Edo
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The main hall of Kosenji in Shimotsui, Kurashiki, built in 1827 by island carpenters of the Inland Sea, stands on a stone platform with finely carved details.
Saidaiji Stone Gate, raised in 1819 in Okayama City, sets a plastered timber storey on arched masonry. Registered in 2019, it is the largest gate of its kind.
Saidaiji Temple Sutra Repository, a hexagonal hall of 1854 in Okayama, houses an octagonal revolving zelkova sutra cabinet. It was registered in 2019.
Saidaiji Kosodo Hall in Okayama is a three-bay hall of about 1780 under a pyramidal roof, honouring Kobo Daishi beneath a coved coffered ceiling. Registered 2019.
Saidaiji Temple Bell Tower Gate, a one-bay Edo gate set into the precinct wall in Okayama, hangs a Goryeo-period Korean bell. It was registered in 2019.
Saidaiji Temple Niomon Gate of about 1740 in Okayama carries the twelve zodiac animals carved around its balcony panels, with Nio guardians below. Registered 2019.
The main house of the Sato Family Residence stands on a Kurashiki plain reclaimed from the sea in the 1720s, a mid-Edo thatched farmhouse registered in 2019.
Built in 1858, the nagayamon of the Sato Family Residence is a tiled farm gatehouse, a store on one side and a sitting room on the other. Registered in 2019.
The west storehouse of the Sato Family Residence is a late-Edo plastered store for household goods, two storeys under a tiled gable roof. Registered in 2019.
Jissaiji's guest hall in Kurashiki survives from the priests' quarters: a late Edo thatched building of 103 sq m with an alcove and writing bay. Registered 2019.
Jissaiji Main Hall in Kurashiki dates from 1649. Chamfered posts, shallow scrolls and curved beams made it the only one of six temple buildings registered for form.
The late-Edo main house of the former Kajimura estate in Tsuyama, Okayama: 211 square meters, a vertically raised front door, rooms rebuilt in the Taisho era.
Senda Family Residence Main House in Amaki, Kurashiki, is a late Edo merchant house registered in 2018 with an open shopfront, plastered upper floor and namako wall.
Once a storeroom, soy sauce store and barn, this late-Edo earthen building by the Tsuji Honten shop became an office in 1979 yet kept its namako walls.
A late-Edo townhouse facing Katsuyama's old Izumo road, shop and home split by a central earthen passage, namako tiling on its upper walls. Viewing tips.
The main hall of Tenchuin in Soja, Okayama, built in 1828, faces south over farmland, a fine late Edo-period Rinzai Zen hall with six rooms behind a broad veranda.
Toshoji Temple Founder's Hall and Memorial Tablet Hall, built 1716-1735 behind the main hall in Yakage, Okayama, houses portraits of its founders. Registered 2011.
Toshoji Temple Priests' Quarters, built in 1752 in Yakage, Okayama, is a 28 m Zen kitchen block with an earth-floored hall, facing the Zen Hall. Registered 2011.
Toshoji Temple Bell Tower, a two-story belfry of 1838 in Yakage, Okayama, sets an ornate upper story with arched windows across its lower roof. Registered 2011.
Toshoji Temple Zen Hall and Guest Monks' Quarters, built in 1838 in Yakage, Okayama, splits one 27 m building into a meditation hall and guest lodge. Listed 2011.