Edo

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Fujioka Family Residence Wall
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Fujioka Family Residence Wall

The Fujioka Family Residence Wall in Gojo, Nara, is a late Edo L-shaped wall on a fieldstone base at the northwest corner, dressing the old road to Mount Kongo.

Fujioka Family Residence Annex Reception Wing
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Fujioka Family Residence Annex Reception Wing

The Fujioka Family Residence Annex Reception Wing in Gojo, Nara, is an 1853 guest building with a formal entrance, two fine 8-mat rooms and a small tea room.

Horii Family Residence Milling Shed
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Horii Family Residence Milling Shed

The milling shed of the Horii Family Residence in Anashi, Sakurai, is a late Edo mill whose waterwheel pressed oil, polished rice and ground flour for Miwa somen.

Horii Family Residence Rice Storehouse
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Horii Family Residence Rice Storehouse

The rice storehouse of the Horii Family Residence in Anashi, Sakurai, is a 21-metre late Edo storehouse with 5 rooms under a roof stepped in 3 gabled sections.

Horii Family Residence Detached Room
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Horii Family Residence Detached Room

The detached room of the Horii Family Residence in Anashi, Sakurai, is a late Edo guest room with alcove, shelves, writing bay and finely chamfered ceiling battens.

Honzenji Temple Onari Goten Hall
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Honzenji Temple Onari Goten Hall

Honzenji Temple Onari Goten Hall in Yoshino, Nara, is a 1772 suite for high-ranking guests, its 8-mat room fitted with alcove, shelves and desk; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Guest Hall
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Honzenji Temple Guest Hall

Honzenji Temple Guest Hall in Yoshino, Nara, is a mid-Edo reception hall, 16 by 13 meters, with an audience room ending in a raised dais room; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Sutra Repository
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Honzenji Temple Sutra Repository

Honzenji Temple Sutra Repository in Yoshino, Nara, is a square 1792 hall on a fieldstone base with an octagonal revolving case, now an ossuary; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Priests' Quarters
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Honzenji Temple Priests' Quarters

Honzenji Temple Priests' Quarters in Yoshino, Nara, is the mid-Edo kitchen-residence, with an earthen floor and a smoke vent on its tiled roof; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Entrance
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Honzenji Temple Entrance

Honzenji Temple Entrance in Yoshino, Nara, is a porch dated 1860, with a curved karahafu gable, carved qilin and dragons, and sumo figures; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Main Gate
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Honzenji Temple Main Gate

Honzenji Temple Main Gate in Yoshino, Nara, is a mid-Edo yakuimon with a tiled gable roof, carved beam ends and struts matching the main hall; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Bell Tower
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Honzenji Temple Bell Tower

Honzenji Temple Bell Tower in Yoshino, Nara, is an open mid-Edo belfry with inward-leaning posts and bracket sets under a heavy tiled roof; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Chajo Hall
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Honzenji Temple Chajo Hall

Honzenji Temple Chajo Hall in Yoshino, Nara, served tea to followers; dated 1798, it has an earthen floor, a cooking range and a drum tower; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Main Hall
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Honzenji Temple Main Hall

Honzenji Temple Main Hall in Yoshino, Nara, is a mid-Edo hall, 18 by 17 meters under a pantiled roof, laid out for Shin Buddhist gatherings; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Rennyo Hall
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Honzenji Temple Rennyo Hall

Honzenji Temple Rennyo Hall in Yoshino, Nara, is a one-bay 1747 hall for Rennyo, with a copper pyramidal roof, cusped gable and carved doors; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Rennyo Hall Worship Hall
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Honzenji Temple Rennyo Hall Worship Hall

This worship hall at Honzenji, Yoshino, Nara, fronts the founder's hall and is dated 1748, when a mallet found in its roof was inscribed; it was registered in 2010.

Matsuyama Family Residence Main House North Wing
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Matsuyama Family Residence Main House North Wing

An 1829 townhouse with a low upper floor in Naramachi, Nara, dated by its ridge tag and a benchmark for local machiya. A tearoom operates inside. Registered 2015.

Matsuyama Family Residence Main House South Wing
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Matsuyama Family Residence Main House South Wing

A low single-storey late Edo townhouse at the front of the Matsuyama rice merchant estate in Naramachi, Nara, now a tofu restaurant. Registered in 2015.

Minami Family Residence Main House
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Minami Family Residence Main House

The Minami Family Residence Main House in Gose, Nara, is a yamato-mune farmhouse of 1751-1830 with a steel-sheathed thatched roof and six rooms in two rows.

Minami Family Residence Tool Storehouse
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Minami Family Residence Tool Storehouse

The Minami Family Residence Tool Storehouse in Gose, Nara, is a two-storey kura of 1830-1868 whose white plaster walls run up into the eaves on the east edge.