Edo
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The Fujimoto Family Residence Main House is a late Edo farmhouse in Fujiidera, Osaka, whose west wall anchors the lane below Fujiidera temple. Registered in 2006.
Homyoji Temple Priests' Quarters in Fukae, Osaka, was built in 1797, with a low loft story, a gabled formal entrance porch and nine tatami rooms; registered in 2023.
Homyoji Temple Bell Tower in Fukae, Osaka, dates from 1713. Its gabled tile roof, carved brackets, tapered posts and cut-stone base led to registration in 2023.
Homyoji Temple Main Hall in Fukae, Osaka, dates from 1694. Its raised inner sanctuary with round columns and its five-bay front led to registration in 2023.
Homyoji Temple Yakuimon Gate in Fukae, Osaka, built in 1795, stands at the end of a path off the old Nara road, with a hip-and-gable roof and coffered ceiling.
A thatched farmhouse of 1744 in Hirakata, Osaka, with a yamato-mune roof on the west and hip-and-gable on the east, a doma and 4 rooms. Registered in 2019.
Mid-Edo thatched farmhouse at the heart of a village headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka: a yamato-mune roof, 11-bay plan, shikidai entrance and sukiya back rooms.
End-of-Edo storehouse behind the reception rooms of a headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka: the only two-story kura, with a floating tiled roof and white plaster.
Late-Edo storehouse joined to the gatehouse on the south front of a headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka, lined inside with nizuri boards under a sloping-beam roof.
End-of-Edo storehouse north of the doma on a headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka, with a drip ledge and a plaster band under the eaves on its white walls.
Late-Edo gatehouse on the south front of a headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka, with a storeroom, two attendants' rooms and formal tiles on the street-facing slope.
Minase Shrine Shinmon Gate and Tsuiji Wall in Shimamoto, Osaka, is an early Edo gate and earthen wall marked with five rank lines, registered in 2016.
Minase Shrine Main Hall in Shimamoto, Osaka, is an early Edo sanctuary said to be Empress Meisho's palace mirror hall, registered in 2016. Its roof is now copper.
A small late Edo storehouse with an okiyane roof, the oldest of seven registered buildings on the Minami estate in Hannan, Osaka. Registered 2005. Private.
A late Edo earthen storehouse behind the kitchen wing of the Minami estate in Hannan, Osaka, joined to it by a work space. Registered 2005. Private, not open.
A late Edo work shed in the kaito farm yard of the Minami estate in Hannan, Osaka, with a tiled gable roof and a wraparound lean-to. Registered 2005. Private.
Facing the Koya Kaido at the former Mikkaichi post town, this wide-fronted machiya belonged to the Yagi family, cotton wholesalers turned sake brewers.
This two-storey storehouse turns its gable to the old Koya Kaido: white lime plaster above, charred cedar below, a copper door at each window. Registered 2008.
The Yamada Family Residence Front Gate in Sennan, Osaka, is a late Edo gatehouse with barred windows, the outer of two gates aligned on one axis toward the house.
The Yamada Family Residence Entrance Wing, built around 1863 in Sennan, Osaka, was the formal door, with a shikidai step, a tea room and a projecting gable.