Meiji
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The Tsuchiya Family Residence Koji Storehouse in Koshu, Yamanashi, is a small early Meiji clay store built for making koji, the starter for miso, soy sauce and sake.
The Tsuchiya Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Koshu, Yamanashi: an early Meiji clay store for tenants' rent rice that has made brandy since the Showa 30s.
The Tsuchiya Family Residence Zashiki Gate and Wall in Koshu, Yamanashi: an early Meiji gate and 34 m tiled earthen wall enclosing the main house garden.
The Tsuchiya Family Residence Main House in Koshu, Yamanashi, is an early Meiji farmhouse with two extra roof levels built for silkworms, registered in 2017.
The Tsuchiya Family Residence Bunko Storehouse in Koshu, Yamanashi: an early Meiji clay store linked to the main house, first for books and bedding, now for wine.
An 1880 storehouse parlor at the back of the Hagihara lot in Katsunuma, dated by ink inscription, with a 14-mat room and a rare-wood alcove post. Registered 2018.
A mid-Meiji storehouse parlor on the old Koshu Kaido in Katsunuma, with two formal tatami rooms and stacked hinged-door windows on its street gable. Registered 2018.
A late Meiji tea-garden privy by the Oshian teahouse in Kofu, with a marble floor, a blue-and-white porcelain urinal and fanned rafters. Registered in 2025.
The Enshido at Minobusan Kuonji is a small 1876 hall above the main buildings, housing a stone memorial tower, with fans and celestial maidens carved on its porch.
The Kanromon at Minobusan Kuonji is an 1868 koraimon gate, moved in 1941, whose main posts carry the ridge directly, with a gatekeeper's lodge at the back.
The Former Shoin at Minobusan Kuonji is an 1876 reception building whose heavy tiled exterior hides high ceilings and openwork carved transoms between its rooms.
The Goshinkotsudo at Minobusan Kuonji is a white plastered octagon of 1881 that keeps relics of Nichiren around a golden stupa in a gilded, vividly painted interior.
The Goshinkotsudo Worship Hall at Minobusan Kuonji, built in 1881 for Nichiren's 600th memorial, has Zen-style brackets, deep fanned eaves and a cusped porch gable.
The Sanmon at Minobusan Kuonji is a two-storey Zen-style gate of 1907 with fanned rafters above and a plaque by the 79th abbot, at the foot of the Bodaitei steps.
The Somon Teahouse at Minobusan Kuonji is a plain timber building of 1894 inside the outer gate that once received pilgrims, a rare tea station at a Nichiren temple.
The Soshido at Minobusan Kuonji is the 1881 hall enshrining Nichiren, a T-shaped building with a carved inner sanctuary where the okaicho reveals his image.
An 1879 canopy over the incense burner before the Soshido at Minobusan Kuonji, built in the Zen style with lion-head beam ends and a carved dragon on the ceiling.
The Great Guest Hall at Minobusan Kuonji is a long 1886 reception hall with a grand curved-gable entrance and 5 tatami rooms, including a raised 20-mat chamber.
The Great Bell Tower at Minobusan Kuonji is an open-sided tower of 1882 before the founder's hall, with thick round columns, deep bracketed eaves and carving.
The Hokido at Minobusan Kuonji is an 1883 hall, 10 bays by 9, whose earth-floored front room shows a huge central pillar and beams cut from giant trees.