Edo

Gifu · 江戸

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64 total Gifu Edo Period 1603 – 1868
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Nabeshima Meicha Storehouse
Gifu 江戸
Nabeshima Meicha Storehouse

A late Edo storehouse behind a Takayama tea shop, a century older than the building on the street. Its okiyane roof and inward-leaning posts show an older manner.

Hanada Imai Family Residence Main Building
Gifu 江戸
Hanada Imai Family Residence Main Building

The Hanada-Imai Main House in Mimayano, Gero, began in 1829. Its earthen-floor side became a Western clinic and its upper floor is thought to have raised silkworms.

Yabashi Family Residence Retirement House (Chikusetsuro)
Gifu 江戸
Yabashi Family Residence Retirement House (Chikusetsuro)

Chikusetsuro, the Yabashi Family Residence Retirement House in Ogaki, dates to 1805 and is the estate's oldest building, a single storey under a two-tier roof.

Yabashi Family Residence Front Gate
Gifu 江戸
Yabashi Family Residence Front Gate

The Yabashi Family Residence Front Gate in Ogaki dates from 1848 to 1854. Its black-plastered, board-skirted walls echo the Main House and lead guests to the Shoin.

Yabashi Family Residence Main House
Gifu 江戸
Yabashi Family Residence Main House

The Yabashi Family Residence Main House is an 1833 townhouse on the old Nakasendō in Ogaki, with a low tsushi-nikai upper floor, black-plastered eaves and lattice.

Yabashi Family Residence Shoin (Kootei)
Gifu 江戸
Yabashi Family Residence Shoin (Kootei)

The Yabashi Family Residence Shoin (Kootei) in Ogaki is a Kaei-era reception wing whose black-plastered step, scored earthen floor and woven dado show sukiya craft.

Yabashi Family Residence Middle Storehouse
Gifu 江戸
Yabashi Family Residence Middle Storehouse

The Yabashi Family Residence Middle Storehouse in Ogaki is a Tenpō-era kura of 52 square metres with a gable-end door facing the Main House and shutters upstairs.

Yabashi Family Residence East Storehouse
Gifu 江戸
Yabashi Family Residence East Storehouse

The Yabashi Family Residence East Storehouse in Ogaki is the smallest of 3 Tenpō-era kura, at 29 square metres, with a covered doorway and notched-batten siding.

Watanabe Family Residence Main House
Gifu 江戸
Watanabe Family Residence Main House

Late-Edo townhouse of Hida Furukawa's Hourai sake brewery, moved here in 1904, with deep eaves, a bracketed pent roof, varied lattices and an open-beamed doma.

Watanabe Family Residence Pickle Storehouse
Gifu 江戸
Watanabe Family Residence Pickle Storehouse

An 1864 clay storehouse closing the south end of the Hourai brewery's row on the Seto River in Hida Furukawa, with a king-beam roof frame and boarded east skirt.

Watanabe Family Residence Middle Storehouse
Gifu 江戸
Watanabe Family Residence Middle Storehouse

Built in 1804, the oldest of six registered buildings at Hida Furukawa's Hourai sake brewery: a clay storehouse on the Seto River with heavy doors and okiyane roof.

Wooden Early Music Mask
Gifu 室町~江戸
Wooden Early Music Mask

Gifu's Nagataki Hakusan Shrine holds 27 wooden masks from late Kamakura to late Edo — Okina, Sanbasō, kishin and rare hanataka faces of Hakusan worship.

Former Ota Wakihonjin Hayashi Family Residence (Otacho,
Gifu 江戸中期
Former Ota Wakihonjin Hayashi Family Residence (Otacho,

Former Oto Family Residence (formerly Located in Shirakawa
Gifu 江戸末期
Former Oto Family Residence (formerly Located in Shirakawa

Oyada Shrine
Gifu 江戸中期
Oyada Shrine

Former Yoshima Family Residence (formerly Located in Kawai
Gifu 江戸中期
Former Yoshima Family Residence (formerly Located in Kawai

Kuwahara Family Residence (Kamiishizu Town, Yoro District,
Gifu 江戸後期
Kuwahara Family Residence (Kamiishizu Town, Yoro District,

Shinzen-in Temple
Gifu 江戸前期
Shinzen-in Temple

Former Tanaka Family Residence (formerly Located in
Gifu 江戸中期
Former Tanaka Family Residence (formerly Located in

Former Toyama Family Residence (Shirakawa Village, Ono
Gifu 江戸後期
Former Toyama Family Residence (Shirakawa Village, Ono