Edo
Nara · 江戸Browse Nara’s cultural heritage from the Edo period (1603 – 1868). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
The Minami Family Residence Annex Reception Wing in Gose, Nara, is a guest annex of 1830-1868 with connecting tatami rooms, an alcove and a cusped-window desk niche.
The Yamada Liquor Store inner storehouse dates from 1812 like the main house and was moved intact by hikiya in the Taisho period. Plastered walls and barred windows.
Built in 1812 after a river flood, the Yamada Liquor Store main house keeps its shop front on the Hasedera approach, with living rooms behind and two garden rooms.
A National Treasure: a Southern Song edition of Ouyang Xiu's works, edited by Zhou Bida, once in the medieval Kanazawa Bunko library and nearly complete at Tenri.
Discover the Song Edition of Liu Mengde's Collected Works, a National Treasure held at Tenri University Library in Nara. Printed in 12th-century China, brought to Japan by Zen master Eisai, and once admired by shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, this rare printed book offers a remarkable glimpse into the literary exchange between Tang China and medieval Japan.