Edo
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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.
A ceremonial gate for a visiting domain lord on Ōshima, Niihama: 2.4 metres wide under heavy hongawara tile, with a 12-metre earthen east wall. Registered in 2024.
The everyday gate of a headman's compound on Ōshima, Niihama: a 3.8-metre timber gate with a wicket door and an 18-metre plastered earthen wall, registered in 2024.
A mid-Edo village headman's house on Ōshima, Niihama, registered in 2024: tsushi-nikai upper floor, hongawara tiled irimoya roof, shikidai porch, 192 square metres.
The bell tower of Meisekiji in Seiyo, Ehime, built in the late Edo period, is an open-sided tower on leaning posts with deep eaves and a gracefully curved roof.
Built in 1841 in Saijo, Ehime, the Mori Family Residence Main House joins two gabled blocks with a valley gutter and holds a raised parlor for the domain lord.
A late Edo-period parlor with an 11-metre wall in Saijo, Ehime, the Mori Family Residence Garden Parlor and Wall pairs eight- and twelve-mat rooms facing a garden.
A bathing block of about 1841 in Saijo, Ehime, the Mori Family Residence Bathhouse keeps its wooden tub and privy and links to the main house by a passage.
A late Edo period irrigation weir on the Fumoto River in Uchiko, Ehime, 30 metres wide, its dry-laid stone resting on pine logs bedded on the river bedrock.