Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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An open belfry of around 1899 on a tall cut-stone base at the front of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka, with round pillars, carved braces and ornate panels on the street.
A two-storey drum tower rebuilt in 1962 on the corner of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. White plaster, black-framed flame-topped windows and a tile roof mark its corner.
A purification pavilion of around 1816 in the front garden of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Four inward-leaning posts and carved bracket arms frame a stone basin.
A late Meiji yakuimon gate beside the bell tower of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Flat posts and three beams carry its tiled roof over the daily route to the shikidai.
An 1808 Jodo Shinshu main hall in Izumi, Osaka, 15 metres wide, with an open outer hall and a raised sanctuary dressed in carving, colour and gold. Registered 2014.
Granite gateposts of 1898 with arched iron gates before the Great Gate of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Arrow-tipped bars of two lengths alternate along the fence.
A 2-storey storehouse of 1934 attached to a tatami wing in Sakai's Hamadera suburb, registered in 1999. Standard 3-by-2-bay size, roofed in heavy hongawara tile.
A 19-meter wall of about 1921 with stone gateposts on the west side of a Sakai house, registered in 1999. Its street-side buttresses echo the pilasters of the villa.
A 1934 tatami reception wing in Sakai's Hamadera suburb, registered in 1999. Copper-edged tiled canopies wrap three sides, and a tea room projects to the southeast.
A 2-storey brick building of about 1921 in Sakai's Hamadera suburb, said to reuse plans for an unbuilt hotel. Pilasters rise to the parapet on its street front.
A timber corridor of 1934 in Sakai's Hamadera suburb that linked a tatami wing to the old main house, registered in 1999. It divides the courtyard from the villa.
The Satake Glass Workshop in Izumi, Osaka, is an L-shaped early Showa shed where glass rods are made, its braced posts carrying a king post truss. Registered 2001.
The Satake Glass Office in Izumi, Osaka, is a small early Showa building attached to the main house, its hipped roof aligned with the house. Registered in 2001.
The Satake Glass Main House in Izumi, Osaka, is a 1941 townhouse: white plaster and lattice below, black plaster with patterned mushiko-mado windows above.
The Satake Glass Mixing Factory in Izumi, Osaka, where glass batches were blended, once also housed staff. Plaster and weatherboard wings share a vent roof.
The Satake Glass Shrine, a tiny early Showa guardian shrine at an Izumi glassworks, sits on a stone plinth under a copper roof, with a curved beam and carved strut.
The Satake Glass Melting Plant in Izumi, Osaka, holds the furnace of a working rod factory. A raised vent roof and weatherboarded gable face the street.
Jigan-ji's bell tower in Yao, Osaka, built in 1900, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property. This open frame on a cut-stone base hangs its bronze bell from the gable.
Jigan-ji's drum tower in Yao, Osaka, dates to the late Edo period. Its offset upper storey with cusped windows rises above the earthen wall beside the main gate.
Jigan-ji's ablution pavilion in Yao, Osaka, covers barely 12 square metres. Carved details date it to the 1660s, the oldest of the temple's five registered buildings.
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