Edo
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Town house of 1760 on the Kurama Kaido, Kyoto, said to be a charcoal merchant's, with a cedar-bark pent roof; the city's oldest known through-passage town house.
Discover Chion-in, the grand head temple of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism in Kyoto. Explore Japan's largest wooden gate (National Treasure), the majestic Miei-do Hall, the legendary Seven Wonders, and the iconic 70-ton bell. A must-visit spiritual landmark in Higashiyama.
The 1641 Karamon gate of Chion-in, Kyoto, an Important Cultural Property since 1910, carved with legendary figures riding a carp and a crane.
The 1621 sutra repository of Chion-in, Kyoto, an Important Cultural Property since 1900, housing a revolving case with 6,000 volumes of the Song canon.
The Sanmon gate of Chion-in, Kyoto, completed in 1621 for Tokugawa Hidetada and a National Treasure since 2002, the largest surviving two-storey gate.
The 1678 bell tower of Chion-in, Kyoto, an Important Cultural Property since 1997, housing a 70-tonne bell rung by seventeen people on New Year's Eve.
The main hall of Chion-in, Kyoto, built by Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1639 and a National Treasure since 2002, a vast Jodo hall with a forest of columns inside.
The main hall of Tenkyuin, a sub-temple of Myoshinji in Kyoto, dates from the Kan'ei era (1624–1643) and is designated with its entrance hall and an old ridge tile.
Built in 1628 at Konchi-in, this is called Kyoto's only surviving gongen-zukuri shrine. A dragon attributed to Kano Tanyu covers the worship hall ceiling.
The Important Cultural Property Ninnaji Temple covers 14 buildings, from the Nio-mon Gate and pagoda to two teahouses, designated 1900 to 1973. Structure, viewing.
An early Edo shoin at Fushimi Inari Taisha, said to have been granted by a retired emperor in 1641 and moved from the palace. Listed in 1927 and normally closed.
The gates and buildings along the street front of Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, Important Cultural Properties, including the great gates and a sutra repository of 1677.
The Amida hall of Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, rebuilt in 1760 and a National Treasure since 2014, the perfected form of the Shin main hall and a model for others.
A 1657 National Treasure at Nishi Honganji, Kyoto: a private shoin with bark-edged posts, carved shelves, a six-mat tea room and a double corridor to the Shiroshoin.
An early Edo building at Nishi Honganji in Kyoto, designated in 1904: an entrance and three rooms, Nami, Tora and Taiko, recorded as one building with a bark roof.
The Goeido of Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, raised in 1636 and a National Treasure since 2014, one of the largest Edo buildings and the summit of Shin main halls.
The early Edo shoin of Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, a National Treasure since 1952, with a 162-mat audience hall and one of the largest shoin-style buildings.
Built in 1856, this two-story hall at Kyoto's Mibu-dera holds an upper stage made for the silent masked Mibu Kyogen, with a jump-in where demons vanish from sight.
Myohoin's 1619 Daishoin in Kyoto, said to be a former palace building of Empress Tofukumon-in and decorated by the Kano school. Open only for special viewings.
Myohoin's 1619 entrance hall in Kyoto, built with the Daishoin as the formal reception entrance of a princely temple and painted by the Kano school. Usually closed.