List of Historic Sites of Japan (Yamagata)

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

National Historic Sites

As of 1 August 2014, twenty-six 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 Site 一ノ坂遺跡 Ichinosaka iseki	Yonezawa			37°54′35″N 140°04′54″E / 37.9097051°N 140.08157581°E	1	324
Ichinosawa Caves 一の沢洞窟 Ichinosawa dōkutsu	Takahata			38°02′50″N 140°13′51″E / 38.04717099°N 140.23069678°E	1	311
Inarimori Kofun 稲荷森古墳 Inarimori kofun	Nan'yō			38°02′23″N 140°09′26″E / 38.03960175°N 140.15722914°E	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)		38°05′49″N 140°18′43″E / 38.09683998°N 140.31189898°E	6	325
Nobesawa Ginzan Site 延沢銀山遺跡 Nobesawa ginzan iseki	Obanazawa	Edo-period silver mine opened in the Keichō era		38°34′15″N 140°27′57″E / 38.57092966°N 140.46585514°E	6	317
Shimokomatsu Kofun Cluster 下小松古墳群 Shimokomatsu kofun-gun	Kawanishi			38°01′23″N 140°02′20″E / 38.02292195°N 140.03899876°E	1	3267
Hibakoiwa Caves 火箱岩洞窟 Hibakoiwa dōkutsu	Takahata			38°03′02″N 140°12′56″E / 38.05058809°N 140.21551978°E	1	314
Chidōkan 旧致道館 kyū-Chidōkan	Tsuruoka	han school[4]		38°43′35″N 139°49′34″E / 38.72629173°N 139.826148°E	4	298
Old Abumiya Residence 旧鐙屋 kyū-Abumiya	Sakata	the Abumiya family of rice brokers are mentioned in The Japanese Family Storehouse (日本永代蔵) by Saikaku[5][6]		38°54′55″N 139°50′14″E / 38.91526229°N 139.8371745°E	4	316
Furushida-Higashi Site 古志田東遺跡 Furushida-Higashi iseki	Yonezawa			37°53′53″N 140°05′55″E / 37.8980758°N 140.09852034°E	1	3259
Aterazawa Tateyama Castle Site 左沢楯山城跡 Aterazawa Tateyema-jō ato	Ōe			38°23′11″N 140°13′00″E / 38.38632209°N 140.21673242°E	2	00003618
Yamagata Castle Site 山形城跡 Yamagata-jō ato	Yamagata			38°15′20″N 140°19′41″E / 38.25562767°N 140.32801972°E	2	318
Yama-dera 山寺 Yamadera	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]		38°18′50″N 140°26′06″E / 38.31375273°N 140.43511313°E	3	293
Oguni Castle Site 小国城跡 Oguni-jō ato	Tsuruoka			38°34′03″N 139°37′56″E / 38.56736191°N 139.63219514°E	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]		38°42′01″N 139°53′10″E / 38.70026737°N 139.88623648°E	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)		37°52′04″N 140°08′38″E / 37.86782811°N 140.14401124°E	4	295
Kinowanosaku Castle Site 城輪柵跡 Kinowasaku ato	Sakata			38°57′50″N 139°54′31″E / 38.96377637°N 139.90870536°E	2	294
Shinjō Domain Tozawa Clan Graves 新庄藩主戸沢家墓所 Shinjō-han-shu Tozawa-ke bosho	Shinjō			38°46′49″N 140°18′24″E / 38.78028868°N 140.30672167°E	7	320
Nishinumata Site 西沼田遺跡 Nishinumata iseki	Tendō			38°21′36″N 140°20′32″E / 38.36001062°N 140.34218715°E	1	319
Ōdachi Caves 大立洞窟 Ōdachi dōkutsu	Takahata			38°01′16″N 140°12′29″E / 38.02116078°N 140.20814039°E	1	312
Shima Site 嶋遺跡 Shima iseki	Yamagata			38°17′03″N 140°19′08″E / 38.28426804°N 140.31875661°E	1	305
Dōnomae Site 堂の前遺跡 Dōnomae iseki	Sakata			38°57′43″N 139°55′35″E / 38.96186387°N 139.92635635°E	2	310
Hinata Caves 日向洞窟 Hinata dōkutsu	Takahata			38°01′55″N 140°12′15″E / 38.03180639°N 140.20429331°E	1	308
Yonezawa Domain Uesugi Clan Graves 新庄藩主戸沢家墓所 Yonezawa-han-shu Uesugi-ke bosho	Yonezawa			37°54′54″N 140°05′29″E / 37.91490884°N 140.09140705°E	7	315
Mount Chōkai 鳥海山 Chōkaisan	Yuza	designation includes areas of Yurihonjō and Nikaho in Akita Prefecture		38°59′49″N 139°56′38″E / 38.996932°N 139.943850°E	3	00003566
Dewa Sendai Kaidō Nakayamagoe Pass 出羽仙台街道中山越 Dewa Sendai kaidō Nakayamagoe	Mogami	the road splits off from the Matsumaedō, subroute of the Ōshū Kaidō, at Yoshioka-juku (吉岡宿); path of Matsuo Bashō on his journey from Hiraizumi to Dewa Sanzan, as recounted in Oku no Hosomichi;[10] the designation includes an area of Ōsaki in Miyagi Prefecture		38°44′15″N 140°36′59″E / 38.737515°N 140.616288°E	6	3095

