Important Cultural Property of Yamanashi
山 梨 県 の 重 要 文 化 財Yamanashi’s Important Cultural Properties — designated for their value to the nation’s cultural history.
Kubo Hachiman Shrine Torii, dated to 1535, is a braced wooden ryobu torii on the approach to the shrine, described by Yamanashi City as Japan's oldest wooden torii.
Kubo Hachiman Shrine Worship Hall (Choya), dated to about 1557, spans 11 bays to face the main hall; its low floor suggests it also served as the shrine office.
Kubo Hachiman Shrine Main Hall, built around 1519, joins three sanctuaries into one eleven-bay nagare-zukuri building, the largest of its type surviving in Japan.
Kora Shrine Main Hall at Kubo Hachiman Shrine, said to be rebuilt in 1500, is the only kasuga-zukuri sanctuary among the shrine's designated halls in Yamanashi.
Takeuchi Daijin Main Hall at Kubo Hachiman Shrine, said to date from 1500, is a small unpainted sanctuary praised for its graceful carving and balanced proportions.
Hime Sanjin Main Hall at Kubo Hachiman Shrine, said to be rebuilt in 1625, is a small lacquered sanctuary in white, vermilion and black on an island in the pond.
Two-storey gate of Kai Zenkoji in Kofu, Yamanashi, raised in 1767 after a fire, 15 metres high and blending Japanese and Zen styles, with unfinished Nio figures.
Main hall of Kai Zenkoji in Kofu, Yamanashi, rebuilt in the late 18th century in the T-shaped shumoku style, 27 metres high, known for its echoing dragon ceiling.
The Takamuro estate in Kofu, Yamanashi, home of physicians to the Kofu garrison, keeps a thatched main house of 1788 with its dispensary among nine listed buildings.
The main hall of Takeda Hachiman Shrine in Nirasaki, Yamanashi, built in 1541, is a three-bay nagare-style hall roofed in cypress bark with five ridge tags.
The main hall of Chokokuji in Minami-Alps, Yamanashi, dated to 1524, is a three-bay hip-and-gable hall of a temple said to date back to the monk Gyoki in 718.
The main hall of Tenjin Shrine in Yamanashi City, built in 1522, is a small one-bay nagare-style hall roofed in cypress bark, with a long, flowing front roof.
The Buddha hall of Tokoji in Kofu, Yamanashi, a late Muromachi Zen hall with a pent roof under cypress bark, is the only building to survive both 1582 and 1945.
A ridge tablet dates this one-bay cypress-bark sanctuary to 1478. Set among the vineyards of Makioka, it served four villages and was designated in 1953.
A late 17th-century thatched farmhouse in Hokuto, Yamanashi, 19.7 metres wide, built for a village headman. Designated in 1989, open near Kobuchizawa Station.
Built in 1612 at Mount Fuji's second station and moved to the lakeside precinct in 1973, this large, richly carved one-bay Momoyama hall was designated in 1985.
The Former Mutsuzawa School in Kofu, an 1875 timber schoolhouse with a central tower in the Fujimura style, stands by Kofu Station as the Fujimura Memorial Museum.
The Monzai Family Residence in Minobu, Yamanashi, an Important Cultural Property since 1964, is a late 17th-century thatched farmhouse typical of the Fuji valley.
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