Yamagata City Local History Museum (former Saiseikan Hospital) A masterpiece of "giyofu" (imitative Western-style) architecture.

A masterpiece of "giyofu" (imitative Western-style) architecture.

Yamagata City Local History Museum (former Saiseikan Hospital) / 山形市郷土館【旧済生館本館】

The former Saiseikan Hospital was built as a prefectural hospital on the orders of Michitsune Mishima, the first prefectural governor of Yamagata. Construction was begun in February 1878 and completed in September of the same year, and in December 1878 the building was named "Saiseikan" by Sanjo Sanetomi, a nobleman and statesman at the time of the Meiji Restoration. In addition to serving the needs of the local people as a prefectural, and later municipal, hospital, Saiseikan is also recognized as a masterpiece of "giyofu" (imitative Western-style) architecture of the early Meiji period and was designated a National Important Cultural Property in 1966.

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The History of Saiseikan / 済生館の歴史

This room displays panels introducing the achievements of Yamagata's first prefectural governor Michitsune Mishima, along with documents concerning Saiseikan's role as a medical school in addition to a hospital.
Dr. Roretz's Room / ローレツ先生の部屋

Items relating to the Austrian doctor Albrecht von Roretz, who helped to make the Saiseikan medical school an important center of German medicine in the Tohoku region, are on display in this room.
Medicine and Related Items / 薬剤関係資料

The items exhibited in this room include containers used to store medicine during the Edo and Meiji eras and "hyakumi-dansu," apothecary chests with many small drawers that were used to hold traditional medicine.
Medical Instruments and Hospital Materials / 医学機器・病院資料

A German-made microscope and other medical instruments which were used at the hospital are displayed in this room.
2nd Floor Auditorium / Local History Exhibition / ２階講堂・郷土資料

The 2nd floor auditorium was used for lectures, ceremonies, and other events. Here visitors can see a plaque with the calligraphy for "Saiseikan" written in the hand of Sanjo Sanetomi.

information

Address：1-1 Kajo-machi, Yamagata-shi

Phone number：023-644-0253

Open hour：9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Free admission

Closed during the New Year holiday (12/29–1/3)

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