Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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A Kobo Daishi hall of 1909 at Shounji, a Zen temple in Inuyama's old castle town, with three ten-mat rooms under coffered ceilings. Registered in 2012.
This late Meiji bell tower at Shounji Temple in Inuyama fits classical carpentry, brackets and frog-leg struts, into 18 square meters. Registered in 2012.
Completed in 1934 at a Zen temple in Inuyama, this east-facing main hall follows the six-room hojo plan with archaic boat-shaped brackets. Registered in 2012.
Built in 1860 at Joshoji Temple in Toyota City, this kitchen-residence keeps an ink inscription naming its date and master carpenter. Registered in 2005.
This small 1934 study at Joshoji Temple in Toyota City hides vetted timber and delicate openwork transoms behind a plain clapboard exterior. Registered in 2005.
Joshoji Temple Main Hall in Toyota, Aichi, is an 1898 Shin Buddhist hall about 20 meters square, registered in 2005. Carved details, priests' quarters, and access.
Joseiji Temple Main Hall in Inuyama, Aichi, is an 1808 Shin Buddhist hall registered in 2007, with dragon carvings and a coffered ceiling, near Inuyama Station.
Jomanji Temple Main Gate in Inuyama, Aichi, was a rear gate of Inuyama Castle, moved to this temple lane in 1877 and registered in 2007. A single-bay yakuimon.
Jomanji Temple Bell Tower of 1796, in the castle town of Inuyama, Aichi, was registered in 2007. One bay square, open on all sides, on a flared hakamagoshi base.
The Shirai Family Residence Main House at Kō in Toyokawa is a late Edo sake brewer's townhouse with a low half-storey and two bands of lattice, registered in 2004.
The Shinshu Otani-ha Nagoya Betsuin East Gate and Earthen Wall is a late Edo koraimon in central Nagoya, the one structure to survive the 1945 air raid.
The Zuihoin Main Hall and Priests' Quarters, built in 1813 at Myokoji and moved into central Ichinomiya in 1915 after the Nobi earthquake, was registered in 2021.
A late Edo townhouse in Isshiki, Nishio, registered in 2022. A drawing dated 1849 matches its six-room farmhouse plan, and the altar room has a raised bay.
A mid-Meiji reception wing beside the main house in Isshiki, Nishio, registered in 2022. Two rooms of 10 mats, an alcove with shelves, a polished cedar post.
Built in 1879, the Suzuki Family Residence Storehouse in Aisai City is the oldest of four registered structures here, eleven years older than the main house.
The Suzuki Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Aisai City, a middle Meiji earthen store for the family's reclaimed paddy, has held a century-old Steinway since 2023.
In Showa Ward, Nagoya, the Suzuki Family Residence Main House pairs a central-corridor plan with a Western wing, showing how prewar Nagoya built its new suburbs.
Built in 1890 at Saya in Aisai City, the Suzuki Family Residence Main House holds a formal principal room, a temple-like altar room and a sukiya tea room.
Early Showa granite gate posts and a 77-metre concrete wall cut to imitate edo-giri masonry are the only part of the Aisai Suzuki estate visible from the street.
Sumi Kaikan in Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, is the only building designed by world-renowned architect Kenzo Tange in the entire prefecture. Completed in 1957, it features signature elements of Tange's early work including double-beam girders and exposed concrete. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2008, it now serves as a community center open for free architectural tours.
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