Wall facing the western road to the Kazama Family Residence. This wall is located along the western sheath of the inner and rear storehouses and built on a low stone-piled foundation with an iron roof. (Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property) 997-0035 Yamagata-ken, Tsuruoka-shi, Baba-cho 1-17
The front gate facing the southern road of the Kazama Family Residence. Built in the Yakuimon style with a side door to the right, these gates are a remnant of Tsuruoka’s samurai house history that famously survived the 1894 Sakata earthquake and helped guard the house to one of the former executives of the Shonai Clan. (Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Property) 997-0035 Yamagata-ken, Tsuruoka-shi, Baba-cho 1-17
Heishindo was built in 1896 as a residence and silk company headquarters for the seventh-generation of the Kazama family, Kazama Koemon, who provided support for Tsuruoka’s silk industry and acted as company president. The Kazama family prospered as purveyors to the Shonai Clan in service of the Tsuruoka Castle. The characteristics of the house include its expansive frame, and the 40,000 stones on the roof that exemplify the modernist Japanese architecture of Shonai from the Meiji period (1868-1912). (Nationally-designated Important Tangible Cultural Property) 997-0035 Yamagata-ken, Tsuruoka-shi, Baba-cho 1-17
