Edo
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The 1843 gate of Saikyoji in Mima, Tokushima, is a three-bay yakuimon whose outer eaves are boarded and carved with clouds, the detail that put it in the register.
Saikyoji's 1858 main hall in Mima, Tokushima, is a registered property. Its 14 by 16 metre plan follows Jodo Shinshu practice, and dragon and tiger guard the porch.
Built in 1810 at Jizoji, fifth temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage in Tokushima, this plastered storehouse holds an octagonal revolving sutra case. Registered in 2011.
This hall of Kobo Daishi at Jizoji in Tokushima dates from 1711 to 1716 and was remodelled late in the Edo period. Carved transoms, celestial women on the ceiling.
Joined to the north flank of the main hall at Jizoji in Tokushima, this late Edo hall is built around a central goma fire altar, and its carved gable is admired.
Built in the 1710s at Shikoku pilgrimage temple No. 5 in Itano, Tokushima, this three-bay hip-and-gable hall is a good early-modern example of a pilgrim main hall.
The tea house of Zojuin in Tokushima City, a late Edo sukiya building of two wings joined at an angle, gives each room its own character with lavish fine timbers.
The Maikomi Well of Zojuin in Tokushima City, a late Edo well, winds down a funnel-shaped pit lined with schist slabs by a spiral path to its well curb.
The Taisanji Temple Corridor in Kamiita, Tokushima, a late Edo passage joining two halls, houses a row of 33 Kannon statues behind lattice doors. Registered in 2011.
The Taisanji Temple Bell Tower Gate in Kamiita, Tokushima, is a late Edo two-story gate with a bell above, fan rafters and a railed veranda. Registered in 2011.
The Taisanji Temple Daishido Hall in Kamiita, Tokushima, built in 1863 for Kobo Daishi, is a small pyramid-roofed hall with grouped rafters. Registered in 2011.
The Taisanji Temple Main Hall in Kamiita, Tokushima, is a three-bay mid-Edo hall moved here in 1796, its porch carved with dragons and baku. Registered in 2011.
An 1861 pagoda on rising ground north of the main hall at Tairyuji in Anan, Tokushima. A square lower storey carries a circular upper one. Registered in 2013.
An 1806 gate at the eastern edge of the Tairyuji precinct in Anan, Tokushima. Three bays with one opening, 7.7 metres wide, and the oldest of the nine buildings.
An 1852 hall on the western side of the Tairyuji precinct in Anan, Tokushima. Five bays deep but only three across the front, it was registered in 2013.
An 1856 sutra repository on the eastern side of the Tairyuji precinct in Anan, Tokushima. A hexagonal shell holds an octagonal revolving case, richly painted.
The Takahashi Family Residence Main House in Tokushima is a farmhouse dated by ridge tablet to 1799, with thatch ringed by tiled eaves; registered in 1999, not open.
Chiiori, a mid-Edo thatched farmhouse high in the Iya Valley of Tokushima, walled in flattened bamboo, forms the heart of its hamlet and now welcomes guests.
The main hall of Tsubaki Hachiman Shrine in Anan, Tokushima, built around 1856, is a small one-bay hall of complex brackets and dense carving around its doors.
Built in 1862 and only nineteen square metres, Tsurui Yakushido is a three-bay hall above the Iya River, registered in 2019 for its place in the landscape.