Edo
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Yamagata Edo Period
1603 – 1868
Built in 1844 below Mt. Chokai, this registered hall once headed Warabioka's mountain ascetics, joining a worship hall and priests' quarters under one copper roof.
The Uesugi Family Documents, 2,018 papers from the lords of Yonezawa, survive in their original folded, sealed form as Japan's first samurai National Treasure.