Important Cultural Property of Yamagata
山 形 県 の 重 要 文 化 財Yamagata’s Important Cultural Properties — designated for their value to the nation’s cultural history.
This Muromachi haramaki at Uesugi Shrine in Yonezawa fastens at the back and bears an Izuna Gongen helmet crest. By tradition, Uesugi Kenshin's armor.
A rare colored map of Senami District in northern Echigo, drawn by 1597 from the Uesugi land surveys and recovered, damaged, from a Yonezawa storehouse in 1707.
Volume five of Gyonen's autograph commentary on the Kegon Kumokusho, written at Todai-ji in 1286. An Important Cultural Property, now kept unseen in Yamagata.
At Uesugi Shrine in Yonezawa, a 41.5 cm straight blade bears the seven stars and Sanskrit syllables in gold and silver inlay. A rare sword linked to Uesugi Kenshin.
Three Goryeo-dynasty scrolls dated 1309, owned by Uesugi Shrine in Yonezawa and designated an Important Cultural Property. Stolen in 1987, the set remains missing.
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