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Important Cultural Property of Ehime

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Ehime’s Important Cultural Properties — designated for their value to the nation’s cultural history.

165 total Ehime
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Short Sword (signed Kunihiro)
Ehime 南北朝 Important Cultural Property
Short Sword (signed Kunihiro)

A Nanbokucho dagger at the Ehime Prefectural Museum of Art, 29.2 centimetres long. By Kunihiro of the Chikuzen Sa school; its two faces read differently.

Ioji Temple Main Hall Zushi (Miniature Shrine)
Ehime 室町後期 Important Cultural Property
Ioji Temple Main Hall Zushi (Miniature Shrine)

The Ioji Temple Main Hall Zushi in Toon City, Ehime, is a miniature shrine of 1534, 289 cm tall in Zen style, designated an Important Cultural Property in 1966.

Isaniwa Shrine
Ehime 江戸中期 Important Cultural Property
Isaniwa Shrine

Isaniwa Shrine in Matsuyama keeps four buildings of 1667 in the rare hachiman-zukuri form, plus 22 sangaku tablets, five minutes uphill from Dogo Onsen station.

Ishiteji Temple Kariteimoten Hall
Ehime 鎌倉後期 Important Cultural Property
Ishiteji Temple Kariteimoten Hall

The Kariteimoten Hall of Ishiteji in Matsuyama, Ehime, built in the late Kamakura period, is a small misedana-type shrine with a roof of cypress bark.

Ishiteji Temple Goma Hall
Ehime 室町前期 Important Cultural Property
Ishiteji Temple Goma Hall

The goma hall of Ishiteji in Matsuyama, Ehime, built in the early Muromachi period, is a three-bay hall for fire rituals under a pyramidal copper roof.

Ishiteji Temple Gorinto (Five-Ring Stupa)
Ehime 鎌倉後期 Important Cultural Property
Ishiteji Temple Gorinto (Five-Ring Stupa)

The gorinto of Ishiteji in Matsuyama, Ehime, is a stone five-ring stupa of the late Kamakura period at the 51st pilgrimage temple, beside its National Treasure gate.

Ishiteji Temple Three-Storied Pagoda
Ehime 鎌倉後期 Important Cultural Property
Ishiteji Temple Three-Storied Pagoda

The three-storied pagoda of Ishiteji in Matsuyama, Ehime, built in the late Kamakura period, is a three-bay pagoda with tiled roofs at a pilgrimage temple.

Ishiteji Temple Bell Tower
Ehime 室町前期 Important Cultural Property
Ishiteji Temple Bell Tower

The bell tower of Ishiteji in Matsuyama, Ehime, built in 1333, has a skirted lower storey and a cypress-bark roof, at the 51st temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage.

Ishiteji Temple Main Hall
Ehime 鎌倉後期 Important Cultural Property
Ishiteji Temple Main Hall

The main hall of Ishiteji in Matsuyama, Ehime, built in the late Kamakura period, is a five-bay hall with a tiled hip-and-gable roof at the 51st pilgrimage temple.

Iwayaji Temple Daishi Hall
Ehime 大正 Important Cultural Property
Iwayaji Temple Daishi Hall

The Daishi Hall of Iwayaji, the 45th pilgrimage temple, in Kumakogen, Ehime, built in 1920, blends a traditional hall with Western entasis and carved roses.

Uchikoza
Ehime 大正 Important Cultural Property
Uchikoza

Uchikoza, a timber playhouse of 1916 in Uchiko, Ehime, built by townspeople to mark the Taisho enthronement, has a revolving stage; it is closed for repairs.

Uwajima Castle Tower
Ehime 江戸中期 Important Cultural Property
Uwajima Castle Tower

A mid-Edo keep on a hill in Uwajima, three storeys of white plaster with stacked gables, no loopholes and no stone chutes. One of Japan's twelve surviving keeps.

Ozu Castle
Ehime 江戸末期 Important Cultural Property
Ozu Castle

Ozu Castle in Ehime keeps three turrets of 1843 to 1861 on a hill by the Hiji River, two of them joined to a rebuilt keep and one with a rare railed gallery.

Ozu Castle San-no-maru South Corner Turret
Ehime 江戸後期 Important Cultural Property
Ozu Castle San-no-maru South Corner Turret

The San-no-maru South Corner Turret of Ozu Castle in Ehime, rebuilt in 1766, is the oldest surviving turret of the castle, with hidden loopholes in its walls.

Omura Family Residence (Uchiko Town, Kita District, Ehime Prefecture)
Ehime 江戸後期 Important Cultural Property
Omura Family Residence (Uchiko Town, Kita District, Ehime Prefecture)

A Kansei era townhouse in Uchiko, Ehime, listed with its 1885 rear parlour. Built before the wax boom, its upper floor holds no reception rooms. Exterior only.

Oyamazumi Shrine Main Hall (Hoden)
Ehime 室町中期 Important Cultural Property
Oyamazumi Shrine Main Hall (Hoden)

The main hall of Oyamazumi Shrine on Omishima, Ehime, built in 1427, is a nagare-zukuri hall at a shrine revered for its god of the sea and its armour collection.

Oyamazumi Shrine Worship Hall
Ehime 江戸前期 Important Cultural Property
Oyamazumi Shrine Worship Hall

The worship hall of Oyamazumi Shrine on Omishima, Ehime, built in the early Edo period, is a seven-bay hall with a gabled roof of cypress bark before the main hall.

Oyamazumi Shrine Hokyointo Pagodas
Ehime 鎌倉後期 Important Cultural Property
Oyamazumi Shrine Hokyointo Pagodas

The three stone hokyointo pagodas of Oyamazumi Shrine on Omishima, Ehime, made in the late Kamakura period, stand at the only grand shrine in Shikoku.

Kamihaga Family Residence (Uchiko Town, Kita District, Ehime Prefecture)
Ehime 明治 Important Cultural Property
Kamihaga Family Residence (Uchiko Town, Kita District, Ehime Prefecture)

A Meiji wax merchant's estate in Uchiko, Ehime. Ten listed buildings keep the cauldron house and bleaching yard beside the living rooms. Open as a wax museum.

Kamei Hachiman Shrine Hokyoin Pagoda
Ehime 鎌倉後期 Important Cultural Property
Kamei Hachiman Shrine Hokyoin Pagoda

A late-Kamakura granite hokyointo at Kamei Hachiman Shrine on Uoshima, Ehime, 238 cm tall with its platform; island lore calls it a medieval warrior's grave.