Edo
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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.
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.
Built in 1758, the Kanda Shrine Sacred Horse Stable is the oldest of its 12 registered buildings and shelters a wooden horse carved that same year. What to look for.
Built in 1780 by a team including carpenter Tanegashima Kanzaemon, the Kanda Shrine Shinmon Gate changes its bracketing and rafters between storeys. How to view it.
The Kanda Shrine Earthen Wall, a late Edo wall of tile and clay courses 20 metres long, frames the approach to the Shinmon gate. Inside the gate its layers show.
Built in 1773, the Kanda Shrine Subordinate Shrine Ichinosha Main Hall hides a bark-roofed sanctuary with an arched eave inside a tiled hall. How to see it.
The Kanda Shrine Subordinate Shrine Gonosha Main Hall of 1860 is the twin of the Yonnosha hall, identical but for its porch carving. How to compare the pair.
The Kanda Shrine Subordinate Shrine Sannosha Main Hall is a tile-roofed shrine of 1860, just 1.1 square metres, with a central post and two doors. What to look for.
At 0.49 square metres, the 1860 Kanda Shrine Subordinate Shrine Yonnosha Main Hall is the smallest of 12, with a coarse bark roof and a carved pine porch.
The genkan at Gantokuji in Kadoma, Osaka, dates from about 1752, the oldest of the temple's four registered buildings. Its karahafu gable marks a formal entrance.
The shoin at Gantokuji in Kadoma, Osaka, is a late-Edo hall and the largest of the temple's four registered buildings. It looks two-storeyed but has a single lofty floor.