Edo
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A late-Edo gatehouse 18 m long fronting a former headman's estate in Amagasaki, Hyogo, with a room and storeroom either side of its central passage; registered 2009.
A late-Edo barn on the south side of a headman's estate in Amagasaki, Hyogo, cut through by a gated passage 3.2 m wide in the nagayamon style; registered 2009.
An 1838 main house in Itami, Hyogo, with a 262 m² irimoya roof, a shikidai entrance and mushiko-mado windows. Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2024.
The Niomon Gate of Yoryuji in Taka, Hyogo, a mid-Edo two-storey gate at the foot of the precinct, is well proportioned and shows Daibutsu-style influence.
The main hall of Yoryuji in Taka, Hyogo, built in 1751 on the upper terrace, is a full-scale Tendai hall with a coffered outer sanctuary and a large shrine cabinet.
The Odagaki Shoten Former Sake Brewery is a late Edo earthen storehouse in Tamba-Sasayama, registered with its well and spanned inside by two posts and raked beams.
The Odagaki Shoten Store is a late Edo town house on the old Kyo Kaido in Tamba-Sasayama, with plastered eaves and drip tiles, still in use as the firm's main shop.
The Odagaki Family Residence Miso Storehouse is a tiny late Edo earthen store in Tamba-Sasayama with its own well house, built for the family kitchen, not the trade.
Ashida Family Residence Storage Shed, a late Edo two-storey farm shed in Tanba, Hyogo, open on its east side on both floors, with lean-to roofs and an outhouse.
Ashida Family Residence Main House, a late Edo two-storey thatched silk farmhouse in Tanba, Hyogo, with tiled lean-to roofs and nine tatami rooms, now a café.
An 1805 storehouse beside the Hirao gatehouse in Morio, Toyooka, moved here in early Showa: 2 storeys of white plaster on cut stone under a floating roof.
The late Edo gatehouse of the Hirao estate in Morio, Toyooka: 13 metres long, with double doors, a wicket, a storeroom and a boarded room, flanked by storehouses.
A late Edo workshop east of the Hirao rice storehouse in Morio, Toyooka: 2 storeys, white plaster below and clay above, with storage upstairs and a garage below.
A late Edo waiting house for visitors' attendants beside the Hirao main house in Morio, Toyooka: 6 bays, 2 storeys, with an alcoved room, renovated in 2003.
An 1833 storehouse at right angles to the ceramics storehouse of the Hirao estate in Morio, Toyooka: 2 storeys of white plaster with built-in shelves inside.
An 1826 guest house in the Hirao estate, Morio, Toyooka, remodelled in Meiji: formal rooms with alcoves on both floors facing the garden, plus its own entrance.
Despite its name, this 1790 storehouse behind the Hirao main house in Morio, Toyooka, is the estate's oldest dated building: white plaster under a floating roof.
A late Edo larder for salt and miso beside the Hirao retirement house in Morio, Toyooka: a single-storey storehouse of 3 bays, moved in Meiji, earth floor.
A late Edo service bridge in the Hirao estate, Morio, Toyooka: four stones, 3.0 by 1.5 metres, with full-width steps, linking the kitchen side to the storehouses.
A late Edo stone bridge in the Hirao estate, Morio, Toyooka, carrying the cart road from the gatehouse to the main house: 3.0 by 2.5 metres with a slight arch.