Edo

The 1632 main hall of Mandaraji in Konan, Aichi, donated by Hachisuka Iemasa, whose plan recalls the imperial Shishinden. Important Cultural Property.

The Omoya of the Mochizuki Family Residence in Shinshiro, Aichi, is a late 18th-century thatched dwelling block whose fire, earth floor and stable stand next door.

Rokusho Shrine in Okazaki, Aichi, revered by the Matsudaira clan, keeps three richly carved and painted buildings of 1636, designated Important Cultural Properties.

The Asahi Shrine Lattice Wall, a banbei screen of 1809 beside a torii in central Nagoya, was registered in 2022. Its lattice, copper roof and access explained.

Anchoji Sanmon in Toyota City, Aichi, is an 1832 temple gate registered in 2017. Its upper floor held a Buddhist altar, not a bell, a form rare at Shinshu temples.

A late Edo mud-walled storehouse at the rear of a townhouse plot in Inuyama, Aichi. Two storeys, 59 square metres, round-log posts, a deep eave over the doors.

A late Edo townhouse facing Honmachi in Inuyama, Aichi. 175 square metres, with an earth-floored passage, two rows of rooms and a low half-storey. Registered 2005.

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.

A registered belfry at Unkoji temple in Seto, Aichi. A ridge tag dates it to 1810 and names its carpenter. Local Akazu tiles roof it; the bell was recast in 2009.

A tiny late Edo sutra storehouse at Eijuji in Shinshiro, Aichi, 10 shaku square with a pyramidal roof and plastered walls. Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

The 1810 kitchen and study hall of Eijuji in Shinshiro, Aichi, a 702-square-metre building with great grid beams and a courtyard. Registered property.

The 1794 four-legged gate of Eijuji in Shinshiro, Aichi, built entirely of zelkova by Tatekawa-school carpenters and decorated with carving. Registered property.

The 1722 monks' hall of Eijuji in Shinshiro, Aichi, linked to the meditation hall and forming the west side of the monastery. Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

The 1722 meditation hall of Eijuji in Shinshiro, Aichi, whose side bays once served as meditation platforms; probably thatched at first. Registered property.

The 1697 main hall of Eijuji in Shinshiro, Aichi, a hip-and-gable Soto Zen hall whose front veranda once served as a passage linking the monastery. Registered.

The priests' quarters of Enmyoji in Inuyama, Aichi, a late Edo townhouse of the castle town moved here in the Meiji period, keeps its curved roof and front lattices.

The bell tower of Enmyoji in Inuyama, Aichi, from the mid-Edo period, is an open Zen-style tower on a stone base with close-set brackets and strongly upturned eaves.

The main hall of Enmyoji in Inuyama, Aichi, from the early Edo period, is a Jodo Shinshu hall with a rear-door inner sanctuary whose square pillars keep early forms.