Edo
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This gabled timber house in Higashiosaka was raised in the late Edo period and moved to its present site in 1872. It was registered in 2006 for its landscape value.
Late Edo town house of a Kawachi cotton merchant in Yao, Osaka, with an earth-floored hall, six rooms and a low loft with lattice windows. Registered in 2021.
Storehouse built in 1825 for a Kawachi cotton merchant in Yao, Osaka, called the cotton store on an 1842 plan; its white wall lines the street beside the main house.
Kyarabashi, an 1865 granite bridge on the old Kishu Kaido highway in Takaishi, Osaka, was moved to Takasago Park in 1988 and registered in 2008. Free to visit.
A late Edo storehouse behind the main house of a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024; the smallest of 12 buildings, it kept altar goods.
A late Edo rice store on a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024; the estate's only round-tiled store, with a copper-clad north wall.
A late Edo rice storehouse at the pond-side corner of a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024, with plaster-encased window hoods on its gable.
A 1784 headman's house in Kusaka, Higashiosaka, registered in 2024: a 12-bay thatched yamatomune farmhouse with five kitchen hearths and a hidden attic room.
A late Edo tool storehouse on a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024. At 59 m² it is the largest store, raised on a cut-stone boundary wall.
A late Edo plastered earthen wall enclosing a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024; 166 meters on a stone base that follows the slope.
A late Edo storehouse for furnishings on a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024. It rises from the stone boundary wall and has curved purlins.
A late Edo bracket-arm garden gate and 21-meter plastered wall on a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024, lining the path to the main house.
A late Edo two-storey barn on a Kusaka headman's estate in Higashiosaka, registered in 2024. It lines the east street, with four earth-floored rooms opening inward.
A late Edo thatched yamatomune farmhouse in Amami, Kawachinagano, moved here around 1900, with a vast doma, four-room plan and old Kawachi details. Now a cafe.
Genshoji Temple Priests' Quarters, a later Edo temple residence in Osaka's Shitaderamachi, has a hip-and-gable front, gabled back and a smoke vent; registered 2008.
Genshoji Temple Main Gate in Osaka's Shitaderamachi is a late Edo yakuimon 3.2 m wide, with high-set beams, a board ceiling and deep carving; registered in 2008.
Komyoji Temple Priests' Quarters in Osaka are a late Edo temple kitchen and residence with a ridge smoke vent, white plaster walls and a lattice-gabled entry porch.
Komyoji Temple Main Gate in Osaka is an 1866 yakuimon gate facing Matsuyamachi-suji, 3.2 meters wide, with flanking walls and a carved dragon under the roof.
Komyoji Temple Main Hall in Osaka's Shitaderamachi dates from 1706. Its hip-and-gable roof, five-bay front and classic Pure Land plan led to registration in 2008.
Kotani Family Residence Main House in Sakai is a rare mid-Edo farmhouse of 469 square meters with a stepped yamatomune roof, remodeled in 1809. Exterior view only.