Edo

The Motoyamaji Juo Hall in Mitoyo, Kagawa, built in 1759 and registered in 2014: a hipped-roof hall of the Ten Kings with a richly framed porch and a later goma hall

The Motoyamaji Bell Tower in Mitoyo, Kagawa, a mid-Edo belfry registered in 2014: an open one-bay tower on rubble stone with inward-leaning posts, packed brackets.

The Motoyamaji Daishi Hall in Mitoyo, Kagawa, built in 1795 and registered in 2014: a hip-and-gable pilgrim hall pairing plain pillars with carefully bracketed eaves

The Motoyamaji Dainichi Hall, or Red Hall, in Mitoyo, Kagawa, registered in 2014: a small pyramid-roofed hall reusing thick Muromachi-period pillars and brackets.

The Motoyamaji Great Gate in Mitoyo, Kagawa, a late-Edo eight-pillared gate moved in 1914 and registered in 2014, with round pillars and carved frog-leg struts.

The Motoyamaji Treasure House in Mitoyo, Kagawa, an 1833 clay-walled storehouse registered in 2014, notable for its square plan, pyramid roof and paired windows.

At the entrance to the Yamada estate, a three-meter stone lantern of the late Edo period once guided pilgrims toward Yakuriji temple, carved with its donor's name.

At the head of the estate drive, the Yamada nagayamon is a long late-Edo gatehouse fourteen bays wide, its openings aligned with the two entrances of the house behind.

Main gate of the Fujii house at the Kinryo brewery on Shodoshima, 9 metres wide, its tiled yakuimon said to be the gate of the defunct temple Hachimanji.

Main hall of Asakura Shrine in Kochi, rebuilt in 1657 by Yamauchi Tadayoshi: a gabled hall with a karahafu porch, rich polychrome, lacquer and gilt fittings.

Kochi is the only Japanese castle where the whole honmaru survives and the original keep and lord's palace stand together, one of just twelve original keeps.

Built around 1797 in Otoyo Town, Kochi, this thatched shoin was the last lodging inside Tosa on the daimyo's overland journey to Edo. Designated in 1974.

Built in 1816 to receive the lords of Tosa, this shoin hall at Chikurinji in Kochi turns its rear rooms toward a pond garden designated a Place of Scenic Beauty.

Tosa Jinja Koro in Kochi, built by Yamauchi Tadayoshi in 1649, is still filed as temple architecture, a trace of the era when shrine and temple stood as one.

Tosa Jinja Romon in Kochi, rebuilt by Yamauchi Tadayoshi in 1631, is an almost undecorated wayo gate whose second storey was given a ceiling and treated as a room.

The burial ground of the Yamauchi lords of Tosa on Mount Hitsuzan in Kochi, a Historic Site since 2016, with huge grave markers and turtle-based steles.

Thatched c.1795 farmhouse in Aki, Kochi, where Mitsubishi founder Iwasaki Yataro was born. Registered in 2010; free to view, with entry allowed as far as the doma.

A late Edo privy of three compartments south of the thatched house at Iwasaki Yataro's birthplace in Aki, Kochi, marking the old corner of the grounds. Reg. 2010.

The main house of the Iwamura (former Kuroiwa) residence in Aki, Kochi, is a late Edo goshi rural samurai home: an alcoved guest room in front, living rooms behind.

The Iwamura Residence tiled earthen wall in Aki, Kochi, is a late Edo wall 8.6 meters long, built of river stones, thin clay and densely stacked tiles, local style.