Important Cultural Property of Ishikawa

The Choryutei of Enuma Shrine in Kaga, Ishikawa, built in 1709 as a riverside rest house of the Daishoji lords, is a shingled hall where they took tea.

Built in 1643 by a Kaga lord for his great-grandfather Tokugawa Ieyasu, this vermilion shrine in Kanazawa is the earliest surviving Tōshō-gū with separated halls.

One of three Edo-period buildings to survive the 1881 fire at Kanazawa Castle, this 48-metre lead-tiled turret became an Important Cultural Property in 1957.

The Former Ishikawa Second Middle School in Kanazawa, built in 1899 with spires and pediments, is an Important Cultural Property and now a museum of local life.

Sojiji Temple Soin in Wajima: 16 buildings from a 1661 shrine to the 1934 main gate, designated in 2024, mixing Edo halls with Taisho rebuilding, now under repair.

A red brick schoolhouse in Kanazawa, completed in 1891, was designed by Yamaguchi Hanroku, who trained in France. Designated an Important Cultural Property in 1969.

Built in 1702 at Daijoji, a Soto Zen monastery near Kanazawa, this hall blends the Zen, Japanese, and Obaku styles. An Important Cultural Property since 1983.

The mid-Edo Shimo-Tokikuni farmhouse in Wajima, Ishikawa, an Important Cultural Property since 1963, a large thatched house representative of Noto.

The main hall of Hakusan Shrine in Suzu, near the tip of the Noto Peninsula, is a three-bay nagare-style hall of the late Muromachi period, key to medieval styles.

The main hall of Fujitsuhiko Shrine in Nanao, on the Noto Peninsula, is a three-bay nagare-style hall of the Muromachi period, a rare medieval survival in Hokuriku.

The main hall of Matsuo Shrine in Shika, Ishikawa, a nagare-style hall of about 1559 kept in a shelter, is one of the few medieval buildings of Hokuriku.

The Myojoji Temple Sutra Hall in Hakui, built in 1670, is a five-bay hipped hall in pantiles, the latest dated of the temple's ten Important Cultural Properties.

The Myojoji Temple Priests' Quarters in Hakui, an early Edo kuri gabled at the front and hip-and-gable behind, was added as an Important Cultural Property in 1965.

The Myojoji Temple Five-Storied Pagoda in Hakui, built in 1618 by master carpenters of the Kaga domain, is an Important Cultural Property and the temple's landmark.

The Myojoji Temple Sankodo Hall in Hakui is an early Edo hall left of the main hall, five bays square, completing the row of three halls unique to the temple.

The Myojoji Temple Sanjubanshindo in Hakui, built in 1614, is a nagare-style shrine to the thirty guardian deities of the Lotus Sutra, with a karahafu front eave.

The Myojoji Temple Shoin in Hakui, built in 1659, is a shingle-roofed reception hall admired, with its prefectural scenic-beauty garden, for its shoin architecture.

The Myojoji Temple Bell Tower in Hakui, of about 1624 to 1643, is a skirted Important Cultural Property bell tower with a shingled hip-and-gable roof.

The Myojoji Temple Soshido in Hakui, of about 1596 to 1615, is the Important Cultural Property founder's hall beside the main hall, matching it in size and roof.

The Myojoji Temple Niomon in Hakui, built in 1625, is a two-storey Important Cultural Property gate housing wooden guardian statues under a hip-and-gable roof.

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