Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Osaka

Built in 1911 when Kongoji merged its sub-temples, this Honbo entrance in Kawachinagano pairs a tiled main block with a bark-roofed formal porch. Repaired 2020-22.

A 1911 tea room behind the Jibutsudo in Kongoji's Honbo garden, Kawachinagano. Its 4.5-mat room has varied openings and an east end built out over a slope.

A Taisho-era walkway joining the Grand Entrance and Okuden in Kongoji's Honbo, Kawachinagano. Built of logs and bamboo, it has a bark roof and a thatched arbor.

A mid-Meiji building at Kongoji, Kawachinagano, joining the sub-temple Muryojuin and a pilgrims' retreat hall. Archaic beams meet modern glazing; repaired 2019-21.

A late Meiji yakuimon gate and earthen walls fronting Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. The gable bears carved clouds and twin dragons; the 12-metre walls bear two lines.

A two-storey Meiji shoin behind the main hall of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka, linked to it by a corridor. Its upper floor holds a raised room and a flame-topped window.

An early Showa yakuimon gate between the drum tower and sutra repository of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Its crossbeam and three beams frame the north streetscape.

A sutra storehouse of around 1891 in the front garden of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Square with a pyramid roof, its plaster walls model posts, brackets and braces.

An 1859 entrance and reception suite joined to the main hall of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Its shikidai has a slatted transom and beams carved with waves and clouds.

An open belfry of around 1899 on a tall cut-stone base at the front of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka, with round pillars, carved braces and ornate panels on the street.

A two-storey drum tower rebuilt in 1962 on the corner of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. White plaster, black-framed flame-topped windows and a tile roof mark its corner.

A purification pavilion of around 1816 in the front garden of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Four inward-leaning posts and carved bracket arms frame a stone basin.

A late Meiji yakuimon gate beside the bell tower of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Flat posts and three beams carry its tiled roof over the daily route to the shikidai.

An 1808 Jodo Shinshu main hall in Izumi, Osaka, 15 metres wide, with an open outer hall and a raised sanctuary dressed in carving, colour and gold. Registered 2014.

Granite gateposts of 1898 with arched iron gates before the Great Gate of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Arrow-tipped bars of two lengths alternate along the fence.

A 2-storey storehouse of 1934 attached to a tatami wing in Sakai's Hamadera suburb, registered in 1999. Standard 3-by-2-bay size, roofed in heavy hongawara tile.

A 19-meter wall of about 1921 with stone gateposts on the west side of a Sakai house, registered in 1999. Its street-side buttresses echo the pilasters of the villa.

A 1934 tatami reception wing in Sakai's Hamadera suburb, registered in 1999. Copper-edged tiled canopies wrap three sides, and a tea room projects to the southeast.

A 2-storey brick building of about 1921 in Sakai's Hamadera suburb, said to reuse plans for an unbuilt hotel. Pilasters rise to the parapet on its street front.

A timber corridor of 1934 in Sakai's Hamadera suburb that linked a tatami wing to the old main house, registered in 1999. It divides the courtyard from the villa.