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A late-Edo farmhouse on Konoshima that grew a Taisho guest parlour under temple-derived roofs. Doubled eaves, a tokonoma, a reclaimed sea below. Registered 2024.
The mid-Edo Founder's Hall of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a 3-bay pyramid-roofed hall on a walled terrace, its altar framed by Zen-style three-stepped brackets.
Stone walls and a tile-capped earthen wall of 1806 around the Founder's Hall at Hofukuji, Soja: the clay is left at its middle coat, not whitened. Registered 2009.
A four-legged gate of 1806 before the Founder's Hall of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: tiled gable roof, wing walls and a carved lozenge panel. Registered in 2009.
The 1764 sutra repository of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a 2-bay clay-walled storehouse with a pyramid roof, karahafu porch and ogee windows. Registered 2009.
The mid-Edo priests' quarters of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a 2-story, 432-square-meter building whose gable facade shows its posts, beams and tie beams.
The late-Edo entrance hall and dining hall of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a karahafu gable and formal step for guests in front, a monks' refectory behind.
Late-Edo walls flanking the Main Gate of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: 2.5 m andesite retaining walls in tortoise-shell masonry topped by white plastered earthen walls.
An open bell tower of 1818 at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: 4 inward-leaning posts, bracket sets and a low, gently pitched tiled roof. Registered in April 2009.
An early-Edo well southwest of the Buddha Hall at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: thin granite slabs lap-jointed into a wide curb. Said to be the oldest on the grounds.
The 1814 Zen meditation hall of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, with ogee windows, raised sitting platforms and a diagonal tile floor. Registered in April 2009.
A roofed kitchen well of 1814 south of the tenzo's kitchen at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a granite curb under a tiled shelter open on 2 sides. Registered 2009.
A granite girder bridge of 1828 east of the Main Gate steps at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: arched girders, stone slabs and ridged railings. Registered in 2009.
A late-Edo roofed well against the dining hall veranda of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, with a granite curb and a bucket hung from the beam. Registered in 2009.
The 1735 Buddha Hall at the heart of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a Zen hall with fan rafters and round windows in place of the usual ogee type. Registered 2009.
The late-Edo abbot's quarters of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: the largest building on the grounds at 486 square meters, with 4 tiers of beams in its gables.
A late-Edo white-plastered wall, 65 m long, around the forecourt of the abbot's quarters at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, changing height and coping along its length.
A 1793 clay-walled storehouse behind the priests' quarters of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, its namako tilework carried up the corners and under the windows.
A late Edo sanctuary of just 3 square metres beside the main hall at Yuga Jinja Hongu in Kurashiki, Okayama, keeping archaic plate-like kibana. Registered in 2024.
The Main Hall of Ryūjōin, located at the foot of Mount Terayama in Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property built in 1819. Featuring a six-room hōjō-style layout, an elegant mukikarahafu entrance gable, and dynamic komainu and tiger carvings, it exemplifies the finest craftsmanship of late Edo-period temple architecture. The temple also serves as a station on the Kojima Shikoku Pilgrimage.