Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

A mid-Meiji farmhouse in Higashiyamato, Tokyo, that the painter Yoshioka Kenji reshaped over 46 years: a 35.5 cm pillar, kumiko transoms, an earth-floor atelier.

Just 1.8 m wide, this inner gate once stood at the street and was moved in 1962. On its mukuri roof, the courtyard it frames, and a conflict between sources.

The 1962 nagayamon of the former Yoshioka residence, assembled from salvaged timber: eight nyubyo studs, 150 Tokyo tramway setts, a hand-painted nameplate.

In Ome, Tokyo, the main house of Sōshidō is a Meiji silk-farm dwelling that the novelist Yoshikawa Eiji redesigned himself around 1948, writing beside its garden.

In Ome, Tokyo, the storehouse of Sōshidō dates to 1847, the oldest on the grounds. Its ridge tag names it the wind-gate storehouse, set at the southeast corner.

In Ome, Tokyo, the nagayamon gate of Sōshidō is a late-Edo farmhouse entrance. Its wings sheltered wartime evacuees; later Yoshikawa Eiji used them to store books.

In Ome, Tokyo, the Western annex of Sōshidō held Yoshikawa Eiji's study. Built in late Meiji, it gathers materials from across Japan, from Seto tile to Ōya stone.

Kyoshoji Temple Guest Hall in Ikenohata, Tokyo, is a 1903 two-storey timber building whose wide east corridor was placed to command the view over Shinobazu Pond.

Kyoshoji Temple Main Hall in Ikenohata, Tokyo, is an 1857 Jodo Shinshu hall built in fireproof dozo plaster construction, registered as a Cultural Property in 2010.

The Kiyokawa shop in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, a timber shop and house of about 1927 on a lane near Ningyocho, keeps fine traditional building amid the office towers.

The Friends Center in Mita, Tokyo, a missionary house of 1922 by the Vories office with dormers and a brick chimney, is one of few Western houses older than 1923.

The Onoya tabi shop at a Ginza crossing in Tokyo, a small timber building of 1951 on a five-sided plot, is a rare survivor of Ginza just after the war.

The Ginza Lion Building in Tokyo, built in 1934, houses a beer hall of tiled walls and a glass-tile mural that the Agency calls a masterpiece of its kind.

The Kurosawa Building in Ueno, Tokyo, a 1930 eye hospital, has Expressionist details, a rooftop ultraviolet therapy room and stained glass by Ogawa Sanchi.

Gengi Sanbo in Ogikubo, Tokyo, the 1955 sukiya home of Kadokawa Gen'yoshi, founder of Kadokawa Shoten, opens free to visitors as the Suginami Poetry House.

Kounji Temple Priests' Quarters in Nakano, Tokyo, is a 1919 kuri with a central corridor, guest and altar rooms and a sukiya-style hojo, registered in 2014.

Kounji Temple Main Gate in Nakano, Tokyo, is a 3.2-meter koraimon gate built in 1914 of fine zelkova, with lattice doors and side walls, and was registered in 2014.

Kounji Temple Bell Tower in Nakano, Tokyo, a one-bay belfry of about 1749 moved here in 1914, stands on a tall stone base with close-set brackets and lion carvings.

International Christian University Taizanso Front Gate, a thatched yakuimon of about 1936 whose beams reuse timber from Edo Castle's Saiwaibashi Gate.

International Christian University Taizanso Storehouse, a reinforced concrete kura of about 1936 in earthen style, with a raised storeroom and tiled gable roof.

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