saijō Park)) [34]
Bashō Poem Stele and a Trace of Pure Water from a Willow
芭蕉の句碑と柳の清水跡
Bashō no kuhi to yanagi no shimizu ato
Shinjō Bashō was in the vicinity in 1689, during his journey immortalized in Oku no Hosomichi; the stele is inscribed with his poem "water's interior / enquiring of an ice house / a willow ah" (水の奥 氷室尋る 柳哉) 38°44′54″N 140°18′32″E / 38.748423°N 140.308809°E / 38.748423; 140.308809 (Bashō Poem Stele) [35]
Ayukai Castle Honmaru Site
鮎貝城本丸跡
Ayukai-jō honmaru ato
Shirataka 38°11′29″N 140°04′30″E / 38.191305°N 140.075017°E / 38.191305; 140.075017 (Ayukai Castle Honmaru Site) [36]
Kamōdayama Kofun
蒲生田山古墳
Kamōdayama kofun
Nan'yō 38°04′05″N 140°09′32″E / 38.068186°N 140.158976°E / 38.068186; 140.158976 (Kamōdayama Kofun) [37]
33 Kannon on Mount Iwabe
岩部山三十三観音
Iwabe-yama sanjūsan Kannon
Nan'yō 38°05′46″N 140°12′04″E / 38.095988°N 140.201057°E / 38.095988; 140.201057 (33 Kannon on Mount Iwabe) [38]

See also

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References

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  9. ^ "Matsu-ga-oka Land Reclamation Memorial Museum". Yamagata Prefectural Museum. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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  14. ^ 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 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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(in Japanese) Cultural Properties in Yamagata Prefecture