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14,499 total Registered Tangible Cultural Properties 47 prefectures
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Heian Jogakuin Meijikan
Kyoto 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Jogakuin Meijikan

The Heian Jogakuin Meijikan, an 1895 brick school by A. N. Hansell, is among Japan's earliest Queen Anne Revival buildings, with Dutch gables and white bands.

Heian Shrine Inner Corridor
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine Inner Corridor

Behind Kyoto's Heian Jingu sanctuary runs the inner corridor, a 1940 vermilion cloister on a stone platform with latticed windows and round pillars.

Heian Shrine's Great Torii Gate
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine's Great Torii Gate

The great torii of Kyoto's Heian Jingu, raised in 1928 in reinforced concrete, stands about 24 meters tall. Once Japan's largest, it anchors the Okazaki district.

Heian Shrine Gakuden
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine Gakuden

On the west of Heian Jingu's south court stands the 1940 Gakuden, a rest-and-assembly hall modeled on an ancient palace hall, with board doors and lattice shutters.

Heian Shrine Kagura Hall
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine Kagura Hall

On the east of Heian Jingu's south court, the 1940 Kaguraden sits on a stone platform, open on three sides, hosting sacred dance and Shinto weddings.

Heian Shrine Saikan
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine Saikan

Outside Heian Jingu's east corridor, the 1940 Saikan is a refined modern Japanese hall with a karahafu gabled entrance and finely coffered ceilings.

Heian Shrine Gate Corridor
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine Gate Corridor

Extending east and west from Heian Jingu's main gate, the 1940 Shinmon Yokuro adds tatami rooms and vermilion woodwork under tiled roofs, shaping the shrine's front.

Heian Shrine Lattice Wall and Rear Gate
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine Lattice Wall and Rear Gate

Behind Heian Jingu's sanctuary, a see-through fence and small rear gate close off the rear precinct. Built in 1940 by Sunami Takashi and Tani Shigeo, it runs 90 meters.

Heian Shrine West Sacrificial Vessel Storehouse
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine West Sacrificial Vessel Storehouse

Beside its eastern twin, Heian Jingu's West Saikiko is a 1940 two-story plaster storehouse for ritual vessels, with namako-style joints at its base and plastered eaves.

Heian Shrine West Shrine
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine West Shrine

Behind Heian Jingu's sanctuary, the 1940 West Shinko is a small log-built sacred storehouse, strictly symmetrical with its eastern twin. A fine miniature azekura hut.

Heian Shrine West Gate and Western Outer Corridor
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine West Gate and Western Outer Corridor

On the west of Heian Jingu's south court, the West Gate, or Shozenmon, and its L-shaped corridor enclose the court. Built in 1940, it mirrors the east side.

Heian Shrine East Sacrifice Warehouse
Kyoto 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine East Sacrifice Warehouse

West of Heian Jingu's west corridor, the East Saikiko is a two-story plaster storehouse first built in 1907 and relocated here in 1940, marked by board-clad lower walls.

Heian Shrine East Shrine
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine East Shrine

Behind Heian Jingu's sanctuary, the 1940 East Shinko is a small log storehouse about 3.6 meters square, its bare white wood standing out amid the vermilion precinct.

Heian Shrine East Gate and East Outer Corridor
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine East Gate and East Outer Corridor

On the east of Heian Jingu's south court, the East Gate, or Senseimon, and its 50-meter corridor enclose the court, their vermilion frame and green lattice defining it.

Heian Shrine South Corridor
Kyoto 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Heian Shrine South Corridor

Heian Jingu's South Walkway is a 1940 L-shaped passage tying the Soryuro and Byakkoro towers to the outer corridors, two bays wide with a latticed central wall.

Horie Family Residence Main Building
Kyoto 大正 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Horie Family Residence Main Building

A registered wooden house of 1921 in Hanazono, Kyoto, built for a businessman home from Russia. Traditional outside, with a modern middle corridor. Private home.

Hori Family House Dry Storehouse
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Hori Family House Dry Storehouse

The late Edo northwest storehouse of the Hori Family Residence in Joyo, Kyoto runs 9.9 metres on a cut-stone base, its plastered street wall boarded below.

Hori Family Main House
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Hori Family Main House

The 1859 main house of the Hori Family Residence in Joyo, Kyoto keeps an upper-tier farmhouse plan: an earth-floored west half, six rooms east, a formal entry step.

Hori Family Residence Nagayamon Gate
Kyoto 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Hori Family Residence Nagayamon Gate

The late Edo long gatehouse of the Hori Family Residence in Joyo, Kyoto has a room with a projecting lattice window, board doors and a small wicket beside them.

Hori Family Residence Detached Room
Kyoto 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Hori Family Residence Detached Room

Built around 1902, the detached guest rooms of the Hori Family Residence in Joyo, Kyoto show sukiya detailing: a bark-covered post, a fan-shaped wall opening.