Edo
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The Iino Family Documents, 1,683 papers from the priests of Iino Hachimangu in Iwaki, Fukushima, begin in 1204; 210 medieval pieces record estate rule.
Ink writing on a post dates this Tadami farmhouse to 1718, the oldest in Fukushima. Designated in 1972, it was moved in 1973 and restored to its original form.
This 1729 Aizubange farmhouse has no ceilings, an earthen living floor laid with straw, and posts set on bare stones. Designated in 1971; by Tachiki Kannon.
The Former Shōsō-ji Sansōdō, or Aizu Sazaedo, is a hexagonal wooden hall of about 1796 whose twin spiral ramps let visitors climb and descend without ever meeting.
Soma Nakamura Shrine in Soma, Fukushima, one of the three Myoken shrines of the Soma Nomaoi festival, keeps a gongen-style main, offering and worship hall of 1643.
The oldest of the Abe estate's nine buildings in Fukushima City: a late-Edo clay storehouse on the corner, white-plastered with a black band under its eaves.
A late Edo farmhouse in Okuma, Fukushima, registered in December 2019. Its six-room plan and formal alcove room mark a household of standing on the Hamadori coast.
The shop storehouse of the Inoue General Partnership Company in Kitakata, Fukushima, a late-Edo earthen building, shows latticed windows framed like torii gates.
The Ueno Family Residence Former Grain Storehouse is a late Edo two-story kura in Kitakata, the oldest on the estate, with a two-tier stone base and rhythmic front.
Built in the late Edo period behind the main house, this storehouse carries two banded courses of plaster and covers even its rafter ends. Listed in 2019.
Built in 1820 as the priests' quarters of this southern Aizu temple, it keeps a farmhouse plan under a face that no farmhouse would show. Listed in 2001.
Ten square metres built in 1776, this is the oldest building in the temple precinct: deep eaves on extended purlins, square columns and simple bracket sets.
Built in 1844 by a carpenter from Echigo, the main hall of this Soto Zen temple in southern Aizu keeps the tall proportions of late Edo work. Listed in 2001.
The Suzuzen Monookigura is a late Edo storehouse moved around 1938 to a lacquer wholesaler's site in Aizuwakamatsu to display goods. Registered in 2021.
The Taketo Zashikigura in Aizuwakamatsu is an 1823 earthen storehouse with a tatami parlor, low joist ceiling and shallow alcove, older than the merchant's arrival.
The Taketo Takegura in Aizuwakamatsu is a 1785 earthen storehouse moved in 1862 to hold a wholesaler's bamboo, with an igeta mark in plaster and sloping beams.
The Taketo Store in Aizuwakamatsu is an 1841 bamboo merchant's shop with an earthen floor, a raised counting room and lifting shutters, registered in 2019 and open.
The main building of Nakamuraya Ryokan in Iizaka, Fukushima, a late Edo storehouse-style inn of three storeys with a smaller top floor, stands out in the town.
The birthplace of bacteriologist Noguchi Hideyo by Lake Inawashiro, Fukushima, a thatched farmhouse of 1823 where he lived until 16, is open at his memorial museum.
The oldest of three Fujita buildings in Shirakawa, Fukushima, this late Edo storehouse was registered in 2024 and is now a gallery of the Fujita Memorial Museum.