Edo
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The late-Edo entrance hall and dining hall of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a karahafu gable and formal step for guests in front, a monks' refectory behind.
Late-Edo walls flanking the Main Gate of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: 2.5 m andesite retaining walls in tortoise-shell masonry topped by white plastered earthen walls.
An open bell tower of 1818 at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: 4 inward-leaning posts, bracket sets and a low, gently pitched tiled roof. Registered in April 2009.
An early-Edo well southwest of the Buddha Hall at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: thin granite slabs lap-jointed into a wide curb. Said to be the oldest on the grounds.
The 1814 Zen meditation hall of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, with ogee windows, raised sitting platforms and a diagonal tile floor. Registered in April 2009.
A roofed kitchen well of 1814 south of the tenzo's kitchen at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a granite curb under a tiled shelter open on 2 sides. Registered 2009.
A granite girder bridge of 1828 east of the Main Gate steps at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: arched girders, stone slabs and ridged railings. Registered in 2009.
A late-Edo roofed well against the dining hall veranda of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, with a granite curb and a bucket hung from the beam. Registered in 2009.
The 1735 Buddha Hall at the heart of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a Zen hall with fan rafters and round windows in place of the usual ogee type. Registered 2009.
The late-Edo abbot's quarters of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: the largest building on the grounds at 486 square meters, with 4 tiers of beams in its gables.
A late-Edo white-plastered wall, 65 m long, around the forecourt of the abbot's quarters at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, changing height and coping along its length.
A 1793 clay-walled storehouse behind the priests' quarters of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, its namako tilework carried up the corners and under the windows.
Mizote Family Residence No. 1 Storehouse in Hayashima is an 1845 storehouse on a flared base of fitted stone, with namako-kabe corners and a band of drip tiles.
Mizote Family Residence Main House in Hayashima is a thatched hip-and-gable farmhouse dating to the mid-Edo period, with a stepped-roof porch and an 1860 wing.
Mizote Family Residence No. 3 Storehouse in Hayashima is a mid-Edo rice store opening off the main house, extended around 1845 and faced with horizontal namako-kabe.
Mizote Family Residence Warehouse in Hayashima is a small mid-Edo storehouse beside the gate path, with namako-kabe facing inward and plain boards facing the road.
Mizote Family Residence Nagayamon Gate is a mid-Edo gatehouse in Hayashima with a tiled hip-and-gable roof, bracketed eaves and a namako-kabe band facing the road.
Mizote Family Residence Folding Screen Storehouse in Hayashima is the estate's largest storehouse, built in 1866, with a namako-kabe framed gable facing the road.
The Myokyoji Bell Tower at Saijo Inari in Okayama is an open belfry of 1862 on a hexagonal-stone base, the oldest of the temple's 33 registered buildings.
A one-bay sanctuary of just 3 square meters beside the main hall of Yuga Shrine, Kurashiki, with full-scale bracketing and old-style flat kibana. Registered in 2024.