Edo

A late Edo bracket-arm gate on Tanegashima, registered in 2017. Round log posts are rare in old Satsuma, and carved mouldings survive in its smallest members.

An 1867 storehouse on a gōshi estate in Tsuneyoshi, Soo City, dated by an ink inscription on a roof strut, with sloping beams, a gabled tile roof and deep eaves.

A late Edo gōshi house in Tsuneyoshi, Soo City, with the local samurai plan of three front rooms in a row, from the Hikae-no-ma entrance to the shoin-named zashiki.

A late Edo gate in the south stone wall of a gōshi estate in Tsuneyoshi, Soo City: tall posts carry the ridge, tie beams act as brackets, doors bear iron straps.

A 220-metre stone breakwater completed in 1834 at Miyagahama, Ibusuki, Kagoshima, built by Shimazu Narioki and registered in 2008, with stepped faces and a lantern.

The Moriyama Family Residence Former Workshop in Kajiki, Aira, is said to reuse timber from the 1851 Shuseikan, with adze-marked posts and an unusual roof frame.

A late Edo townhouse on the old harbour of Nishinoomote, Tanegashima, registered in 2017, with rooms along an earthen passage and a ship's-hull ceiling.

The Materials Related to Okubo Toshimichi, 1650 items kept at the Reimeikan in Kagoshima, designated in 2004, include his earliest letter and one to Saigo.

A thatched L-shaped farmhouse in Mitane, Akita, built in the mid-1800s with segai bracketing reserved for high-ranking households. Viewing by advance booking.

The Satake Family Mausoleum at Tentokuji in Akita, built in 1672 for the Satake lords, has a doubled karahafu front, vermilion walls and rich carving inside and out.

Shinmeisha Kannon Hall in Katagami, Akita: a one-bay shingle-roofed hall of 1734 with a cusped-gable porch, designated with its cabinet and 2 ridge tags.

Isamigoma Sake Brewery Head Office East Storehouse in Masuda, Yokote, is a 33 m earthen sake store, Edo-period at its east end, extended in late Meiji. Listed 2002.

An 1847 earthen storehouse in Masuda, Akita, with black and white lime plaster outside and a lacquered tatami parlour within. Registered in 2010, privately held.

Shinmei Shrine Inari Torii in Yurihonjo, Akita, is an 1810 stone gate, the oldest of the shrine's seven registered structures, with thick collars and tilted pillars.

Shinmei Shrine Haiheiden in Yurihonjo, Akita, joins an 1867 worship hall to a 1915 offering hall, with carved sumo wrestlers and ceiling art by domain painters.

The front gate of the Watanabe family residence in Kazuno, Akita, is a doorless late Edo yakuimon 4.7 metres wide that frames the stone steps leading to the house.

The upper sake storehouse of Watanabe Hikobei Shoten in Gojome, Akita, from the late 18th century, survived a fire in 1921 and keeps a bold frame of thick posts.

The lower sake storehouse of Watanabe Hikobei Shoten in Gojome, Akita, from the early 19th century, survived a 1921 fire and closely matches the upper storehouse.

Oppoji Temple Three-Storey Pagoda in Tainai, Niigata: a shingle-roofed pagoda of 1619 sponsored by the lords of Murakami, plain in detail but finely proportioned.

Shugetsuji Temple Main Hall near Mount Yahiko in Niigata City is a 1699 Soto Zen hall by Izumozaki carpenters, with an eight-room plan and thatch under iron sheet.