Edo
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The drum tower of Nyoiji in Toyota, Aichi, from the late Edo period, carries a crosswise drum turret on its roof, with a tea room and store inside below.
The main hall of Nyoiji in Toyota, Aichi, built in about 1823, is a seven-bay Shin Buddhist hall with a wide porch and a raised coffered ceiling over its sanctuary.
A modest 1848 storehouse in Toyohashi holding the Hada Hachimangu Bunko, an Edo-era library that lent books to the public and prefigured Japan's public libraries.
The Hada Hachimangu Shrine Office Annex in Toyohashi, Aichi, is a mid-Edo house moved twice, in 1812 and again by the 1920s, and registered in 2000 for its design.
Hada Hachimangu Gate, on a shrine approach in Toyohashi, Aichi, is a plain bracket gate of 1848 about 3 meters wide, marking where a noted library once stood.
Hassho Shrine Worship Hall in Toyokawa, Aichi, is an 1826 hip-and-gable haiden of 24 square meters, standing inside the precinct of Zaikaji, a Shingon temple.
Hassho Shrine Main Hall in Toyokawa, Aichi, is a one-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary of 1724. Just 0.8 square meters, it carries full-scale gable carpentry.
The Banjo Brewery Inner Well in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a pair of late Edo stone shafts 2.5 meters across and about 8 meters deep, registered in July 2007.
The Banjo Brewery Former Brewing Storehouse and Barrel Repair Shop in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a late Edo storehouse of 108 square meters, registered in 2007.
The Banjo Brewery Middle Storehouse in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a late Edo fermentation hall of 343 square meters, oldest of the three halls, registered in 2007.
The Juodo Hall of Fumonji in Toyohashi, Aichi, built in 1852 beside the approach, is a simple gable-entry hall whose ornamented gable shapes the precinct.
The bell-tower gate of Fumonji in Toyohashi, Aichi, built in 1707, is a grand two-storey gate with deep eaves and a bell hung in its upper storey above the path.
The Daishi Hall of Fumonji in Toyohashi, Aichi, built in 1854, is a light three-bay hall under a pyramidal roof, its coffered ceiling painted with plants.
The Bentendo of Fumonji in Toyohashi, Aichi, a tiny shrine of 1714 inside a protective shed, has a porch arch of two entwined dragons and cock-headed beam ends.
The main hall of Fumonji in Toyohashi, Aichi, built in 1693 at the maple temple of Toyohashi, is a five-bay Shingon hall whose curved-beam framing is local.
The main hall of Hokoji in Konan, Aichi, built in 1855, is a large Shin Buddhist hall 22 by 26 metres with round pillars, three-block brackets and a three-bay porch.
Built in 1675, the main hall of Hōshuin in Kira, Nishio is a mid-Edo Pure Land hall whose plain outer frame gives way to an ornate inner sanctuary, registered in 2017.
The 1827 tower gate of Honkoji in Okazaki, Aichi, donated by the lords of Okazaki and housing a Shaka triad upstairs, rare for a Shin temple of its day. Registered.
The 1798 main hall of Bonnonji, a subtemple of Renkyoji in Nagoya's Meito Ward, a small hall with a carved dragon transom and careful detail. Registered.
A Hida gassho-style farmhouse moved to the grounds of Atsuta Jingu in Nagoya, among the oldest of its kind and now used as a tea house. Registered property.