Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

A 1927 timber schoolhouse in the Aichi mountain hamlet of Damine, this Registered Cultural Property was preserved by a seismic retrofit and used until 2024.

On Ama City's old Kamakura Road stands the four-legged Zen-style gate of a Nichiren temple. Registered in 2005, this mid-Edo gate survived the 1891 Nobi earthquake.

Once a Shingon fire-ritual hall, now a Nichiren temple near Nagoya, this registered wooden hall keeps an old Nichiren-hall plan under a pyramidal tiled roof.

At Jissō-ji, a Rinzai temple in Nishio, Aichi, the kuri was kitchen and living hall. Rebuilt in the Genroku era, it frames a beam-spanned room over an earthen floor.

Jissō-ji's hōjō in Nishio is a large early-Edo Zen abbot's hall at the Kira family temple. Restored with a copper roof, it is now a Nishio City cultural property.

Shibata Family Residence Main House in Kiyosu, Aichi, is an 1896 candy merchant's townhouse on the Minoji road, registered in 2006. Crossed beams and annual opening.

Added in 1893 beside its older neighbour in the former Narumi post town of Nagoya, Naka Storehouse joins under a dropped roof and hides an iron tie in its frame.

Built in 1891 in the old Narumi post town of Nagoya, the black-plastered two-storey Momiji Storehouse of the Shimozato Chiyokura house was registered in 2024.

The main gate of Jakkoin in Inuyama, Aichi, built in 1836, is a thick-timbered yakuimon carved with a dragon and peonies at the entrance to the maple temple.

The Zuigudo of Jakkoin in Inuyama, Aichi, built in 1805 beside the main hall, is a house-like hall of hinged shutters whose form shows its use for retreats.

The Bentendo of Jakkoin in Inuyama, Aichi, built in 1820, is a tiny hexagonal hall above the main hall, its rafters and ceiling ribs radiating from the centre.

The main hall of Jakkoin in Inuyama, Aichi, built in 1879, is a full-scale hall of restrained traditional form at the temple known as the maple temple of Owari.

The stone revetment of the Shuzui residence in Tokai, Aichi, built in the early Taisho period on Ise Bay, is a rare example of Hattori Chohichi's artificial stone.

The largest of Shunkoin's seven registered buildings, this 1933 kuri held the kitchen and priest's quarters, with a modern corridor plan and bold beamwork.

Built in 1830, the same year as the main hall, this single-bay yakui-mon faces north onto the old road. Bracketing and a carved gable strut give it character.

The most decorative of Shunkoin's seven buildings, this 1865 bell tower sits on a river-stone base, with bracketing, fan rafters, and a painted coffered ceiling.

The smallest of the seven, this late-Meiji tea room is barely four mats. Tradition credits it to local master Shimomura Mitsuyoshi, and bamboo runs throughout.

Built in 1936 and the only copper-roofed building of the seven, Furokaku hides a refined sukiya interior behind a plain shell, with polished-log posts.

This late-Edo entrance and shoin reflect a move: local accounts say the reception wing came in 1879 from the home of Takeda Shokuro, founder of Arimatsu shibori.

Rebuilt in 1830, Shunkoin's main hall takes the six-room hojo form under a hip-and-gable roof. It faces north, and its image is Tahonyorai, rare in Soto Zen.

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