Edo
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A tiny pyramidal-roofed hall of 1848 at Nakabusa Onsen in Azumino, tied to the legend of Sakanoue no Tamuramaro healing his wounded soldiers in the hot springs.
A slim two-storey storehouse of 1854 at Nakabusa Onsen in Azumino, moved here in the Meiji era: a plank store apparently coated in earth, typical of mountain areas.
A tiny late Edo shrine to the mountain god at Nakabusa Onsen in Azumino, set on a carved boulder, its shingle roof and full-scale joinery shrunk to miniature size.
A late Edo clay storehouse in Azumino, Nagano, moved to the Nakamura homestead in 1887. Its northern half is a miso store, a type common in central Nagano.
Built in 1820, this two-story clay storehouse in Azumino, Nagano, has a separate okiyane roof, ushibari and noboribari framing, and walls left at the middle coat.
A late Edo farmhouse on high ground above Minami-Otari Station in Otari, Nagano, with a hipped thatched roof under metal, a ridge vent and an indoor stable.
A late Edo honmune-zukuri farmhouse in Azumino, Nagano: 243 square meters under a gabled pantile roof, six rooms around a 9-tsubo oe, and many sashigamoi lintels.
The Nonaka family main house on Natsume-koji in Matsushiro, Nagano, a hipped house of the late Edo period with a formal entrance and a tea room, has a samurai look.
The main hall of Baioin in Matsushiro, Nagano, built in 1861, is a plain six-room Soto Zen hall with a front earth floor, typical of local temples of the period.
The Hatakoshi Family Residence Main House in Matsumoto, Nagano, is a honmune-zukuri farmhouse of about 1748, fronted by a symmetrical west gable and ridge ornament.
The Hatta Family Residence Large Storehouse in Matsushiro, Nagano, is a late Edo two-storey storehouse in iron plate, oldest of the six registered structures.
Built in 1816 above Matsushiro in Nagano, this shrine links three halls under one tiled roof, its veranda carried on posts rising from the slope. Registered 2024.
On a hilltop above Matsushiro in Nagano, a sanctuary of just 3.4 square metres carries bracketing and a vase-strut gable sized for far larger halls. Registered 2024.
A late Edo gatehouse on the historic route through Matsushiro, Nagano City. Seven and a half ken wide, thatched under metal sheeting, registered 2005. No entry.
A late-Edo yakuimon gate in Matsushiro, Nagano. It is 3.6 metres wide, with asymmetric wing walls, a wicket door and lime plaster, and was registered in 2010.
A two-storey Edo-period building in Matsushiro, Nagano, where samurai household servants lodged. Three different street-side lattice windows; registered 2010.
A late-Edo earthen wall in Matsushiro, Nagano: 12 metres long and 1.8 high, plastered smooth toward the street and left open-framed within. Registered 2010.
A late Edo honmune-zukuri farmhouse on the Zenkoji Kaido in Shiojiri, home of a village headman, with a sparrow-dance gable; Emperor Meiji rested here in 1880.
A late Edo storehouse range behind Omachi's salt merchant house: a document store with pickle and salt stores added in 1869, the salt store keeping its brine trap.
A late Edo two-storey storehouse in Obuse, Nagano, with white plaster walls, a detached tiled roof and the family crest modelled in plaster on its west wall.