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Important Cultural Property of Ishikawa

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Ishikawa’s Important Cultural Properties — designated for their value to the nation’s cultural history.

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Enuma Shrine Choryutei
Ishikawa 江戸中期 Important Cultural Property
Enuma Shrine Choryutei

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.

Ozaki Shrine
Ishikawa 江戸前期 Important Cultural Property
Ozaki Shrine

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.

Kanazawa Castle's Thirty-Story Tenement
Ishikawa 江戸末期 Important Cultural Property
Kanazawa Castle's Thirty-Story Tenement

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.

Former Ishikawa Prefectural Second Middle School Main Building
Ishikawa 明治 Important Cultural Property
Former Ishikawa Prefectural Second Middle School Main Building

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
Ishikawa 江戸後期 Important Cultural Property
Sojiji Temple Soin

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.

Former Fourth Junior and Senior High School Main Building
Ishikawa 明治 Important Cultural Property
Former Fourth Junior and Senior High School Main Building

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.

Daijoji Temple Buddha Hall
Ishikawa 江戸中期 Important Cultural Property
Daijoji Temple Buddha Hall

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.

Tokikuni Family Residence (Machino-cho, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture)
Ishikawa 江戸中期 Important Cultural Property
Tokikuni Family Residence (Machino-cho, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture)

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

Hakusan Shrine Main Hall
Ishikawa 室町後期 Important Cultural Property
Hakusan Shrine Main Hall

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.

Fujitsuhiko Shrine Main Hall
Ishikawa 室町中期 Important Cultural Property
Fujitsuhiko Shrine Main Hall

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.

Matsuo Shrine Main Hall (Shika)
Ishikawa 室町後期 Important Cultural Property
Matsuo Shrine Main Hall (Shika)

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.

Myojoji Temple Sutra Hall
Ishikawa 江戸中期 Important Cultural Property
Myojoji Temple Sutra Hall

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.

Myojoji Temple Priests' Quarters
Ishikawa 江戸前期 Important Cultural Property
Myojoji Temple Priests' Quarters

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.

Myojoji Temple Five-Storied Pagoda
Ishikawa 江戸前期 Important Cultural Property
Myojoji Temple Five-Storied Pagoda

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.

Myojoji Temple Sankodo Hall
Ishikawa 江戸前期 Important Cultural Property
Myojoji Temple Sankodo Hall

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.

Myojoji Temple Sanjubanshindo
Ishikawa 桃山 Important Cultural Property
Myojoji Temple Sanjubanshindo

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.

Myojoji Temple Shoin
Ishikawa 江戸前期 Important Cultural Property
Myojoji Temple Shoin

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.

Myojoji Temple Bell Tower
Ishikawa 江戸前期 Important Cultural Property
Myojoji Temple Bell Tower

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.

Myojoji Temple Soshido
Ishikawa 桃山 Important Cultural Property
Myojoji Temple Soshido

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.

Myojoji Temple Niomon
Ishikawa 江戸前期 Important Cultural Property
Myojoji Temple Niomon

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.