Edo
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Jigan-ji's drum tower in Yao, Osaka, dates to the late Edo period. Its offset upper storey with cusped windows rises above the earthen wall beside the main gate.
Jigan-ji's ablution pavilion in Yao, Osaka, covers barely 12 square metres. Carved details date it to the 1660s, the oldest of the temple's five registered buildings.
Jigan-ji's main hall in Yao, Osaka, rebuilt in 1817, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property. This Shinshu hall is 19 metres wide and centres a temple town from 1606.
Built in 1721 at a Shingon temple in Kawachinagano, Osaka, Jizoji Hondo has a pyramidal tiled roof, a coved coffered ceiling and a celestial figure at its altar.
Built in 1674 as the main hall of a branch temple in Mie and moved to Osaka in 1953, this deep hall at Shitennoji Temple is entered through its gable end.
Built in 1808 as the gate of a hall enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu, this small four-legged gate at Shitennoji Temple in Osaka now stands before the Prince Shotoku hall.
Once the Shoten hall of a Mie branch temple, this three-bay pyramidal building at Shitennoji Temple in Osaka now shelters ashes before their final interment.
Built as the gate of the hall enshrining the Tokugawa shoguns, this 6.2 square metre bow-roofed gate at Shitennoji Temple in Osaka is carved with a guardian dragon.
The gate of Shinkoji in Osaka's temple quarter, a one-bay yakuimon of the mid-Edo period facing Matsuyamachi-suji, is admired for its finely carved beams.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha Kaku Torii Gate is an early Edo stone torii before the Kojumon Gate in Osaka, with chamfered square pillars and an upswept lintel 4.1 m high.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha North Great Torii Gate is an early Edo stone torii at the north entrance in Osaka, moved in early Meiji; one of four great torii, 6.5 m high.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha North Mizugaki Gate is a late Edo four-legged gate behind the First Sanctuary in Osaka, one of an identical pair guarding the rear of the halls.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha Kofukumon Gate is an early Edo four-legged gate beside the Kojumon in Osaka, the same size but deliberately plain, marking it as the side gate.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha Saikan Hall is an 1828 suite of formal rooms behind the Shinkan Hall in Osaka, moved in 1915, with a raised chamber under a large tiled roof.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha Shinkan West Gate is an 1828 four-legged gate fronting the Shinkan zone in Osaka, sharing the Kojumon's carved scheme but in bare wood and tile.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha Omotosha Worship Hall and Offering Hall is an 1822 building in Osaka linking two zones and housing the shrine of the first high priest.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha Omotosha Main Hall is an 1822 sanctuary in Osaka set indoors, the only one in the grounds, with a cypress-bark roof and rich metal fittings.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha Kifunesha Main Hall is a late Edo one-bay shrine to a rain god behind the main halls in Osaka, matching its neighbour in form but not in detail.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha Tachigikisha Main Hall is an 1828 one-bay shrine behind the main halls in Osaka, pairing a shop-shelf front with Sumiyoshi-style gable struts.
The Sumiyoshi Taisha Tatsusha Main Hall is a late Edo shrine by the sacred pond in Osaka, built over a well in its unfloored inner room for a water goddess.