Prefectural Historic Sites

As of 1 May 2014, thirty-three sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance.^[11][12][13]

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Takahara Kofun 高原古墳 Takahara kofun	Yamagata			38°16′44″N 140°22′04″E / 38.278858°N 140.367723°E
Jion-ji 慈恩寺 Jionji	Sagae	The temple built in A.D. 746.A valuable Buddharupa in the Heian Period is often possessed.		38°24′37″N 140°15′03″E / 38.410256°N 140.250826°E
Kawashimayama Site 河島山遺跡 Kawashimayama iseki	Murayama			38°29′10″N 140°21′13″E / 38.486080°N 140.353646°E
Kakuchi Gakusha 格知学舎 Kakuchi gakusha	Tendō			38°20′38″N 140°24′35″E / 38.343928°N 140.409844°E
Shimizumae Kofun Cluster 高原古墳 Shimizumae kofun-gun	Takahata			38°00′30″N 140°13′49″E / 38.008235°N 140.230179°E
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
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
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
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
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
Ichirizuka 一里塚 ichirizuka	Sakata			38°53′44″N 139°53′13″E / 38.895659°N 139.886861°E
Takaseyama Kofun 高瀬山古墳 Takaseyama kofun	Sagae			38°21′46″N 140°16′10″E / 38.362758°N 140.269339°E
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
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
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
Harusame-an Site 春雨庵跡 Harusame-an ato	Kaminoyama			38°09′23″N 140°16′08″E / 38.156427°N 140.268953°E
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
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
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[14]		37°51′25″N 139°42′27″E / 37.856829°N 139.707470°E
Aratame Castle Site 新田目城跡 Aratame-jō ato	Sakata			38°58′03″N 139°53′19″E / 38.967617°N 139.888530°E
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
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
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
Kyōgakura Sutra Mound 経ヶ倉山経塚 Kyōgakura kyōzuka	Sakata			38°53′21″N 139°59′01″E / 38.889262°N 139.983544°E
Maruoka Castle Site 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
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
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
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
Hirakata Fortified Residence Site 平形館跡 Hirakata tate ato	Tsuruoka			38°46′31″N 139°53′56″E / 38.775348°N 139.898937°E
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
Tenjinmori Kofun 天神森古墳 Tenjinmori kofun	Kawanishi			38°00′24″N 140°03′04″E / 38.006688°N 140.051072°E
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
Shimizu Castle Site 清水城跡 Shimizu-jō ato	Ōkura			38°41′53″N 140°13′30″E / 38.698121°N 140.225061°E

Municipal Historic Sites

As of 1 May 2014 a further one hundred and sixty-three sites have been designated as being of municipal importance.^[15]

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• Dewa Province
• Yamagata Prefectural Museum
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Yamagata)
• List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Yamagata)

References

1. "Cultural Properties for Future Generations". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
2. 史跡名勝天然記念物 [Number of Monuments of Japan by Prefecture] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
3. "Database of National Cultural Properties: 史跡名勝天然記念物 (史跡, 特別史跡 山形県 2県以上)" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
4. Motoyama Yukihito (1997). Proliferating Talent: Essays on Politics, Thought and Education in the Meiji Era. University of Hawaii Press. pp. 162 ff. ISBN 978-0-824-81846-3.
5. 旧鐙屋 [Old Abumiya] (in Japanese). Sakata City. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
6. Sargent, G. W. (translator) (1959). The Japanese Family Storehouse: or the Millionaires' Gospel Modernised. Cambridge University Press. p. 178.
7. "100 Soundscapes of Japan" (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
8. 松ヶ岡開墾場 [Matsugaoka Land Reclamation Area] (in Japanese). Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
9. "Matsu-ga-oka Land Reclamation Memorial Museum". Yamagata Prefectural Museum. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
10. 出羽仙台街道中山越 [Dewa Sendai Kaidō Nakayamagoe Pass] (in Japanese). Miyagi Prefecture. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
11. 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. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
12. 国・県指定等文化財件数一覧 [Number of National and Prefectural Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
13. 県指定文化財 史跡 [Prefectural Historic Sites] (PDF) (in Japanese). Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
14. 飯豊山穴堰 [Iidesan Water Conduit] (in Japanese). Iide Town. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
15. 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. Retrieved 2 August 2014.