Edo

Gunma · 江戸

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Tomizawa Family Residence (Nakanojo, Gunma)
Gunma 江戸後期
Tomizawa Family Residence (Nakanojo, Gunma)

Thatched silk farmhouse of about 1792 in Nakanojo, Gunma, home of the Daido village headman, its front roof cut up to light the upper floor for silkworms.

Kawabata Family Residence Main House
Gunma 江戸
Kawabata Family Residence Main House

A late Edo farmhouse in Fujioka, Gunma, raised in part to two storeys in early Meiji; the 218 m² Main House shows how local farmhouses evolved. Registered in 2001.

Former Aikawa Family Residence Main House
Gunma 江戸
Former Aikawa Family Residence Main House

The Former Aikawa Family Residence Main House in Isesaki, Gunma, is an 1837 merchant home with L-shaped shoin rooms and silkworm vents, open in the Aikawa museum.

Former Aikawa Family Residence Former Store
Gunma 江戸
Former Aikawa Family Residence Former Store

The Former Aikawa Family Residence Former Store in Isesaki, Gunma, is a late Edo hardware shop, a low two-storey earthen-walled building on Nishimachi street.

Former Aikawa Family Residence Storehouse
Gunma 江戸
Former Aikawa Family Residence Storehouse

The Former Aikawa Family Residence Storehouse in Isesaki, Gunma, is an 1844 hardware warehouse, a long earthen-walled building now used as a museum gallery.

Former Kariyado Chaya Honjin
Gunma 江戸
Former Kariyado Chaya Honjin

A late-Edo headman's house in Naganohara, Gunma, which served as a rest house for daimyo on the Shinshu Kaido. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2018.

Koonji Temple Priests' Quarters
Gunma 江戸
Koonji Temple Priests' Quarters

The Koonji Temple Priests' Quarters in Chiyoda, Gunma, is a 400-square-meter late Edo farmhouse moved from Tatebayashi and registered in 1999 for its gable framing.

Koonji Temple Nagayamon Gate
Gunma 江戸
Koonji Temple Nagayamon Gate

The Koonji Temple Nagayamon Gate is the late Edo birthplace gate of Ogino Ginko, Japan's first licensed woman doctor, moved to this Gunma temple around 1887.

Satomi Family Residence Storehouse
Gunma 江戸
Satomi Family Residence Storehouse

A late Edo clay-walled storehouse at the Satomi farmstead in Shimonita, Gunma, with a separate okiyane roof, white plaster walls and stepped doors. Registered 2007.

Satomi Family Residence Miso Storehouse
Gunma 江戸
Satomi Family Residence Miso Storehouse

A late Edo storehouse facing the road at the Satomi farmstead in Shimonita, Gunma, entered at its east gable, paired with the gate. Repaired 1915, registered 2007.

Satomi Family Residence Gate
Gunma 江戸
Satomi Family Residence Gate

A late Edo timber gate in Shimonita, Gunma, with a storage loft jutting over the passage like a castle yaguramon, joined to the miso storehouse. Registered in 2007.

Shigehara Family Residence Retirement Storehouse
Gunma 江戸
Shigehara Family Residence Retirement Storehouse

The Shigehara Family Residence Retirement Storehouse in Obata, Gunma, is a late Edo 3-storey kura registered in 2003, with a living room below, pawn stores above.

Shigehara Family Residence Rice Storehouse
Gunma 江戸
Shigehara Family Residence Rice Storehouse

The Shigehara Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Obata, Gunma, is a late Edo storehouse registered in 2003 that fronts the street, with a work area under a lean-to.

Shigehara Family Residence Main House
Gunma 江戸
Shigehara Family Residence Main House

The Shigehara Family Residence Main House in Obata, Gunma, is a mid Edo farmhouse registered in 2003, with silkworm rooms upstairs and a 3-room plan made into 4.

Shigehara Family Residence West Storehouse
Gunma 江戸
Shigehara Family Residence West Storehouse

The Shigehara Family Residence West Storehouse in Obata, Gunma, is a late Edo kura registered in 2003, with a floating roof and plaster relief over its garden doors.

Shoda Shoyu Shoda Memorial Hall
Gunma 江戸
Shoda Shoyu Shoda Memorial Hall

Home and shop of 1853 of the Shoda family in Tatebayashi, Gunma, headquarters of Shoda Shoyu until 1986 and now a free museum of the family's brewing history.

Inari Shrine in the Shoda Shoyu Grounds
Gunma 江戸
Inari Shrine in the Shoda Shoyu Grounds

Inari shrine of the late Edo period inside the Shoda Shoyu brewery in Tatebayashi, Gunma, moved in 2002; a small local shrine still dear to its neighbours.

Shoda Shoyu Archive Storehouse
Gunma 江戸
Shoda Shoyu Archive Storehouse

Two-storey clay-walled storehouse of the late Edo period at Shoda Shoyu in Tatebayashi, Gunma, moved with the old shop in 1987 and now the memorial hall's store.

Soga Family Residence Inari Shrine
Gunma 江戸
Soga Family Residence Inari Shrine

A tiny 1867 household Inari shrine in Kiryu, dated by an ink inscription under its floor, with a carved dragon and lions, kept inside a lattice-fronted shelter.

Hirakata Residence Gatehouse (former Nakayama Post Office)
Gunma 江戸
Hirakata Residence Gatehouse (former Nakayama Post Office)

This late Edo gatehouse of the Shinden honjin at Nakayama-juku in Takayama, Gunma, served as the local post office from 1873 to 1966. A rare early rural example.