Edo

An 1864 reception wing at Miemachi in Bungo-Ono, Oita, registered in 2002. Built to receive the lord of Usuki in due form, it later housed the Ono district office.

Discover the Tada Family Residence Storehouse, a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Bungo Ōno City, Oita Prefecture. This traditional earthen storehouse with namako-kabe walls reflects the prestige of Edo-period Grand Headmen in rural Japan.

An 1864 main house at Miemachi in Bungo-Ono, Oita, registered in 2002. A ridge tablet fixes the date; the gable entrance sets it below the adjoining lord's wing.

A mid-Edo four-legged gate at Usa in Oita, 4.8 metres wide, its carving concentrated in the eaves. Oldest of the temple's 11 registered buildings, listed 2016.

A late-Edo belfry at Usa in Oita, three bays by two, with a flared skirt and two-tiered brackets. Paired with the plastered drum tower opposite. Registered 2016.

Built in 1847 at Usa in Oita, this plaster-sealed drum tower rises on a stone podium, its posts and ties modelled in relief under the render. Registered in 2016.

A tall late-Edo koraimon at Usa in Oita, 4.2 metres wide, marking where the street ends. From beneath it the Main Gate and main hall line up. Registered in 2016.

Built in 1859 at Usa in Oita, this 30-metre hall is held to be the largest timber building in Kyushu and the only one of 11 registered structures listed for design.

Myojuji Chumon in Bungotakada, Oita, is a late-Edo four-legged gate registered nationally in 2018, carved with baku, shishi and kirin beast heads at its beam ends.

A late Edo well behind a Hita merchant house: an andesite curb cut with half-lap joints, ringed by a stone washing floor and roofed by a small gabled shelter.

Built in 1816 in Hita's merchant quarter, this 22-metre townhouse carries plaster walls, tiled namako banding and a low eave of heavy pantiles above the street.