Edo
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A late-Edo earthen storehouse in Kaga City, Ishikawa, moved in 1997 from the burial temple of the Daishoji lords, registered in 1999 as difficult to reproduce.
Shokoji's bell tower in Hakusan keeps a mid-Edo frame, the oldest at the temple, an open single-bay tower on a high Tomuro-stone plinth, relocated in 1976 and registered.
Built in 1814 on the old road in Iburihashi, Kaga, this brewer’s townhouse has a clerestory over its rice-steaming bay. Registered Tangible Cultural Property.
A late-Edo sake store joined to the pressing house at a Kaga brewer’s compound, its ridge beam set on inner and gable posts. Registered Tangible Cultural Property.
A late-Edo clay store at a Kaga sake brewer’s compound, linked to the main house by a corridor, walled with close-set posts. Registered Tangible Cultural Property.
Dated 1808 by an inscription on its door, this sake-pressing store is the oldest building at a Kaga brewer’s compound. Registered Tangible Cultural Property.
Built in 1868 and moved in 1902, this earthen storehouse in Komatsu outlasted a 1936 fire and pairs tall clapboard walls with stone window frames and base.
The Hiraki Family Main House in Kanazawa, a late Edo samurai house in the old foot soldiers' quarter, stands between street, garden and an irrigation channel.
The Hirakiya Flag Shop in Kanazawa is a townhouse of the late Edo period (1830 to 1867) by the Sai River, keeping the layout of an old castle-town shop.
Ninsei's Iroe Pheasant Incense Burner, a National Treasure in Kanazawa, is a life-size ceramic male pheasant with gold-lined feathers and four smoke vents.
The Takita Family Residence in Shirai, Chiba, built in the late 17th century for a family of village headmen, is one of the oldest farmhouses in Chiba.
Built in 1622 by sword-appraiser Hon'ami Kōshitsu for his late parents, this 31.6-meter vermilion pagoda at Hokekyō-ji is Chiba's only surviving Edo-period pagoda.
Iinuma Honke Main House in Shisui, Chiba, keeps a mid-Edo plan of six rooms in two rows behind a Taisho extension. It now works as the Kinoene Omoya restaurant.
The Ito Family Residence Main House in Kashiwa is a late Edo thatched farmhouse with deep eaves and an 18-mat hall, the core of six buildings registered in 2018.
Obara Family Residence Former Nagayamon Gate, Tateyama, Chiba: a late Edo gatehouse remnant keeping its paved passage, western quarters and double-beam roof.
Obara Family Residence Rice Storehouse, Tateyama, Chiba: a c.1845 earthen storehouse, the oldest on the estate, with a through-post and sloping beams inside.
Obara Family Residence Main House in Tateyama, Chiba: a c.1859 farmhouse remodeled in 1896, with a six-room plan and side alcoves on both sides of the tokonoma.
A thatched late Edo farmhouse at the heart of a Mobara peony garden, with an earth-floored west end and four rooms. Open as a tea room for three weeks each spring.
A thatched nagayamon gatehouse of 1837, dated by its ridge tablet, now the entrance to a Mobara peony garden. Its west side was once a retirement room for the elder.
An 1842 storehouse in Torami, Ichinomiya, Chiba, the oldest building on the Akiba estate: clapboarded below, lime-plastered above up to the eaves. Registered 2017.