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14,499 total Registered Tangible Cultural Properties 47 prefectures
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Imamiya Shrine Ekijinja Passage Hall, Gate and Corridors
Kyoto 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Ekijinja Passage Hall, Gate and Corridors

Designed by Kameoka Suekichi around 1908, the gate, passage hall and corridors before the Ekijinja at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto bow gently and carry delicate carving.

Imamiya Shrine Ema Hall
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Ema Hall

The 1800 Ema Hall at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto is an open six-bay hall, the largest registered building on site, its beams hung with votive plaques from worshippers.

Imamiya Shrine Otabisho Kagami-no-ma Hall
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Otabisho Kagami-no-ma Hall

Joined to the Noh stage at the Imamiya Shrine Otabisho in Kyoto, the Kagami-no-ma is a late Edo dressing room with a small window for watching the bridgeway.

Imamiya Shrine Otabisho Gondensha
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Otabisho Gondensha

Rebuilt in 1795 at the Imamiya Shrine Otabisho in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward, the Gondensha is the sanctuary where the deities stay during the Imamiya Festival in May.

Imamiya Shrine Otabisho Shinyo Hoanden Hall
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Otabisho Shinyo Hoanden Hall

Built in 1945 at the Imamiya Shrine Otabisho in Kyoto, this large hall holds the mikoshi during the Imamiya Festival, with high central openings and a trussed roof.

Imamiya Shrine Otabisho Noh Stage
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Otabisho Noh Stage

Rebuilt in 1795 at the Imamiya Shrine Otabisho in Kyoto, this early Noh stage keeps its pine-and-bamboo back panel, chorus seat and bridgeway to the dressing room.

Imamiya Shrine Kagura Hall
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Kagura Hall

The Imamiya Shrine Kagura Hall in Kyoto, built in 1839, puts a small sanctum and a dance room under one copper roof and links them to the main hall by a passage.

Imamiya Shrine Ritual Implement Storehouse
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Ritual Implement Storehouse

Built in the late Edo period as Imamiya Shrine's mikoshi house and moved in 1926 to the north-east corner, this Kyoto storehouse has a big carved strut in its gable.

Imamiya Shrine Jishusha Worship Pavilion and Openwork Fence
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Jishusha Worship Pavilion and Openwork Fence

The 1842 worship pavilion and fence of Jishusha at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto draw a sacred boundary through the pavilion's centre with lattice doors and extend it.

Imamiya Shrine Jishusha Main Hall
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Jishusha Main Hall

Built in 1842 on a rise at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, the Jishusha Main Hall is a rare two-bay shrine whose veranda rests on bracketing usually seen on gate towers.

Imamiya Shrine Portable Shrine Storehouse
Kyoto 大正 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Portable Shrine Storehouse

North of the East Gate of Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, the late Taisho mikoshi storehouse is a fireproof earthen building 12.1 metres long with three black iron doors.

Imamiya Shrine Taishogunsha Main Hall and Worship Pavilion
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Taishogunsha Main Hall and Worship Pavilion

The Taishogunsha at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, built around 1695, joins a tiny sanctuary to its worship pavilion with a shelf and three wooden steps, a rare layout.

Imamiya Shrine Tsukuyomisha Worship Pavilion and Openwork Fence
Kyoto 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Tsukuyomisha Worship Pavilion and Openwork Fence

Built in 1910 up stone steps at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, the Tsukuyomisha worship pavilion sets its sacred lattice boundary at the back, with a short fence.

Imamiya Shrine Tsukuyomisha Main Hall
Kyoto 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Tsukuyomisha Main Hall

Up stone steps on the west side of Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, the 1910 Tsukuyomisha Main Hall is a plain one-bay shrine with one odd touch: a canopy tie beam set low.

Imamiya Shrine Temizuya Pavilion
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Temizuya Pavilion

Built in 1694 near the Tower Gate of Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, the small Temizuya Pavilion faces the East Gate path and carries two tiers of richly carved struts.

Imamiya Shrine Worship Hall
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Worship Hall

Built in 1694 during Keishoin's rebuilding, the open-sided Imamiya Shrine Worship Hall in Kyoto survived the 1896 fire and still anchors the axis of the shrine.

Imamiya Shrine Hachimansha
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Hachimansha

The late Edo Hachimansha at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto covers just 0.9 square metres, yet splits its sanctum with an open front room and carries finely worked brackets.

Imamiya Shrine Hassha
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine Hassha

Built around 1694 at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, the Hassha gathers eight auxiliary shrines into one eight-bay building, a record of the Genroku-era reorganisation.

Imamiya Shrine East Gate
Kyoto 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine East Gate

Facing the eastern approach of Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, the 1881 East Gate is a heavy yakuimon 4.1 metres wide, its thick posts and four beams carrying a tiled roof.

Imamiya Shrine East Gate North and South Tsukiji Walls
Kyoto 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Imamiya Shrine East Gate North and South Tsukiji Walls

Built with the East Gate in 1881, the 27-metre earthen walls at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto carry five white lines of rank, close-set rafters and carved end struts.