Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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Late-Edo gatehouse on the south front of a headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka, with a storeroom, two attendants' rooms and formal tiles on the street-facing slope.
Miki Gakki in Osaka, a concrete music shop of 1924 said to follow a German model, stresses its height with vertical lines of tile, a fine Taisho commercial building.
The terminal of the Mizuma Railway in Kaizuka, Osaka, built in concrete in 1926, has a pagoda-like centre and round end bays; it is now Mizuma-Kannon Station.
The Mido Building in Osaka, built by Takenaka in 1965 as its local head office, is a set-back office block of wide spans with walls faced in three-coloured tile.
Minase Shrine Treasure House in Shimamoto, Osaka, is a two-story Taisho-era plastered storehouse with stone steps and a sheltered door, registered in 2016.
Minase Shrine Shinmon Gate and Tsuiji Wall in Shimamoto, Osaka, is an early Edo gate and earthen wall marked with five rank lines, registered in 2016.
Minase Shrine Chozusha in Shimamoto, Osaka, is a Taisho-era water pavilion of 5.5 square meters with a coffered ceiling and a plum-blossom gable pendant.
Minase Shrine Worship Hall and Offering Hall in Shimamoto, Osaka, was designed by Sunami Takashi in 1929, with an archaic roof frame and curved struts.
Minase Shrine Main Hall in Shimamoto, Osaka, is an early Edo sanctuary said to be Empress Meisho's palace mirror hall, registered in 2016. Its roof is now copper.
The former Fukushima branch of the Kawasaki Savings Bank in Osaka, built in 1934, curves its front gently to the plot behind four giant fluted Ionic columns.
A small late Edo storehouse with an okiyane roof, the oldest of seven registered buildings on the Minami estate in Hannan, Osaka. Registered 2005. Private.
An early Meiji yakuimon gate of former village headmen in Hannan, Osaka, set behind a forecourt, with copper-edged eaves. Registered 2005. Seen from the road.
An 1889 main house of former village headmen in Hannan, Osaka, with a formal entrance, reception wing and kitchen wing. Registered 2005. Private home.
A late Edo earthen storehouse behind the kitchen wing of the Minami estate in Hannan, Osaka, joined to it by a work space. Registered 2005. Private, not open.
A two-story earthen storehouse of about 1921 on the corner of the Minami estate in Hannan, Osaka, once a rice store for sake brewing. Registered 2005; street view.
An early Meiji clay wall, 77 m in all, on a stone base with a tiled cap, along the south side of the Minami estate in Hannan, Osaka. Registered 2005; street view.
A late Edo work shed in the kaito farm yard of the Minami estate in Hannan, Osaka, with a tiled gable roof and a wraparound lean-to. Registered 2005. Private.
The 1930 lattice fence around the main hall of Miyukimori Tenjingu Shrine, Osaka: 32 meters on a stone base, with slatted windows, bracket arms and chamfered posts.
The 1930 worship hall of Miyukimori Tenjingu Shrine, Osaka, on a rounded kamebara base with a curved karahafu porch, a fine example of Kamakura-revival design.
The 1930 offering hall linking the worship hall and main hall at Miyukimori Tenjingu Shrine, Osaka: two bays, diamond-lattice windows and two tiers of beams.
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