Edo
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A late Edo thatched farmhouse that served as a teahouse on the old Sanyo Road, moved to Kanbayashi, Soja in 1972; a 5-bay hipped roof with a doma and 4 rooms.
The Onarimon Gate of the Yunoki house in Tamashima, Kurashiki, is a 1780s yakuimon built for the domain lord's visits, 3.9 m wide with four ornate corner tiles.
The Saisotei Main House in Tamashima, Kurashiki, is a 1780s reception wing whose curved-gable entrance leads to study rooms and a guest bath. Registered in 2000.
The Saisotei Tea Room in Tamashima, Kurashiki, pairs an unusual three-mat tea room with a sencha room built out over the garden slope. Registered in 2000.
The gate of Kosenji in Shimotsui, Kurashiki, built in 1829 by island carpenters of the Inland Sea, has side openings and a head beam carved with waves.
The main hall of Kosenji in Shimotsui, Kurashiki, built in 1827 by island carpenters of the Inland Sea, stands on a stone platform with finely carved details.
Saidaiji Stone Gate, raised in 1819 in Okayama City, sets a plastered timber storey on arched masonry. Registered in 2019, it is the largest gate of its kind.
Saidaiji Temple Sutra Repository, a hexagonal hall of 1854 in Okayama, houses an octagonal revolving zelkova sutra cabinet. It was registered in 2019.
Saidaiji Kosodo Hall in Okayama is a three-bay hall of about 1780 under a pyramidal roof, honouring Kobo Daishi beneath a coved coffered ceiling. Registered 2019.
Saidaiji Temple Bell Tower Gate, a one-bay Edo gate set into the precinct wall in Okayama, hangs a Goryeo-period Korean bell. It was registered in 2019.
Saidaiji Temple Niomon Gate of about 1740 in Okayama carries the twelve zodiac animals carved around its balcony panels, with Nio guardians below. Registered 2019.
The main house of the Sato Family Residence stands on a Kurashiki plain reclaimed from the sea in the 1720s, a mid-Edo thatched farmhouse registered in 2019.
Built in 1858, the nagayamon of the Sato Family Residence is a tiled farm gatehouse, a store on one side and a sitting room on the other. Registered in 2019.
The west storehouse of the Sato Family Residence is a late-Edo plastered store for household goods, two storeys under a tiled gable roof. Registered in 2019.
Jissaiji's guest hall in Kurashiki survives from the priests' quarters: a late Edo thatched building of 103 sq m with an alcove and writing bay. Registered 2019.
Jissaiji Main Hall in Kurashiki dates from 1649. Chamfered posts, shallow scrolls and curved beams made it the only one of six temple buildings registered for form.
The late-Edo main house of the former Kajimura estate in Tsuyama, Okayama: 211 square meters, a vertically raised front door, rooms rebuilt in the Taisho era.
Senda Family Residence Main House in Amaki, Kurashiki, is a late Edo merchant house registered in 2018 with an open shopfront, plastered upper floor and namako wall.
Once a storeroom, soy sauce store and barn, this late-Edo earthen building by the Tsuji Honten shop became an office in 1979 yet kept its namako walls.
A late-Edo townhouse facing Katsuyama's old Izumo road, shop and home split by a central earthen passage, namako tiling on its upper walls. Viewing tips.