Edo

Oita · 江戸

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73 total Oita Edo Period 1603 – 1868
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Usa Shrine Main Hall
Oita 江戸末期
Usa Shrine Main Hall

The main hall of Usa Jingu in Oita was raised between 1855 and 1861. Two gabled buildings front and back with a gutter between typify the Hachiman style.

Shimofuji Christian Cemetery
Oita 戦国~江戸
Shimofuji Christian Cemetery

A Christian burial ground on a ridge in Usuki, Oita, where 66 graves survived the centuries of prohibition intact. Designated a Historic Site in 2018.

Miura Baien's Posthumous Manuscripts
Oita 江戸
Miura Baien's Posthumous Manuscripts

The Miura Baien Manuscripts, designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan, comprise 30 categories of autograph manuscripts (212 volumes) and four personal artifacts belonging to the Edo-period philosopher Miura Baien (1723–1789). Preserved in Kunisaki City, Oita Prefecture, these documents record his original philosophical system known as Jōrigaku (Study of Natural Order), which anticipated Western dialectical philosophy. The collection is displayed at the Miura Baien Museum alongside his former residence, a National Historic Site.

Ganjoin Temple Main Hall (Aizendo)
Oita 江戸前期
Ganjoin Temple Main Hall (Aizendo)

Aizendo, the main hall of Ganjoin in Taketa, Oita, was built in 1635; its brackets bear carved demons and its walls painted celestials, shown each spring and autumn.

Former Yahata Family Residence (Oyama Town, Hita District, Oita Prefecture)
Oita 江戸後期
Former Yahata Family Residence (Oyama Town, Hita District, Oita Prefecture)

The Former Yahata Family Residence in Hita, Oita, a farmhouse of the late Edo period (1751 to 1829), keeps the original separate-wing form found in Kyushu.

Gyotoku Family Residence (Yoake, Hita City, Oita Prefecture)
Oita 江戸後期
Gyotoku Family Residence (Yoake, Hita City, Oita Prefecture)

The Gyotoku Family Residence in Hita City, Oita Prefecture, built between 1842 and 1847, is a large thatched farmhouse with the L-shaped roof typical of the region.

Kokan Bridge
Oita 江戸後期
Kokan Bridge

The Kokan Bridge of 1824 in Oita, built by three local merchants, had the longest stone arch in Japan at 25.1 metres and began the great stone arches of Kyushu.

Goto Family Residence (Notsuharu Town, Oita District, Oita Prefecture)
Oita 江戸後期
Goto Family Residence (Notsuharu Town, Oita District, Oita Prefecture)

Designated an Important Cultural Property in 1975, this thatched farmhouse at Niogi is the oldest house in Oita City, with an upward-hinged shutter and adzed posts.

Komo Jinja Shinmon
Oita 江戸前期
Komo Jinja Shinmon

Hosokawa Tadaoki raised this two-storey gate at Komo Shrine in Nakatsu, Oita, in 1622. Skirt roofs balance its tall frame. An Important Cultural Property since 1988.

Sengokuji Temple Founder's Hall
Oita 江戸前期
Sengokuji Temple Founder's Hall

This small hall at Senpukuji in Kunisaki, Oita shelters the stone grave of the monk who founded the temple in 1375. Rebuilt in 1636, it is 4.01 metres wide.

Chofukuji Temple Main Hall
Oita 江戸中期
Chofukuji Temple Main Hall

Chofukuji Hondo at Hita, built in 1669, is Kyushu's oldest Shin Buddhist main hall: carved dragon transoms, original lotus paintings, and where Hirose Tanso taught.

Inoue Family Residence Sake Brewery
Oita 江戸
Inoue Family Residence Sake Brewery

The Inoue Family Residence Sake Brewery in Hita, Oita, is an 1847 earthen store of 108 square metres with a namako tile dado and beams alternating every 1.8 metres.

Inoue Family Residence Storehouse
Oita 江戸
Inoue Family Residence Storehouse

The Inoue Family Residence Storehouse in Hita, Oita, built in 1831, is the oldest Inoue building: a 45-square-metre earthen storehouse with a tatami room upstairs.

Kasuga Shrine Kagura Hall
Oita 江戸
Kasuga Shrine Kagura Hall

Kasuga Shrine Kagura Hall in Bungotakada, Oita, is an 1835 stage for sacred dance with a tiled roof and an angled bridge to its dressing room, registered in 2011.

Kasuga Shrine Approach Torii
Oita 江戸
Kasuga Shrine Approach Torii

Kasuga Shrine Approach Torii in Bungotakada, Oita, is a stone torii of 1720 with a sharply upturned lintel, the oldest of the shrine's 13 registrations.

Kasuga Shrine Bell Tower
Oita 江戸
Kasuga Shrine Bell Tower

Kasuga Shrine Bell Tower in Bungotakada, Oita, is an 1830 belfry with a flared skirt and tiled roof, a survival of Buddhist-Shinto fusion, registered in 2011.

Kasuga Shrine Shinmon Gate
Oita 江戸
Kasuga Shrine Shinmon Gate

Kasuga Shrine Shinmon Gate in Bungotakada, Oita, is an 1845 four-legged gate, 3.4 metres wide, with guardian figures behind a lattice; registered in 2011.

Kasuga Shrine Yasaka Subsidiary Shrine
Oita 江戸
Kasuga Shrine Yasaka Subsidiary Shrine

Kasuga Shrine Yasaka Subsidiary Shrine in Bungotakada, Oita, is a late Edo miniature shrine of 1.2 square metres, adorned with carvings; registered 2011.

Kasuga Shrine West Gate
Oita 江戸
Kasuga Shrine West Gate

Kasuga Shrine West Gate in Bungotakada, Oita, is a late Edo gate 1.9 metres wide, painted red and nicknamed the west red gate; it marks the western entrance.

Kasuga Shrine Main Hall
Oita 江戸
Kasuga Shrine Main Hall

Kasuga Shrine Main Hall in Bungotakada, Oita, is a tall late Edo sanctuary of unpainted zelkova housing four Kasuga deities, with lion and elephant carvings.