Edo

Discover the Important Cultural Property "Shigure" (Passing Autumn Rain), a black raku tea bowl handcrafted by legendary artist Hon'ami Koetsu in the 17th century. Learn about its unique glazing technique, poetic origins, and rich provenance from the Mitsui family collection.

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.

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.

Explore the Saimon-den (Ritual Gate Hall) and East-West Corridors of Ōagata Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi — a nationally designated Important Cultural Property rebuilt in 1661 by Tokugawa Mitsutomo, featuring a unique four-pillar gate design with symmetrical cypress-bark corridors.

Discover the Haiden (Worship Hall) of Owari Okunitama Shrine, an Important Cultural Property from the early Edo period. Featuring the distinctive Owari-style layout, cypress bark roof, and the famous Hadaka Matsuri, this Inazawa shrine offers a unique cultural experience near Nagoya.

The Rōmon Gate of Owari Ōkunitama Shrine (Konomiya) in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, is a designated Important Cultural Property of Japan that uniquely combines Muromachi-period lower architecture with an Edo-period upper story rebuilt in 1646. Discover this magnificent gateway to a shrine with over 1,300 years of history as the grand provincial shrine of the Owari region, famed for its dramatic Hadaka Matsuri (Naked Festival).

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.

Discover the Mausoleum of Genkei-kō, the final resting place of Tokugawa Yoshinao, founder of the Owari Domain. This Important Cultural Property in Seto, Aichi features rare Confucian-style architecture designed by Chinese émigré Chen Yuanyun, with seven designated structures set amid ancient cedar forests.

Discover the Koshoji Five-Story Pagoda, a nationally designated Important Cultural Property built in 1808. Located in Nagoya's Yagoto district, this elegant late Edo-period wooden pagoda is the only one remaining in the entire Tokai region.

Discover Jo-an, one of only three National Treasure teahouses in Japan. Built in 1618 by tea master Oda Uraku, younger brother of Oda Nobunaga, this masterpiece of tea ceremony architecture awaits in the serene Uraku-en Garden beside Inuyama Castle, Aichi Prefecture.

The Former Shoden-in Shoin in Urakuen, Inuyama, Aichi, built around 1618 as a retreat for the tea master Oda Urakusai. It stands beside the Jo-an teahouse.

Ordered by the third shogun Iemitsu and finished in 1646, Takisan Tosho-gu in Okazaki keeps its main hall, gate and other buildings in vivid lacquer and colour.

On Mt. Hōrai in Aichi, this shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu is tied to a legend of his birth. Its cypress-bark halls of 1651 are an Important Cultural Property.

Discover the Horaiji Niomon Gate, an Important Cultural Property built by Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1651. Explore intricate carvings, 1,425 stone steps, and the spiritual beauty of Mt. Horaiji in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture.

Discover Mandara-ji Shoin, an Important Cultural Property in Konan, Aichi. This Muromachi-style shoin reception hall served as a war council site before the Battle of Sekigahara and hosted shogunal inspectors during the Edo period. Visit during the famous Wisteria Festival.

Discover Mandaraji Temple's Main Hall (Shodo), an Important Cultural Property in Konan City, Aichi. Built in 1632 with a design inspired by the Imperial Shishinden, this Jodo sect temple also offers spectacular wisteria gardens each spring.

Rokusho Shrine in Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture, is a historic Shinto shrine revered as the guardian deity of Tokugawa Ieyasu's birthplace. Five of its buildings — the Main Hall, Offering Hall, Worship Hall, Divine Kitchen, and Tower Gate — are designated Important Cultural Properties of Japan. Built under the patronage of the third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, these structures showcase stunning polychrome decorations and gongen-zukuri architecture rivaling the splendor of Nikko Toshogu.

The ōiden of Ushida Hachiman Shrine in Chiryu, Aichi, built around 1856, encloses the older honden and is shaped like a full main hall with a carved canopy.

At Ushida Hachiman Shrine in Chiryu, Aichi, a small Edo-period honden sits within a covering hall, anchoring a rare line of four halls registered in 2024.

On Honmachi-dori, which climbs to Inuyama Castle, this late-Edo townhouse is unusually broad at 11.8 meters, its face black plaster behind lattice. Listed 2004.