Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Osaka

A rare late-Edo inner gatehouse joined in a T behind the front gate of the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, splitting the guests’ forecourt from the household entry.

A mid-Edo reception hall on the Kaname headman estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, built for the domain lord, with a wide entrance step and no nageshi rails, out of frugality.

The 18-ken gatehouse fronting the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka: a later-Edo clay-walled nagayamon with formal and kitchen gates, rooms for the lord and a stable.

The smallest storehouse on the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, read kanenotogura: a late-Edo building whose doorway stacks board, iron-plated and lattice doors.

A late-Edo storehouse on the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, facing the Kanenoto Storehouse across a yard to form a U-shaped court; slate roof, tiled south face.

The late-Edo earthen wall around the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka: 222 metres of tile-capped clay with curved corners and a west gate, visible from the street.

A later-Edo gate attached to the Front Shoin of the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, leading into the pond garden, with a waiting bench for tea guests and a privy.

A late-Edo garden gate and 24-metre earthen wall dividing the main and inner gardens of the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka; the gate is dressed with crooked twigs.

A 1738 private study hall, Chouken, deep in the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, with a flame-shaped window, cloisonne fittings and a tiny tea room. Registered 2017.

The largest storehouse on the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka: a later-Edo 2-storey building 7 ken long, split into two rooms, with heart-shaped carving by the door.

Karasunomiya Shrine Inari Shrine (Former Main Hall) in Osaka is a carved 1781 nagare-style shrine, once the main hall, moved around 1930 and 1967. Registered 2019.

Karasunomiya Shrine Middle Gate and Openwork Fence in Osaka (1931) frames the main hall: a copper-roofed gate with lattice doors and a 30 m slate-roofed fence.

The Karasunomiya Shrine Worship Hall in Osaka, registered in 2008, is a hall of 1931 its gable filled with carved dragons, unlike the plain main hall.

Karasunomiya Shrine Main Hall in Osaka is a 1931 shinmei-style sanctuary 2.8 m long, with free-standing ridge posts, straight eaves and finials. Registered 2008.

A closed 2-story late Edo storehouse in Izumi, Osaka, that kept the family's clothing and bedding, with one door, 2 small windows and raking beams in its roof.

A long, low late Edo storehouse in Izumi, Osaka, with a detached tiled roof, 2 doors under a pent roof, a plaster eaves band and a namako-kabe tiled east gable.

A late Edo farm gate in Izumi, Osaka, hipped at one end and gabled at the other, with board doors and a wicket, a privy, a cattle stall and a passage to the house.

A small late Edo storehouse in Izumi, Osaka, under a detached tiled roof, its plaster walls boarded below on the street side and tiled namako-kabe on the yard side.

A late Edo row gate in Izumi, Osaka, with a storeroom, a servants' room and a six-mat reception room with a hanging alcove; now the entrance to Kawanotei.

An 1851 farmhouse in Izumi, Osaka, with a steep thatched yamatomune roof, tiled side wings, a formal shikidai entrance and eight rooms in two rows; registered 2024.

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