Edo
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Moved from Nahari to Tano in 1931, this late Edo wing shows two gables on its south face and holds seven rooms, including a formal alcove and writing bay.
Chohoji Temple Main Hall in Tano, Kochi: a hip-and-gable Shin Buddhist hall of 1822 with an entrance canopy and a broad outer sanctuary, registered in 2003.
Chohoji Temple Gate in Tano, Kochi: a gabled yakuimon gate of 1866, 2.8 metres wide, with a frog-leg strut under the ridge and tiled board fences on both sides.
A late Edo former inn on Nahari's old road in Kochi: six tatami rooms in two rows, plus a later two-storey wing whose gable reads as a double roof. Registered 2000.
A late Edo well in the back yard of the Nomura house in Aki, Kochi, 95 cm wide and about 10 m deep, lined with river stones and now capped. Registered in 2005.
A late Edo single-storey samurai house in Doi Kakuchu, Aki, Kochi, with a shikidai entrance in its west gable, a tiny 3-mat hall and verandas on both sides.
A late Edo barn in Doi Kakuchu, Aki, Kochi: a storeroom and a smaller rice store under stepped gable roofs, doors sheltered by a lean-to. Registered in 2005.
A late Edo wall of broken roof tiles laid in red clay inside the Nomura house in Aki, Kochi, 1.7 m high and 7 m long, capped with tiles. Registered in 2005.
A tiny late Edo privy and bathhouse beside the gate of the Nomura house in Aki, Kochi, with a boarded and white-plastered wall to the lane. Registered in 2005.
A late Edo woodshed in the corner of the Nomura house plot in Aki, Kochi, linked to the barn by an open roofed passage and finished outside in boards and plaster.
A late Edo yakuimon gate in Doi Kakuchu, Aki, Kochi: 7-sun posts braced front and back, sliding doors, and left-handed tiles on its east slope. Registered in 2005.
A long late Edo earthen storehouse of the Masudaya brewery in Nahari, Kochi, joining a raised-roof north store and a lower south store; registered in 2000.
Main house of Masudaya, a sake brewer and pawnshop founded in 1795 in Nahari, Kochi: a 2-story late Edo merchant house with water-shedding tiles, registered in 2000.