Important Cultural Property of Aichi

A Heian fragment of the Kokin Wakashu carrying travel poems 416 and 417 on two sheets of waxed Chinese paper. Designated in 1959; privately held in Aichi.

Held in a private collection in Aichi Prefecture, this Important Cultural Property is a hexagonal plate made by the potter Ogata Kenzan with painting by his elder brother, the Rinpa master Ogata Korin. Dated 1710 on its base, it is the only known collaborative ceramic by the two brothers bearing a specific year, and its rare hexagonal form, Korin's crane and pine painting, and Kenzan's own poetic inscription make it a cornerstone reference work in the study of Rinpa ceramics.

An Important Cultural Property in Aichi, this Sunshōan Shikishi sets a Heian winter poem from the Kokin Wakashū in flowing kana on imported mica-printed paper.

An Important Cultural Property in Aichi, this 14th-century tachi is a rare signed work by the Sōden-Bizen smith Yoshikage, whose verified blades barely survive.

A late-Kamakura tachi by Kyoto's Rai Kunimitsu, slender for the master and shortened yet still signed. An Important Cultural Property now held in Nagoya, Aichi.

Aichi's 1938 prefectural office in Nagoya, its Western body crowned with roofs recalling Nagoya Castle; the first working main government office of its rank.

The 1466 main hall of Asuke Hachiman Shrine near Korankei in Toyota, Aichi: a cypress-bark-roofed nagare-style hall preserving mid-Muromachi architecture.

Founded by the Matsudaira ancestors of the Tokugawa, Iga Hachimangu in Okazaki keeps a polychrome early-Edo shrine whose main hall Ieyasu built in 1611.

The 1869 house of the Uchida Sashichi family, leading Utsumi shipowners, in Minamichita, Aichi: a rare Pacific-side shipowner's home, open at weekends.

Owari's second shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, restored in 1661 by lord Tokugawa Mitsutomo, with a rare twin hip-and-gable main hall and ritual hall in the Owari layout.

The Oguri Residence in Handa, Aichi, a brewing dynasty's Meiji home, was named an Important Cultural Property in 2022 for its grand doma beamwork and tea rooms.

The early Edo worship hall of Owari Okunitama Shrine in Inazawa, Aichi: an open, round-pillared gabled hall that keeps to a restrained traditional style.

The tower gate of Owari Okunitama Shrine in Inazawa, Aichi: its lower storey is late Muromachi and its upper storey dates from 1646, under a cypress-bark roof.

The 1536 tahoto pagoda of Arako Kannon temple in Nagoya, the oldest building in the city, with a Zen-style upper storey over a Japanese-style lower storey.

Inside Kanpuku-ji's main hall in Tokai City stands a miniature wooden shrine, dated by inscription to the year 1248 and keeping clear Kamakura-period traits.

Discover the Former Ise Post Office (Uji-Yamada Post Office), a designated Important Cultural Property and the only surviving wooden post office from Japan's Meiji era. Now preserved at Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi, this 1909 half-timbered masterpiece features a striking V-shaped plan, conical dome, and a still-functioning postal service.

The Former Saionji Family Okitsu Villa 'Zagyoso,' preserved at the Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, was the seaside retreat of Prince Saionji Kinmochi, Japan's last elder statesman. Designated as an Important Cultural Property in 2017, the complex includes the main house, guard station, attendants' waiting area, and gate—showcasing exquisite sukiya-style craftsmanship and the political history of modern Japan.

On the old Chuma road in Asuke, Toyota City, the Suzuki family compound preserves sixteen buildings and their land, a great merchant household across Edo and Meiji.

A 1913 county public hall and products exhibition hall in Okazaki, Aichi: among the earliest surviving county public buildings, closed since 2010 for repairs.

Built in Yamanashi in 1885 and moved to Meiji Mura in Aichi in 1964, this giyofu county office mixes Western trusses with Japanese roof framing under one roof.

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