Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Kyoto

Around the garden of the Kawai estate in Nagaokakyo, a late Edo earthen wall of 10 m on piled stones, plastered white and tiled, is kept low to save a far hill view.

In a corner of the Kawai estate in Nagaokakyo, this late Edo storehouse of 4.9 by 3.9 m has a separate okiyane roof, lime plaster and tall boarding on its west wall.

Between the main house and storehouse of the Kawai estate in Nagaokakyo, a Taisho garden gate 1.4 m wide is roofed in split moso bamboo, by an earthen wall of 3 m.

A small early Showa brick kiln beside Kawai Kanjiro's studio, 1.8 m deep, used to bisque fire pots before the climbing kiln; said to be built to his design.

House and clinic of 1936 on Fuyacho-dori in central Kyoto: a three-storey timber building with French tiles, a round corner tower and a half-timbered stair hall.

House and studio of 1925 of the painter Kawabata Yanosuke in Shogoin, Kyoto, built on his return from France, with a double-height studio lit from the north.

A 1936 concrete institute facing Kyoto University, registered in 1998, designed from an outline by Perret's pupil Mestrallet and still home to the French institute.

Building of 1906 by Takeda Goichi for the Kansai Art Academy in Okazaki, Kyoto, with a trussed lean-to roof and large north windows, an early studio building.

A 1913 entrance hall at Gion Kobu Kaburenjo, Kyoto: a karahafu porch, a hip-and-gable block that held first-class waiting rooms, and a coffered ceiling kept in 2022.

The 1936 reinforced-concrete gate of Gion Kobu Kaburenjo on Hanamikoji, with a hipped copper-tile roof framing the approach to the theater. Where to see it and when.

A 1913 timber annex beside the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo theater: a stepped west front of three gables, a 70-mat tea room, alcoved lounges and what visitors can see.

The 1913 hinoki theater of the Miyako Odori in Gion: twin hanamichi, musicians’ rows, a coffered ceiling kept through the 2016–2022 retrofit, and how to visit.

Completed in 1944 by Kitamura Sutejiro, this Kyoto gatehouse uses slim round logs, a low pan-tiled gable roof and a ceiling of dense bamboo over sparse log rafters.

Designed by Yoshida Isoya in 1963, this concrete modern sukiya house has flat ceilings with built-in lighting and shoji running the full height of the rooms.

Built in 1944 by Kitamura Sutejiro, this entrance hall has stepping stones indoors, a nijiriguchi with a round hearth, and a Western-style waiting room for tea.

At the back of a Kyoto tea garden, this 1944 tea house by Kitamura Sutejiro pairs the small room Chinsanren and its companion seat with a quiet large room.

Built in 1944 by Kitamura Sutejiro, this Kyoto corridor of diagonal tiles bends on its way to a tea room, ending at a waiting bench with noble and companion seats.

The Former Ueda Family Residence Inner Storehouse in Muko, Kyoto, is a small two-story kura from about 1910 with three plaster bands and a hidden floor strongroom.

The Former Ueda Family Residence Main House in Muko, Kyoto, is a 1910 farmhouse moved here in 1942, with a six-burner brick range and a refined tatami room.

The Former Ueda Family Residence Outer Storehouse in Muko, Kyoto, joins a two-story rice store and a single-story tool store under stepped roofs, built around 1910.