Edo

Tsutsui Family Residence Tea Room in Sakai is a tiny late-Edo tea house with a three-and-daime-mat room, a noble's door, and hip, gable and copper roofs overlapping.

Tsutsui Family Residence Storehouse in Sakai is a two-storey earthen-walled kura with four plaster bands under the eaves, the last storehouse on this Edo estate.

Tsutsui Family Residence Earthen Wall in Sakai is a 134-meter tiled wall of stacked clay that zigzags around the garden, its eaves carried on posts and brackets.

Tsutsui Family Residence Gate Row House in Sakai is a zigzag Edo gatehouse with plastered walls that once held a stable; an ancient camphor tree stands before it.

The Terada Family Residence Inner Storehouse in Kashiwara, Osaka, carries planks salvaged from a Yamato River boat as the boarding at the base of its outer wall.

The Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Kashiwara, Osaka, is the largest structure on the estate, its north face sheltered by a canopy for handling goods.

The Terada Family Residence Main House in Kashiwara, Osaka, faces the old Nara Kaido with plastered walls, a grille window and a varied run of timber lattice.

The Terada Family Residence Storehouse in Kashiwara, Osaka, stands at the centre of the plot on a coursed granite footing, plastered over its purlins and rafters.

The Terada Family Residence Annex in Kashiwara, Osaka, is a late Edo reception wing with formal entrances on both its east and west faces and carved transom panels.

The Terada Family Residence East Gate in Kashiwara, Osaka, is a small formal gate of 1.8 metres set opposite the eastern entrance of the reception wing.

The Terada Family Residence South Gate in Kashiwara, Osaka, combines a gateway with a storage room and leaves the timber frame of its roof visible from below.

This two-storey late Edo storehouse in Suita, Osaka, registered in 2003, adjoins the gatehouse side door. Its heavy tiled roof rests on a cambered beam and posts.

Built in 1826 for a headman family in Suita, Osaka, this main house was registered in 2003. Dated mallets and tiles survive; guided tours by booking Wed, Sat, Sun.

This late Edo storehouse in Suita, Osaka, registered in 2003, once touched the main house but was hauled north in the Meiji era and extended. It now serves as rooms.

This late Edo storehouse in Suita, Osaka, registered in 2003, was moved north in the Meiji era. Inside, two rooms; the west lost its upper floor to become a store.

This late Edo gatehouse in Suita, Osaka, registered in 2003, stretches 10 ken behind a sunken forecourt. Its east end turns north into a storehouse and a side door.

Attached to the kitchen of a Matsubara headman's farmhouse, this late Edo two-story storehouse is the estate's largest and opens an inner store onto the kitchen.

On a Matsubara headman's estate, this late Edo rice store stands on short posts so air can pass under the floor, and its walls stop at an earthen intermediate coat.

Built in 1805 for a family of village headmen in Matsubara, Osaka, this 439-square-meter farmhouse has a smoke roof over its earthen kitchen and an 1830 guest wing.

Running 18 bays along the north edge of a Matsubara headman's estate, this late Edo shed held firewood and a water wheel; its long earthen wall is visible outside.