This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Yamagata.
National Historic Sites 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.
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Prefectural Historic Sites As of 1 May 2022, thirty-two Sites have been designated as being of prefectural importance.
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.Akutsu Kofun ClusterAkutsu kofun-gun Takahata Amagasawa Earthen AltarAmagasawa dodan Kawanishi Aratame Castle ruinsAratame-jō ato Sakata Iidesan Water ConduitIidesan no anazeki Iide, Oguni 147.7 m tunnel excavated through Mount Iide between 1798 and 1818 Sakata Ichirizukaichirizuka Sakata Kakuchi GakushaKakuchi gakusha Tendō Kakuniyama Stone Age Dwelling SitesFukiura sekki-jidai jūkyo ato-gun Ōishida Kawashimayama SiteKawashimayama iseki Murayama Kitadate Daigaku GraveKitadate Daigaku no haka Shōnai Former Yamagata Prefectural Assembly Buildingkyū-Yamagata-ken kaikarigijidō Yamagata Kyōgakura Sutra MoundKyōgakura kyōzuka Sakata Shimizu Castle ruinsShimizu-jō ato Ōkura Shimizumae Kofun ClusterShimizumae kofun-gun Takahata Jūgorigahara BattlefieldJūgorigahara ko-senjō Tsuruoka Hayama Sue Ware Kiln SiteSueki kama ato Kaminoyama Arasawamae Sue Ware Kiln SiteSueki kama ato Tsuruoka Sugesawa No.2 KofunSugesawa kofun nigōfun Yamagata Takaseyama KofunTakaseyama kofun Sagae Takahara KofunTakahara kofun Yamagata Takeda Daizen no Tayū Nobikyo GraveTakeda Daizen no Tayū Nobikyo no haka Yonezawa Tamagawa Jōmon SiteTamagawa Jōmon iseki Tsuruoka Tsuchiyagura Kofun ClusterTsuchiyagura kofun-gun Kaminoyama Tenjinmori KofunTenjinmori kofun Kawanishi Naoe Kanetsugu GraveNaoe Kanetsugu fusai no haka Yonezawa graves of both husband and wife at Nakamurahara Earthen AltarNakamurahara dodan Iide Niirone Kofun ClusterNiirone kofun-gun Nan'yō Mount Haguro Southern ValleyHagurosan minami-dani Tsuruoka Harusame-an ruinsHarusame-an ato Kaminoyama Hirakata Fortified Residence ruinsHirakata tate ato Tsuruoka Fukiura Stone Age SiteFukiura sekki-jidai iseki Yuza Maruoka Castle ruinsMaruoka-jō ato oyobi Katō Kiyomasa bohi Tsuruoka designation includes the tombstone of Katō Kiyomasa Yagashiwa Kofun ClusterYagashiwa kofun-gun Yamagata
Municipal Historic Sites As of 1 May 2022 a further one hundred and seventy-one Sites have been designated as being of municipal importance, including:
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.Shinjō Castle Site (Saijō Park)Shinjō-jō ato (Saijō kōen) Shinjō Bashō Poem Stele and a Trace of Pure Water from a WillowBashō 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 Ayukai Castle Honmaru SiteAyukai-jō honmaru ato Shirataka Kamōdayama KofunKamōdayama kofun Nan'yō 33 Kannon on Mount IwabeIwabe-yama sanjūsan Kannon Nan'yō
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) Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Dewa Thirteen Buddhist Sites of Yamagata
References
External links Cultural Properties in Yamagata Prefecture