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Koyama Family Residence Gatehouse
Osaka 江戸
Koyama Family Residence Gatehouse

Late Edo nagayamon gatehouse of a Sakai farming estate, registered in 2002: hip-and-gable tiled roof, black plaster street front and a row of lattice windows.

Kongoji Temple Amano River East Bank Former Sub-Temple Earthen Wall
Osaka 江戸
Kongoji Temple Amano River East Bank Former Sub-Temple Earthen Wall

A mid-Edo earthen wall running 103 metres along the Amano River at Kongoji, Kawachinagano. Plastered on a stone base, it once enclosed the east-bank sub-temples.

Kongoji Temple Honbo Guest Hall
Osaka 江戸
Kongoji Temple Honbo Guest Hall

A mid-Edo former kitchen hall of the sub-temple Chuin in Kongoji's Honbo, Kawachinagano. It faces the garden, with three 8-mat rooms and a broad veranda.

Kongoji Temple Honbo Jibutsudo
Osaka 江戸
Kongoji Temple Honbo Jibutsudo

A mid-Edo chapel from the sub-temple Chuin, now in Kongoji's Honbo garden in Kawachinagano. Three bays square, it has a pyramidal copper roof and a rear altar bay.

Saikyoji Temple Shikidai Entrance and Shoin
Osaka 江戸
Saikyoji Temple Shikidai Entrance and Shoin

An 1859 entrance and reception suite joined to the main hall of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Its shikidai has a slatted transom and beams carved with waves and clouds.

Saikyoji Temple Chozuya
Osaka 江戸
Saikyoji Temple Chozuya

A purification pavilion of around 1816 in the front garden of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Four inward-leaning posts and carved bracket arms frame a stone basin.

Saikyoji Temple Main Hall
Osaka 江戸
Saikyoji Temple Main Hall

An 1808 Jodo Shinshu main hall in Izumi, Osaka, 15 metres wide, with an open outer hall and a raised sanctuary dressed in carving, colour and gold. Registered 2014.

Jigan-ji Drum Tower
Osaka 江戸
Jigan-ji Drum Tower

Jigan-ji's drum tower in Yao, Osaka, dates to the late Edo period. Its offset upper storey with cusped windows rises above the earthen wall beside the main gate.

Jigan-ji Ablution Pavilion
Osaka 江戸
Jigan-ji Ablution Pavilion

Jigan-ji's ablution pavilion in Yao, Osaka, covers barely 12 square metres. Carved details date it to the 1660s, the oldest of the temple's five registered buildings.

Jigan-ji Main Hall
Osaka 江戸
Jigan-ji Main Hall

Jigan-ji's main hall in Yao, Osaka, rebuilt in 1817, is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property. This Shinshu hall is 19 metres wide and centres a temple town from 1606.

Jizoji Temple Main Hall
Osaka 江戸
Jizoji Temple Main Hall

Built in 1721 at a Shingon temple in Kawachinagano, Osaka, Jizoji Hondo has a pyramidal tiled roof, a coved coffered ceiling and a celestial figure at its altar.

Shitennoji Temple Amida Hall
Osaka 江戸
Shitennoji Temple Amida Hall

Built in 1674 as the main hall of a branch temple in Mie and moved to Osaka in 1953, this deep hall at Shitennoji Temple is entered through its gable end.

Shitennoji Temple Seirei-in Karamon Gate
Osaka 江戸
Shitennoji Temple Seirei-in Karamon Gate

Built in 1808 as the gate of a hall enshrining Tokugawa Ieyasu, this small four-legged gate at Shitennoji Temple in Osaka now stands before the Prince Shotoku hall.

Shitennoji Temple Ossuary
Osaka 江戸
Shitennoji Temple Ossuary

Once the Shoten hall of a Mie branch temple, this three-bay pyramidal building at Shitennoji Temple in Osaka now shelters ashes before their final interment.

Shitennoji Honbo Karamon Gate
Osaka 江戸
Shitennoji Honbo Karamon Gate

Built as the gate of the hall enshrining the Tokugawa shoguns, this 6.2 square metre bow-roofed gate at Shitennoji Temple in Osaka is carved with a guardian dragon.

Shinkoji Temple Sanmon Gate
Osaka 江戸
Shinkoji Temple Sanmon Gate

The gate of Shinkoji in Osaka's temple quarter, a one-bay yakuimon of the mid-Edo period facing Matsuyamachi-suji, is admired for its finely carved beams.

Sumiyoshi Taisha Kaku Torii Gate
Osaka 江戸
Sumiyoshi Taisha Kaku Torii Gate

The Sumiyoshi Taisha Kaku Torii Gate is an early Edo stone torii before the Kojumon Gate in Osaka, with chamfered square pillars and an upswept lintel 4.1 m high.

Sumiyoshi Taisha North Great Torii Gate
Osaka 江戸
Sumiyoshi Taisha North Great Torii Gate

The Sumiyoshi Taisha North Great Torii Gate is an early Edo stone torii at the north entrance in Osaka, moved in early Meiji; one of four great torii, 6.5 m high.

Sumiyoshi Taisha North Mizugaki Gate
Osaka 江戸
Sumiyoshi Taisha North Mizugaki Gate

The Sumiyoshi Taisha North Mizugaki Gate is a late Edo four-legged gate behind the First Sanctuary in Osaka, one of an identical pair guarding the rear of the halls.

Sumiyoshi Taisha Kofukumon Gate
Osaka 江戸
Sumiyoshi Taisha Kofukumon Gate

The Sumiyoshi Taisha Kofukumon Gate is an early Edo four-legged gate beside the Kojumon in Osaka, the same size but deliberately plain, marking it as the side gate.