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.
The oldest storehouse on the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka: a mid-Edo, 2-storey clay-walled building joined to the kitchen wing, its roof carried on a ridge beam.
A rare late-Edo inner gatehouse joined in a T behind the front gate of the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, splitting the guests’ forecourt from the household entry.
A mid-Edo reception hall on the Kaname headman estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, built for the domain lord, with a wide entrance step and no nageshi rails, out of frugality.
The 18-ken gatehouse fronting the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka: a later-Edo clay-walled nagayamon with formal and kitchen gates, rooms for the lord and a stable.
The smallest storehouse on the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, read kanenotogura: a late-Edo building whose doorway stacks board, iron-plated and lattice doors.
A late-Edo storehouse on the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, facing the Kanenoto Storehouse across a yard to form a U-shaped court; slate roof, tiled south face.
The late-Edo earthen wall around the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka: 222 metres of tile-capped clay with curved corners and a west gate, visible from the street.
A later-Edo gate attached to the Front Shoin of the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, leading into the pond garden, with a waiting bench for tea guests and a privy.
A late-Edo garden gate and 24-metre earthen wall dividing the main and inner gardens of the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka; the gate is dressed with crooked twigs.
A 1738 private study hall, Chouken, deep in the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka, with a flame-shaped window, cloisonne fittings and a tiny tea room. Registered 2017.
The largest storehouse on the Kaname estate in Kaizuka, Osaka: a later-Edo 2-storey building 7 ken long, split into two rooms, with heart-shaped carving by the door.
Karasunomiya Shrine Inari Shrine (Former Main Hall) in Osaka is a carved 1781 nagare-style shrine, once the main hall, moved around 1930 and 1967. Registered 2019.
A closed 2-story late Edo storehouse in Izumi, Osaka, that kept the family's clothing and bedding, with one door, 2 small windows and raking beams in its roof.
A long, low late Edo storehouse in Izumi, Osaka, with a detached tiled roof, 2 doors under a pent roof, a plaster eaves band and a namako-kabe tiled east gable.
A late Edo farm gate in Izumi, Osaka, hipped at one end and gabled at the other, with board doors and a wicket, a privy, a cattle stall and a passage to the house.
A small late Edo storehouse in Izumi, Osaka, under a detached tiled roof, its plaster walls boarded below on the street side and tiled namako-kabe on the yard side.
A late Edo row gate in Izumi, Osaka, with a storeroom, a servants' room and a six-mat reception room with a hanging alcove; now the entrance to Kawanotei.
An 1851 farmhouse in Izumi, Osaka, with a steep thatched yamatomune roof, tiled side wings, a formal shikidai entrance and eight rooms in two rows; registered 2024.
Built in 1758, the Kanda Shrine Sacred Horse Stable is the oldest of its 12 registered buildings and shelters a wooden horse carved that same year. What to look for.
Built in 1780 by a team including carpenter Tanegashima Kanzaemon, the Kanda Shrine Shinmon Gate changes its bracketing and rafters between storeys. How to view it.