Edo

The detached guest rooms of the Tamaya inn before Taimadera in Katsuragi, Nara, a late Edo wing joined by a corridor, have a railed veranda and a calm air.

This late Edo townhouse in Naramachi, Nara, keeps its projecting eaves, udatsu fire walls and a large lattice window. Registered in 2012, it still sells Yamato tea.

At Chuguji in Ikaruga, Nara, this late Edo shoin hall has six rooms for receiving noble guests, one raised under a coffered ceiling. Registered 2006. Rarely open.

Tomi Shrine Worship Hall stands at the foot of the steps in Nara City. Dating from about 1799, it was built with nothing between its posts and no ceiling inside.

Tomi Shrine Main Hall in Nara City joins two kasuga-zukuri halls of 1824 through a shared floor and gutter, its framing painted red with polychrome brackets.

The main house of the Nakai Family Residence in Gose, Nara, built in 1792, faces the street with a black-plastered attic storey, white eaves and open lattice front.

Dated to 1855 by the wand set in its roof frame, the main house of Hirai Clinic in Gojo, Nara was registered in 2002. A smoke vent rides its long gabled ridge.

The 1855 storehouse behind Hirai Clinic in Gojo, Nara, carries a stepped ridge line: rice filled the eastern half of the building and raw cotton the western half.

The Fujioka Family Residence Inner Storehouse in Gojo, Nara, built in 1797, is the oldest on the site, with plaster carp on its gable and a literary gallery.

The Fujioka Family Residence Main House in Gojo, Nara, dates from 1832 and was registered in 2006. See the shop room with its merchant tools and the smoke vent.

The Fujioka Family Residence Tsuiji Wall in Gojo, Nara, is a late Edo earthen wall folding 78 metres around the compound, with a blue-green east face and a wicket.

The Fujioka Family Residence Detached Room in Gojo, Nara, is a late Edo retirement wing of two 6-mat rooms and a storeroom, with verandas on both sides.

The Fujioka Family Residence Wall in Gojo, Nara, is a late Edo L-shaped wall on a fieldstone base at the northwest corner, dressing the old road to Mount Kongo.

The Fujioka Family Residence Annex Reception Wing in Gojo, Nara, is an 1853 guest building with a formal entrance, two fine 8-mat rooms and a small tea room.

The milling shed of the Horii Family Residence in Anashi, Sakurai, is a late Edo mill whose waterwheel pressed oil, polished rice and ground flour for Miwa somen.

The rice storehouse of the Horii Family Residence in Anashi, Sakurai, is a 21-metre late Edo storehouse with 5 rooms under a roof stepped in 3 gabled sections.

The detached room of the Horii Family Residence in Anashi, Sakurai, is a late Edo guest room with alcove, shelves, writing bay and finely chamfered ceiling battens.

Honzenji Temple Onari Goten Hall in Yoshino, Nara, is a 1772 suite for high-ranking guests, its 8-mat room fitted with alcove, shelves and desk; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Guest Hall in Yoshino, Nara, is a mid-Edo reception hall, 16 by 13 meters, with an audience room ending in a raised dais room; registered in 2010.

Honzenji Temple Sutra Repository in Yoshino, Nara, is a square 1792 hall on a fieldstone base with an octagonal revolving case, now an ossuary; registered in 2010.