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.
Kinbo Shrine Main Hall in Tsuruoka, Yamagata: a Shugendo hall of 1608 near the summit of Mt. Kinbo, blending a Zen-style temple form with a shrine plan.
Pyramidal-roofed hall at the foot of Mount Haguro in Tsuruoka, Yamagata, rebuilt in the 1590s, the oldest building on the mountain, with thirty-three Kannon statues.
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.