Edo
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A tiny late Edo household shrine of the Ueno family in Maizuru, set in a shelter, with a carved dragon on its porch beam, lion and baku beam ends and openwork doors.
A two-storey late Edo storehouse in Maizuru, the largest of the Ueno family's three, split into a rice store and a miso store, each reached by its own south door.
The smallest of the Ueno family's three storehouses in Maizuru: a two-storey late Edo kura on a cut-stone base, with a fire-stopping band under the eaves.
A 44-metre tiled wall around the Ueno headman's compound and garden in Maizuru, built in the late Edo period, extended in Taisho, faced in board, bamboo and plaster.
Built in 1703 as the entrance to a Kyoto monzeki residence, this Edo-period yakui-mon gate now welcomes guests at Hotel The Mitsui Kyoto, opposite Nijō Castle.
A late Edo townhouse on Kameoka's castle-town street, with projecting lattice and plastered attic windows. Registered 2025; now a cafe and information centre.
A 1928 reinforced concrete bank in Fukuchiyama, registered in 2025. Its symmetrical front turns on a chamfered corner; today it sells Tanba azuki sweets.
The Tenmei Storehouse of the Kinshi Masamune Horino Memorial Museum in Kyoto is a sake store built before 1864, with an old-style central post under its ridge.
The document storehouse of the Kinshi Masamune Horino Memorial Museum in Kyoto is a low storehouse of 1820 behind the Momo-no-i well, dated by its ridge tag.
The main two-storey gate of Kōshō-ji on Kyoto's Horikawa-dōri. Built around 1915, this three-bay tower gate is known for its peony carving and was registered in 2025.
Built in 1918, the Takarōka is the covered corridor linking Kōshō-ji's two great halls. Its cusped-gable roof and fine joinery were registered in 2025.
Thatched music hall in Nantan, Kyoto, a Fukui temple hall of 1784 moved here in 1989, keeping its size and columns; concerts are held each spring and autumn.
A granite myojin torii raised in 1702 at the western edge of Saguri Shrine in Kumiyama, Kyoto: 6.5 metres tall and among the largest at small shrines in the area.
A late Edo timber fence, 44 metres long, around the main hall of Saguri Shrine in Kumiyama, Kyoto, switching from square-bar lattice to pointed boards partway along.
Built in 1785 at Saguri Shrine in Kumiyama, Kyoto, this divided worship hall walls its side rooms on three sides, a form the Agency for Cultural Affairs calls rare.
A late Edo gate, 2.4 metres wide, between the worship hall and main hall of Saguri Shrine in Kumiyama, Kyoto, with polychrome beams and lattice doors.
The Sato Family Residence Household Goods Storehouse in Nagaokakyo is a Kaei-era kura 9.7 metres long, with a detached roof and a covered east doorway. Not open.
The Sato Family Residence Tsuiji Earthen Wall in Nagaokakyo is an Edo-period clay wall 68 metres long, tile-capped and trowelled in waves. Visible from the road.
The Sato Family Residence Nagayamon Gate in Nagaokakyo is a late Edo gatehouse with a gateway, a former servants' room and a storeroom. The exterior faces the road.
The Sato Family Residence West Rice Storehouse in Nagaokakyo is an 1807 kura, the estate's oldest dated building, with pantiles north and round tiles south.