Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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A small barn in Kimino, Wakayama, whose ridgepole went up on March 5, 1957, framed in new cypress and chestnut salvaged from an older building; registered in 2019.
An early 18th-century farmhouse and former teahouse in Kimino, Wakayama, with an oshiita alcove, a tokozashi ceiling and adze-marked beams; registered in 2019.
A late Edo gatehouse in Kimino, Wakayama, with a gable at one end and a hip-and-gable at the other, that held the farm's cow shed and kitchen; registered in 2019.
A detached room of around 1957 in Kimino, Wakayama, built of fine cypress, with a black fukiyose batten ceiling, kumiko latticework and views east; registered 2019.
Three late-Edo storehouses joined under one L-shaped roof in Hirogawa, Wakayama, registered in 2021. Namako tiled walls, three door bays, a rafterless roof frame.
An early Meiji sake brewing warehouse behind the Oe main house in Minabe, Wakayama. Nine bays by five, earthen walls, and the town's last brewery. Registered 2014.
A late Edo merchant townhouse on the old Kumano road in Minabe, Wakayama. Over 26 metres of frontage, white plaster and fine lattice. Registered in 2009.
The main house of the Oka family in Kudoyama, Wakayama, built in 1871, is a farmhouse with an attic storey, a formal entrance and a ridge vent tied to family luck.
The middle gate of the Oka family home in Kudoyama, Wakayama, built in the early Taisho era, is a copper-roofed gate with latticed doors that frames the main house.
The west storehouse of the Oka family in Kudoyama, Wakayama, a dozo of the late Edo period, gained a rice store in the late Meiji era and wears namako tiling.
The Heya Annex of the Oka family home in Kudoyama, Wakayama, is a late Meiji guest wing of two 8-mat rooms with verandas and a finely made alcove display.
The gatehouse of the Oka family in Kudoyama, Wakayama, built in 1871 with the main house, is a long nagaya-mon holding a barn, a servants' room and a cattle stall.
The stone wall of the Okazaki Family Residence in Takata, Shingu, a late Edo windbreak of dry-laid rhyolite river stones, encloses the homestead for 76 metres.
The main house of the Okazaki Family Residence in Takata, Shingu, is a late Edo village house with six rooms, an oshiita alcove and the pitch of a cedar-bark roof.
The storehouse of the Okazaki Family Residence in Takata, Shingu, is a plank storehouse of 1865 on raised ground, built with stout timbers in the cedar-bark era.
The barn of the Okazaki Family Residence in Takata, Shingu, a late Meiji building, keeps a cowshed and lofts inside and a workspace under deep eaves on the east.
The Okamoto main house in Hashimoto, Wakayama, built in 1792 for a family of village headmen, is a large thatched farmhouse with heavy timbers and a six-room plan.
The Okamoto storehouse in Hashimoto, Wakayama, built in 1962, is a two-storey plastered kura under a separately set roof, standing northwest of the main house.
The Okamoto nagayamon in Hashimoto, Wakayama, from the late Edo period, is a long gatehouse with a barn and a cowshed on either side of its central passage.
The annex of the Okamoto Residence in Hashimoto, Wakayama, built about 1965, is a two-room wing linked to the main house, with an alcove and pierced transoms.
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