Edo
江戸Browse Japan’s cultural heritage from the Edo period (1603 – 1868). Filter by prefecture, type, and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Unpoji's shoin in Koshu, Yamanashi, is a mid-Edo Important Cultural Property of 1716: a hipped, thatched residential hall behind the garden, the newest of its four.
On Mt. Yumura in Kōfu, Entaku-ji's hipped-roof Jizō-dō shelters a stone Jizō. An Important Cultural Property since 1949, its soot-black interior rewards a visit.
Built in 1615 by Torii Narutsugu, the irimoya-roofed main hall behind the worship hall is praised for lacquer, carving and gilt fittings equal to Momoyama work.
Hime Sanjin Main Hall at Kubo Hachiman Shrine, said to be rebuilt in 1625, is a small lacquered sanctuary in white, vermilion and black on an island in the pond.
Two-storey gate of Kai Zenkoji in Kofu, Yamanashi, raised in 1767 after a fire, 15 metres high and blending Japanese and Zen styles, with unfinished Nio figures.
Main hall of Kai Zenkoji in Kofu, Yamanashi, rebuilt in the late 18th century in the T-shaped shumoku style, 27 metres high, known for its echoing dragon ceiling.
The Takamuro estate in Kofu, Yamanashi, home of physicians to the Kofu garrison, keeps a thatched main house of 1788 with its dispensary among nine listed buildings.
A late 17th-century thatched farmhouse in Hokuto, Yamanashi, 19.7 metres wide, built for a village headman. Designated in 1989, open near Kobuchizawa Station.
The Monzai Family Residence in Minobu, Yamanashi, an Important Cultural Property since 1964, is a late 17th-century thatched farmhouse typical of the Fuji valley.
The Sakurabayashi Family Residence Rice Storehouse and Tool Storehouse in Kofu is a late Meiji storehouse: an open rice store, a 2-level tool store, a lean-to.
The Sakurabayashi Family Residence East Document Storehouse in Kofu is a late Edo-period earthen storehouse, the oldest building on the site, set on brick footings.
A late Edo wing behind the West Shop in Katsunuma, with white plastered gables and two differently finished zashiki rooms beside a central passage. Registered 2018.
A late Edo shop on the old Koshu Kaido in Katsunuma, only three ken deep, that keeps its lattice, lifting shutters and great front door. Registered in 2018.
A late Edo merchant townhouse on the old Koshu Kaido in Katsunuma, with a wide earthen passage, two rows of rooms, fine lattice and lift-up doors. Registered 2018.
A late Edo thatched teahouse in Yumura, Kofu, moved in 1948 and 1991, with a tiny tea room and a ceiling of soot-darkened bamboo and paulownia. Registered in 2025.
The Sanmaido at Minobusan Kuonji is an 1823 hall moved to the Nishidani heights in 1941, with three-stepped brackets, a carved porch and a double coffered ceiling.
The Hocchinkaku at Minobusan Kuonji, built in 1739, is the oldest registered hall, set on stone steps inside the outer gate, with painted spirits and carved dragons.
The Honjido at Minobusan Kuonji is a square raised hall of 1852 behind the main area, with a bracketed veranda and a jewel finial on its pyramidal copper roof.
The main hall of Iimichi Shrine in Koka, Shiga, built in 1649, layers a triangular gable and a cusped gable over its three-bay porch, all roofed in cypress bark.
Built inside the Kyoto palace in 1619 for Tokugawa Masako and granted to Enman-in in 1647, this 19.7-metre shingle-roofed shoin hall in Otsu was designated in 1902.