Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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The Sujigane Gate of Matsuyama Castle, a turret gate with iron-banded posts linking the keep and the Small Keep, was partly burned in 1933 and rebuilt in 1968.
The Taiko Gate of Matsuyama Castle, a turret gate that formed a gate court with the Tsutsui Gate on the main approach, was lost in 1945 and rebuilt in 1972.
The North Adjoining Turret of the Taiko Gate at Matsuyama Castle had vanished before the war; evidence in the stonework guided its timber rebuilding in 1972.
The South Adjoining Turret of the Taiko Gate at Matsuyama Castle sits on a corner of the stone wall to cover the gate; lost in 1945, it was rebuilt in 1972.
The Taiko Turret of Matsuyama Castle, a two-storey corner turret on the high wall of the main bailey, was lost in the 1945 air raids and rebuilt in timber in 1973.
The Tamon Turret of Matsuyama Castle, a long turret linking the Small Keep and the South Corner Turret, was lost to arson in 1933 and rebuilt in timber in 1968.
The Tsutsui Gate of Matsuyama Castle, the main turret gate of the lower main bailey set between stone walls, was lost to arson in 1949 and rebuilt in timber in 1971.
The West Adjoining Turret of the Tsutsui Gate at Matsuyama Castle forms a gate court with the Tonashi Gate; lost to arson in 1949, it was rebuilt in timber in 1971.
The East Adjoining Turret of the Tsutsui Gate at Matsuyama Castle runs east and turns south towards the Hidden Gate; lost to arson in 1949, it was rebuilt in 1971.
The South Corner Turret of Matsuyama Castle, a two-storey turret at the southwest corner of the keep, was lost to arson in 1933 and rebuilt in timber in 1968.
Designed in 1928 by the Ehime prefectural engineer Tomura Hideo, this Matsuyama weather office still works, keeping its tower clock and marble construction tablet.
A 317 m brick tunnel of 1917 on the old road between Uwa and Mikame in Seiyo, Ehime, with stone-and-brick portals; funded largely by Mikame village and still in use.
A sake brewer's 1917 shop and home near Dogo Onsen in Matsuyama, with exposed timbers, round Western windows and a truss above its upstairs hall; still in use today.
The Miyauchi Family Residence Retirement House of about 1912 stands behind the main house in Iyo City, Ehime. Listed in 2018 as a model of design, it is closed.
The Miyauchi Family Residence Tide-Viewing Basin is a late-Edo stone pit in Iyo City, Ehime, used to read the harbour tide from a merchant's garden. Now closed.
The Miyauchi Family Residence Main House is a mid-Edo merchant townhouse on the old Ozu highway in Iyo City, Ehime, listed in 2018 and now bookable as Musee Nadaya.
The Miyauchi Family Residence Old Retirement House of 1812 stands at the rear of a merchant plot in Iyo City, Ehime. A dragon covers its ceiling. It is closed.
A Taisho-era thatched farmhouse moved in 1990 to the Myojogaoka cultural park in Kihoku, Ehime: two tatami rooms and an earthen floor, built of fine zelkova timber.
An 83 m stone wall below Myosenji in Imabari, Ehime, built with village gifts: the north half of Yuzue Island granite in 1838, the south of local stone in 1857.
An 1840 two-storey gate at the entrance to Myosenji in Imabari, Ehime, with the bell hung in its upper level; a rare one-bay type with lively late-Edo carving.
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