Momoyama
Yamagata · 安土桃山Browse Yamagata’s cultural heritage from the Momoyama period (1573 – 1603). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
An Azuchi-Momoyama-period pictorial map held in Yamagata Prefecture. Its own commentary field there only points to an account held somewhere else now.
A National Important Cultural Property at Wakamatsu-dera, Tendo: a sacred-horse votive panel painted in 1563 by samurai-artist Gonome Sadashige for his late wife.
Discover the Main Hall of Kinbo Shrine, an Important Cultural Property perched atop Mt. Kinbo in Tsuruoka, Yamagata. Built in 1608, this rare Shugendo heritage site preserves Momoyama-era architecture amid sacred mountain trails and panoramic views of the Shonai Plain.
Discover Koganedo, the oldest surviving building on Mt. Haguro and an Important Cultural Property. Home to 33 gilded Kannon statues and 80 Buddhist icons preserving the Dewa Sanzan Shugendo tradition.
At Uesugi Shrine in Yonezawa, this Momoyama robe pairs imported Italian or Spanish damask with Japanese tailoring. Said to be worn by the retainer Naoe Kanetsugu.
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.
A National Treasure by Kano Eitoku, these gold-ground screens crowd old Kyoto with about 2,485 figures, the Gion Festival, and famous temples of the capital.