Important Cultural Property of Akita
秋 田 県 の 重 要 文 化 財Akita’s Important Cultural Properties — designated for their value to the nation’s cultural history.
Discover the Satake Family Mausoleum (Satake-ke Tamaya), a magnificently adorned 1672 funerary hall designated as an Important Cultural Property, nestled within the historic Tentokuji Temple in Akita City.
The Kannon-do within Shinmeisha Shrine in Katagami City, Akita Prefecture, is an all-zelkova shrine hall rebuilt in 1734. Featuring an irimoya hip-and-gable roof with elegant karahafu cusped gable and exquisite carvings throughout, it was designated a National Important Cultural Property in 1952 along with its interior miniature shrine and ridge-beam plaque. A mysterious mummified white fox discovered during restoration is still preserved inside.
Tucked into the forests of southern Akita, the Kagura Hall of Haushiwake Shrine is a rare Muromachi-period shrine built in the unusual ryōnagare-zukuri style and designated an Important Cultural Property in 1980. It still serves as the stage for the nationally designated Horowa-san Shimotsuki Kagura, a living ritual tradition rooted in medieval mountain worship.
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