Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Early Showa annex of a Sakai farming estate, registered in 2002: a three-mat room with verandas on three sides and a bath, the smallest of ten buildings.

Late Edo nagayamon gatehouse of a Sakai farming estate, registered in 2002: hip-and-gable tiled roof, black plaster street front and a row of lattice windows.

A 1935 wooden hall in Osaka's Edobori, pairing temple carpentry with the Konkokyo faith—a Sect Shinto founded 1859. Designed by Ikedaya Hisakichi; spared from wartime fires.

A mid-Edo earthen wall running 103 metres along the Amano River at Kongoji, Kawachinagano. Plastered on a stone base, it once enclosed the east-bank sub-temples.

A 1942 lecture hall, also called the Shuyokan, on the east bank of the Amano River at Kongoji, Kawachinagano. Trusses span a bright 12-bay room lit by tall windows.

A 1942 dining hall built with Kongoji's Great Lecture Hall in Kawachinagano. A corridor fronts its dining room, kitchen and stores; only the dining room is coffered.

A 1941 covered timber bridge linking Kongoji's main halls and guardian shrine in Kawachinagano. Its roof stands on separate posts; closed for repairs to March 2027.

A 1913 thatched hall in Kongoji's Honbo garden, Kawachinagano, on a site tied to three Northern Court emperors. Six rooms ring an 18-mat room; only one is coffered.

A late Meiji gate at Kongoji's Honbo in Kawachinagano, moved here when the sub-temples merged. Heavy posts and beams under a tiled gable mark the Honbo's rank.

A mid-Edo former kitchen hall of the sub-temple Chuin in Kongoji's Honbo, Kawachinagano. It faces the garden, with three 8-mat rooms and a broad veranda.

A mid-Edo chapel from the sub-temple Chuin, now in Kongoji's Honbo garden in Kawachinagano. Three bays square, it has a pyramidal copper roof and a rear altar bay.

Built in 1911 when Kongoji merged its sub-temples, this Honbo entrance in Kawachinagano pairs a tiled main block with a bark-roofed formal porch. Repaired 2020-22.

A 1911 tea room behind the Jibutsudo in Kongoji's Honbo garden, Kawachinagano. Its 4.5-mat room has varied openings and an east end built out over a slope.

A Taisho-era walkway joining the Grand Entrance and Okuden in Kongoji's Honbo, Kawachinagano. Built of logs and bamboo, it has a bark roof and a thatched arbor.

A mid-Meiji building at Kongoji, Kawachinagano, joining the sub-temple Muryojuin and a pilgrims' retreat hall. Archaic beams meet modern glazing; repaired 2019-21.

A late Meiji yakuimon gate and earthen walls fronting Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. The gable bears carved clouds and twin dragons; the 12-metre walls bear two lines.

A two-storey Meiji shoin behind the main hall of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka, linked to it by a corridor. Its upper floor holds a raised room and a flame-topped window.

An early Showa yakuimon gate between the drum tower and sutra repository of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Its crossbeam and three beams frame the north streetscape.

A sutra storehouse of around 1891 in the front garden of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Square with a pyramid roof, its plaster walls model posts, brackets and braces.

An 1859 entrance and reception suite joined to the main hall of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Its shikidai has a slatted transom and beams carved with waves and clouds.

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