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Ebara Family Residence Storehouse No. 2
Osaka 江戸
Ebara Family Residence Storehouse No. 2

Middle storehouse of the Ebara compound in Toyonaka, 6.8 by 3.9 metres, with a plaster band below the eaves and dense framing that marks it as a former rice store.

Ebara Family Residence Storehouse No. 3
Osaka 江戸
Ebara Family Residence Storehouse No. 3

A late Edo storehouse at the northwest corner of the Ebara compound in Toyonaka, 4.9 by 4.0 metres, unusual for its veranda, lean-to roof and covered passage.

Ebara Family Residence Annex
Osaka 江戸
Ebara Family Residence Annex

A late Edo guest wing behind the main house of Ozone's headman family in Toyonaka: an eight-mat room with alcove, openwork transoms and a tea-house-style veranda.

Okamoto Family Residence North Storehouse
Osaka 江戸
Okamoto Family Residence North Storehouse

Late-Edo North Storehouse of the Okamoto family in Kaizuka, Osaka: 6 ken long, one room inside, doors on two sides and a link to the Zashiki. Registered in 2003.

Okamoto Family Residence Main House
Osaka 江戸
Okamoto Family Residence Main House

The Okamoto soy brewers' mid-Edo townhouse faces Oshita-suji in Kaizuka with a 6-ken frontage. A ridge tag dates its rear wing to 1841; it was registered in 2003.

Okamoto Family Residence New Storehouse
Osaka 江戸
Okamoto Family Residence New Storehouse

Westernmost of three Okamoto storehouses in Kaizuka, Osaka, dated by a ridge tag to 1857, it alone keeps its traditional tile roof. Registered 2003; exterior only.

Okamoto Family Residence Middle Storehouse
Osaka 江戸
Okamoto Family Residence Middle Storehouse

Central Okamoto storehouse in Kaizuka, Osaka, said to date from 1716 to 1736; its old timbers and a later altar room built around it support that. Slate roof now.

Okuno Family Residence Clothing Storehouse
Osaka 江戸
Okuno Family Residence Clothing Storehouse

A late-Edo clothing store in Hirakata, Osaka: just 2 bays square, yet framed with heavy round logs and given a double plaster band on each gable. Registered 2017.

Okuno Family Residence Rice Storehouse
Osaka 江戸
Okuno Family Residence Rice Storehouse

A late-Edo rice store in Hirakata, Osaka: a one-storey clay-walled building with a fire-sealed door canopy, two rooms and drip hoods on its gables. Registered 2017.

Okuno Family Residence Main House
Osaka 江戸
Okuno Family Residence Main House

A late-Edo headman's farmhouse in Toyonaka, Osaka: 313 square meters with a nine-room raised floor and wide earthen floor, now used for concerts. Registered in 2008.

Okuno Family Residence Main House
Osaka 江戸
Okuno Family Residence Main House

A late-Edo farmhouse in Hirakata, Osaka: a nine-bay core with a vast earthen floor, four-room raised floor, formal entrance and added guest rooms. Registered 2017.

Okuno Family Residence Middle Gate
Osaka 江戸
Okuno Family Residence Middle Gate

A late-Edo gate in Toyonaka, Osaka, between the gatehouse and main house: 4.2 meters wide, with double board doors and eaves on bracket arms. Registered in 2008.

Okuno Family Residence West Storehouse
Osaka 江戸
Okuno Family Residence West Storehouse

A late-Edo storehouse on the street in Toyonaka, Osaka, whose raised north roof makes one building look like two. Repaired after the 2018 quake, it now holds a café.

Omeshi Family Residence Main House
Osaka 江戸
Omeshi Family Residence Main House

Built in 1839 at the north gate of Kaizuka's temple town in Osaka, this merchant house shows staggered gables and a corner cut away by a later road. Registered 2003.

Omeshi Family Residence Detached Wing
Osaka 江戸
Omeshi Family Residence Detached Wing

A twenty-square-metre tatami parlour attached to an Osaka merchant house in Kaizuka's temple town, built to front a storehouse that is now gone. Registered 2003.

Katagiri Seiryudo Main House
Osaka 江戸
Katagiri Seiryudo Main House

Katagiri Seiryudo Main House is a Bunka-era earth-plastered townhouse in Sakai, with a tearoom, altar room and the old shop attached. Registered 2000; closed inside.

Katagiri Seiryudo Middle Storehouse
Osaka 江戸
Katagiri Seiryudo Middle Storehouse

Katagiri Seiryudo Middle Storehouse is a tall two-storey storehouse of 12 square metres in Sakai, said to date from the Kaei era; registered in 2000 as a model.

Katagiri Seiryudo West Storehouse
Osaka 江戸
Katagiri Seiryudo West Storehouse

Katagiri Seiryudo West Storehouse was built in Osaka's Nipponbashi in the late Edo period, moved to Sakai in 1873 and now holds a kampo museum. Registered 2000.

Katagiri Seiryudo East Storehouse
Osaka 江戸
Katagiri Seiryudo East Storehouse

Katagiri Seiryudo East Storehouse is a single-storey Kaei-era store on the north edge of a Sakai garden, its brick forecourt running into a Meiji work area.

Katagiri Seiryudo Marishisonten Shrine Sanctuary
Osaka 江戸
Katagiri Seiryudo Marishisonten Shrine Sanctuary

Katagiri Seiryudo Marishisonten Shrine Sanctuary is a tiny guardian shrine of about 1814 in a Sakai garden, its shelter housing a one-bay nagare-zukuri hall.