Edo

A Bunsei-era gatehouse in Matsubara, moved in 2007: 11 m by 4.0 m under a tiled hip-and-gable roof, with a lattice and yoriki windows. Seen from the street.

Built in 1823 on the Tanaka estate in Izumiotsu, this small earthen granary held grain against famine for the village under a detached roof. Not open to visitors.

A single-bay yakuimon gate of 1751-1829 in Osaka's Shitadera-machi temple row, the only building at Choshin-ji to survive the 1945 air raids. Registered in 2008.

A late Edo earthen storehouse on a corner in Izumisano, trapezoidal because its walls follow two streets. A survivor of the shipping town's iroha warehouse rank.

An 1848 earthen-walled storehouse in central Osaka, remodelled in 1941 into the sencha tearoom Dokuraku, with a tiled earth floor and Chinese-patterned window bars.

Tsutsui Family Residence Main House in Sakai is a thatched house built as the office of a land reclamation; radiocarbon dating suggests it dates from around 1700.

Tsutsui Family Residence Zashiki Wing in Sakai began as family quarters and was remade as sukiya-style reception rooms reached clockwise through four rooms.

Tsutsui Family Residence Tea Room in Sakai is a tiny late-Edo tea house with a three-and-daime-mat room, a noble's door, and hip, gable and copper roofs overlapping.

Tsutsui Family Residence Storehouse in Sakai is a two-storey earthen-walled kura with four plaster bands under the eaves, the last storehouse on this Edo estate.

Tsutsui Family Residence Earthen Wall in Sakai is a 134-meter tiled wall of stacked clay that zigzags around the garden, its eaves carried on posts and brackets.

Tsutsui Family Residence Gate Row House in Sakai is a zigzag Edo gatehouse with plastered walls that once held a stable; an ancient camphor tree stands before it.

The Terada Family Residence Inner Storehouse in Kashiwara, Osaka, carries planks salvaged from a Yamato River boat as the boarding at the base of its outer wall.

The Terada Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Kashiwara, Osaka, is the largest structure on the estate, its north face sheltered by a canopy for handling goods.

The Terada Family Residence Main House in Kashiwara, Osaka, faces the old Nara Kaido with plastered walls, a grille window and a varied run of timber lattice.

The Terada Family Residence Storehouse in Kashiwara, Osaka, stands at the centre of the plot on a coursed granite footing, plastered over its purlins and rafters.

The Terada Family Residence Annex in Kashiwara, Osaka, is a late Edo reception wing with formal entrances on both its east and west faces and carved transom panels.

The Terada Family Residence East Gate in Kashiwara, Osaka, is a small formal gate of 1.8 metres set opposite the eastern entrance of the reception wing.

The Terada Family Residence South Gate in Kashiwara, Osaka, combines a gateway with a storage room and leaves the timber frame of its roof visible from below.

This two-storey late Edo storehouse in Suita, Osaka, registered in 2003, adjoins the gatehouse side door. Its heavy tiled roof rests on a cambered beam and posts.

Built in 1826 for a headman family in Suita, Osaka, this main house was registered in 2003. Dated mallets and tiles survive; guided tours by booking Wed, Sat, Sun.