Edo
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The Hiroumi Family Residence Main House in Kaizuka, Osaka, is an 1861 merchant home 18 and a half ken wide, with heavy beams over its earth-floored work area.
The Hiroumi Family Residence Middle Storehouse in Kaizuka, Osaka, is a tiny two-storey storehouse said to be the oldest on the site, older than the 1861 main house.
At the northwest corner of the Fujii estate in Higashiosaka stands a late-Edo tool storehouse, 5.9 metres of earthen wall under formal round-and-flat tile.
The Fujii main gate in Higashiosaka pairs keyaki doors with an attendants' waiting room, joining the Inui-gura storehouse to form one composed street elevation.
Sixty-one metres of tile-capped earthen wall run the eastern edge of the Fujii estate to meet the main gate, pierced only by one modest bracketed side gate.
A 13-square-metre earthen storehouse joined to a merchant house in Hirano, Osaka, registered in 2015 and apparently cut back after an 1895 geomancy reading.
The Fujimoto Family Residence Clothing Storehouse is a late Edo earthen store in Fujiidera, Osaka, its west wall continuing the main house wall. Registered 2006.
The Fujimoto Family Residence Main House is a late Edo farmhouse in Fujiidera, Osaka, whose west wall anchors the lane below Fujiidera temple. Registered in 2006.
Homyoji Temple Priests' Quarters in Fukae, Osaka, was built in 1797, with a low loft story, a gabled formal entrance porch and nine tatami rooms; registered in 2023.
Homyoji Temple Bell Tower in Fukae, Osaka, dates from 1713. Its gabled tile roof, carved brackets, tapered posts and cut-stone base led to registration in 2023.
Homyoji Temple Main Hall in Fukae, Osaka, dates from 1694. Its raised inner sanctuary with round columns and its five-bay front led to registration in 2023.
Homyoji Temple Yakuimon Gate in Fukae, Osaka, built in 1795, stands at the end of a path off the old Nara road, with a hip-and-gable roof and coffered ceiling.
A thatched farmhouse of 1744 in Hirakata, Osaka, with a yamato-mune roof on the west and hip-and-gable on the east, a doma and 4 rooms. Registered in 2019.
Mid-Edo thatched farmhouse at the heart of a village headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka: a yamato-mune roof, 11-bay plan, shikidai entrance and sukiya back rooms.
End-of-Edo storehouse behind the reception rooms of a headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka: the only two-story kura, with a floating tiled roof and white plaster.
Late-Edo storehouse joined to the gatehouse on the south front of a headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka, lined inside with nizuri boards under a sloping-beam roof.
End-of-Edo storehouse north of the doma on a headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka, with a drip ledge and a plaster band under the eaves on its white walls.
Late-Edo gatehouse on the south front of a headman's estate in Habikino, Osaka, with a storeroom, two attendants' rooms and formal tiles on the street-facing slope.
Minase Shrine Shinmon Gate and Tsuiji Wall in Shimamoto, Osaka, is an early Edo gate and earthen wall marked with five rank lines, registered in 2016.
Minase Shrine Main Hall in Shimamoto, Osaka, is an early Edo sanctuary said to be Empress Meisho's palace mirror hall, registered in 2016. Its roof is now copper.