Edo
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Late Edo storehouse in the northwest corner of the Kajiwara estate in Oshio, Himeji: the oldest of its 20 registered buildings, on a trapezoidal plan.
Storehouse of the Naka-Nishi-Kajiwara estate in Tenjin, Oshio, Himeji: built in 1842 per its ridge tag, moved in late Taisho, with two rooms and fine brackets.
An 1862 merchant house in Aboshi, Himeji: 23 m by 14 m under a stepped hip-and-gable roof whose ridge drops in two places, with a formal entrance. Registered 2009.
A 20 m gatehouse of 1864 fronting a merchant compound in Aboshi, Himeji, with a barred storehouse window, a projecting lattice and a guest entrance. Registered 2009.
A late Edo roofed wall in a merchant compound in Aboshi, Himeji, running 11 m north from the gate with a privy under one roof, plastered outside and open inside.
An 1851 two-storey parlor on the river side of a merchant compound in Aboshi, Himeji, extended in 1874, moved in 1958 and wrapped in varied eaves. Registered 2009.
A late Edo bath and privy behind the gate of a merchant compound in Aboshi, Himeji, with round and octagonal tea-room windows, a tiled fence and a torii-shaped gate.
Attached to the main house at Ikuno in Asago City, this 22-square-metre storehouse of 1843 keeps a nando below and a tatami room with an alcove above. Free entry.
Former Tamaoki Family Residence Main House, Miki, Hyogo: a late Edo townhouse built as a domain banknote office, with a raised inner room; registered in 2002.
The Yagi family's household storehouse at Himeji, the only building on the site firmly dated to 1846, a two-story mud-walled store with a raised-beam roof.
Main house of the Yagi family, hereditary headmen on the Ibo River in Himeji, a large single-story farmhouse under a hip-and-gable roof, registered in 2021.
A two-story mud-walled storehouse in the Yagi compound at Himeji. Its west half is a shoin parlor for receiving domain officials, its east half a plain store.
The rice granary of the Yagi family, who held the annual tax rice at Himeji. This two-story mud-walled store sits by a former waterway for loading by boat.
The gatehouse of the Yagi compound at Himeji. Behind its formal tiled facade with a wicket door lay the estate's counting room to the west and a cattle shed.
Late Edo stone retaining walls, 109 metres long and up to 5 metres high, that level the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago, their mixed masonry a record of repair.
An 1846 storehouse joined to the Kusaka main house in Awaga, Asago, 6.0 by 5.0 metres, with plaster, pebble render and stone in three bands and garden windows.
The 1839 back gate of the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago, 3.0 metres long, with double doors, a wicket and three rows of brackets under eaves facing the street.
The late Edo front gate of the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago: a one-bay yakuimon in zelkova, 2.4 metres wide, framed by the stable and charcoal shed.
A late Edo counting house northwest of the Kusaka main house in Awaga, Asago: 2 storeys, 7.1 by 5.9 metres, with yellow clay walls and a plain lattice front.
An 1843 household shrine in the Kusaka garden in Awaga, Asago: a one-bay nagare shrine in cypress bark with layered gables, two tiers of brackets and a dragon.