Edo

Nagano · 江戸

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Tamayorihime Shrine Worship Hall
Nagano 江戸
Tamayorihime Shrine Worship Hall

Tamayorihime Shrine Worship Hall in Matsushiro, Nagano, dated 1854, climbs in three floor levels toward the main hall under two crossing hip-and-gable roofs.

Tamayorihime Shrine Main Hall
Nagano 江戸
Tamayorihime Shrine Main Hall

Tamayorihime Shrine Main Hall in Matsushiro, Nagano, is a late Edo three-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary with plain funahijiki blocks and curved beams. Registered 2014.

Tamayorihime Shrine Munakatasha Worship Hall and Main Hall Shelter
Nagano 江戸
Tamayorihime Shrine Munakatasha Worship Hall and Main Hall Shelter

The Munakatasha Worship Hall and Main Hall Shelter at Tamayorihime Shrine, Nagano, is a mid-Edo thatched hall whose front room faces a small shrine behind a lattice.

Tamayorihime Shrine Munakatasha Main Hall
Nagano 江戸
Tamayorihime Shrine Munakatasha Main Hall

Tamayorihime Shrine Munakatasha Main Hall, a 1693 one-bay shrine in Matsushiro, Nagano, is only 0.5 square meters yet has full brackets, veranda and carvings.

Chomyoji Temple Main Hall
Nagano 江戸
Chomyoji Temple Main Hall

The main hall of Chomyoji near Matsushiro, Nagano, built in 1767, is a Jodo hall with a raised sanctuary and carved transoms, the leading temple hall of its area.

Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Kagura Hall
Nagano 江戸
Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Kagura Hall

The Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Kagura Hall is an open-sided 1853 stage moved here in 1947 and re-roofed in tile, with its roof framing left exposed inside.

Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Kanehirasha
Nagano 江戸
Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Kanehirasha

The Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Kanehirasha, an 1833 sanctuary to Imai Kanehira, was never moved and has stacked karahafu and chidori gables and carved brackets.

Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Shinmeisha
Nagano 江戸
Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Shinmeisha

The Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Shinmeisha, a plain mise-dana shrine of about 1780, was moved twice and now stands empty, holding a small Sengensha sanctuary.

Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Tsusosha
Nagano 江戸
Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Tsusosha

The Tsuso Imai (Kanehira) Shrine Tsusosha is an 1859 sanctuary moved here in 1947, with sharply curved shrimp beams, carved brackets and wave-pattern doors.

Nakano Family Residence North Storehouse
Nagano 江戸
Nakano Family Residence North Storehouse

Built in 1857 in Suzaka, Nagano, this two-story earthen storehouse gives each floor its own doorway, and carries the independent placed roof typical of the district.

Nakano Family Residence South Storehouse
Nagano 江戸
Nakano Family Residence South Storehouse

The oldest of the four registered Nakano buildings in Suzaka, Nagano, this late Edo storehouse kept the shop's silk stock behind thick stepped-plaster doors.

Nagano Meijo Lees Storehouse
Nagano 江戸
Nagano Meijo Lees Storehouse

The Nagano Meijo Lees Storehouse, a late Edo store at a Chikuma sake brewery, still matures sake lees in what began as two buildings joined in the Meiji era.

Nagano Meijo Rice Storehouse
Nagano 江戸
Nagano Meijo Rice Storehouse

The Nagano Meijo Rice Storehouse, a late Edo store at a Chikuma sake brewery, held brown and polished rice, with a waterwheel mill once working at its south end.

Nagano Meijo Sake Storehouse
Nagano 江戸
Nagano Meijo Sake Storehouse

The Nagano Meijo Sake Storehouse, a late Edo brewing hall in Chikuma, splits washing, pressing and fermenting across 529 square metres, with a koji room above.

Nagano Meijo Storage Warehouse
Nagano 江戸
Nagano Meijo Storage Warehouse

The Nagano Meijo Storage Warehouse, a late Edo storehouse in Chikuma, Nagano, uses sloping beams to lift a single-storey room high enough for tanks of finished sake.

Nagano Meijo Nagayamon Gate
Nagano 江戸
Nagano Meijo Nagayamon Gate

The Nagano Meijo Nagayamon Gate, a late Edo gatehouse in Chikuma, opens a sake brewery onto the old Zenkoji Road, with a keeper's room in its plastered walls.

Nagano Meijo West Storehouse
Nagano 江戸
Nagano Meijo West Storehouse

The Nagano Meijo West Storehouse, a late Edo storehouse at a Chikuma sake brewery, has held household goods for generations. Its plaster cornice faces the road.

Nagano Meijo West Barn
Nagano 江戸
Nagano Meijo West Barn

The Nagano Meijo West Barn, a late Edo storehouse in Chikuma, Nagano, faces the brewery gate and was once its shop. Its earthen walls adjoin the lees store.

Nagano Meijo East Storehouse
Nagano 江戸
Nagano Meijo East Storehouse

The Nagano Meijo East Storehouse, a late Edo store by the gate of a Chikuma sake brewery, was a carpenter's shed for mending vats. Its irimoya roof faces the road.

Nakabusa Onsen Itakura Storehouse
Nagano 江戸
Nakabusa Onsen Itakura Storehouse

A late Edo single-storey plank storehouse at Nakabusa Onsen in Azumino, walled with boards dropped between square posts on a cut-stone base, with two rooms inside.