Edo
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The Motoyamaji Juo Hall in Mitoyo, Kagawa, built in 1759 and registered in 2014: a hipped-roof hall of the Ten Kings with a richly framed porch and a later goma hall
The Motoyamaji Bell Tower in Mitoyo, Kagawa, a mid-Edo belfry registered in 2014: an open one-bay tower on rubble stone with inward-leaning posts, packed brackets.
The Motoyamaji Daishi Hall in Mitoyo, Kagawa, built in 1795 and registered in 2014: a hip-and-gable pilgrim hall pairing plain pillars with carefully bracketed eaves
The Motoyamaji Dainichi Hall, or Red Hall, in Mitoyo, Kagawa, registered in 2014: a small pyramid-roofed hall reusing thick Muromachi-period pillars and brackets.
The Motoyamaji Great Gate in Mitoyo, Kagawa, a late-Edo eight-pillared gate moved in 1914 and registered in 2014, with round pillars and carved frog-leg struts.
The Motoyamaji Treasure House in Mitoyo, Kagawa, an 1833 clay-walled storehouse registered in 2014, notable for its square plan, pyramid roof and paired windows.
At the entrance to the Yamada estate, a three-meter stone lantern of the late Edo period once guided pilgrims toward Yakuriji temple, carved with its donor's name.
At the head of the estate drive, the Yamada nagayamon is a long late-Edo gatehouse fourteen bays wide, its openings aligned with the two entrances of the house behind.
Main gate of the Fujii house at the Kinryo brewery on Shodoshima, 9 metres wide, its tiled yakuimon said to be the gate of the defunct temple Hachimanji.