Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

The 1930 main hall of Miyukimori Tenjingu Shrine, Osaka: a three-bay nagare-zukuri with daibutsuyo bracket profiles, its floor raised to show above the fence.

The stone retaining wall of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a 19-meter dry-laid wall of rounded fieldstones that curves along a steep road and rises to about five meters.

The kitchen wing of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, its smallest registered building at about 12 square meters, with a well and sink on a fully stone-paved floor.

The north and east walls of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a roofed boundary wall of about 25 meters from 1912, with black plaster, red posts and accent ridge tiles.

The thatched main house of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, built in 1912, its working doma fronting formal rooms of fine craftsmanship, listed as hard to reproduce.

Storehouse 1 of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a tall 1912 dozo at the northwest corner, white plaster above charred cedar boarding giving it a striking street presence.

Storehouse 2 of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a small 1912 dozo joined to the larger corner store, its cornice molding marking careful work despite a modest size.

The barn of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, the oldest of its eight registered structures, built in 1905, its plastered walls and bracketed eaves facing the entrance path.

The west wall of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, an 11-meter roofed wall of 1912 set on the stone base, its height shifting with the slope to keep the top line level.

Fujii Koji designed this Korien house in 1930 for an Osaka textile merchant. It retains its ventilation flues, chair-height rooms and original furniture.

Only ten square metres, this storehouse was rebuilt in fire-resistant earthen-wall construction in 1941, in preparation for war. Its bracing records the period.

Thirteen square metres holding one room of four and a half mats, this outbuilding housed the Yagi family's live-in groom. Its south door faced the stable.

Facing the Koya Kaido at the former Mikkaichi post town, this wide-fronted machiya belonged to the Yagi family, cotton wholesalers turned sake brewers.

This two-storey storehouse turns its gable to the old Koya Kaido: white lime plaster above, charred cedar below, a copper door at each window. Registered 2008.

The gate and 22-metre board fence closing the north edge of the Yagi estate at Korien, designed by Fujii Koji to match the house behind it. Registered 2023.

The Yamada Family Residence Front Gate in Sennan, Osaka, is a late Edo gatehouse with barred windows, the outer of two gates aligned on one axis toward the house.

The Yamada Family Residence Entrance Wing, built around 1863 in Sennan, Osaka, was the formal door, with a shikidai step, a tea room and a projecting gable.

The Yamada Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Sennan, Osaka, built in 1854 for tax rice, has three rooms with separate doors and now opens as a folk museum.

The Yamada Family Residence Main House, rebuilt 1863 in Sennan, Osaka, keeps an early three-room plan, an earthen hall where tax rice was counted, and fine rooms.

The Yamada Family Residence Main House in Kaizuka Jinaicho, Osaka, is a late Edo townhouse with a sliding-up entrance door. Its exterior can be seen from the street.

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