Edo

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Gallery ef Storehouse (Fuchikawa Metal Office)
Tokyo 江戸
Gallery ef Storehouse (Fuchikawa Metal Office)

The Gallery ef storehouse in Asakusa, Tokyo, a timber merchant's storehouse of 1868 that survived quake and war, is now a free gallery and café by the river.

Storehouse of the Former Yoshikawa Eiji Residence (Soshido)
Tokyo 江戸
Storehouse of the Former Yoshikawa Eiji Residence (Soshido)

In Ome, Tokyo, the storehouse of Sōshidō dates to 1847, the oldest on the grounds. Its ridge tag names it the wind-gate storehouse, set at the southeast corner.

Nagayamon Gate of the Former Yoshikawa Eiji Residence
Tokyo 江戸
Nagayamon Gate of the Former Yoshikawa Eiji Residence

In Ome, Tokyo, the nagayamon gate of Sōshidō is a late-Edo farmhouse entrance. Its wings sheltered wartime evacuees; later Yoshikawa Eiji used them to store books.

Kyoshoji Temple Main Hall
Tokyo 江戸
Kyoshoji Temple Main Hall

Kyoshoji Temple Main Hall in Ikenohata, Tokyo, is an 1857 Jodo Shinshu hall built in fireproof dozo plaster construction, registered as a Cultural Property in 2010.

Kounji Temple Bell Tower
Tokyo 江戸
Kounji Temple Bell Tower

Kounji Temple Bell Tower in Nakano, Tokyo, a one-bay belfry of about 1749 moved here in 1914, stands on a tall stone base with close-set brackets and lion carvings.

International Christian University Taizanso Waiting Room
Tokyo 江戸
International Christian University Taizanso Waiting Room

International Christian University Taizanso Waiting Room, a late Edo thatched tea building said to be the Ikeda lords' Chitei, used as the waiting room for Kofukyo.

Shimoda Family Main House
Tokyo 江戸
Shimoda Family Main House

The Shimoda Residence in Nishitokyo housed Tanashi's hereditary headmen. A late-Edo, copper-roofed timber farmhouse, it is the city's oldest, registered in 2019.

Hebi-No-Yu Onsen Takara-So
Tokyo 江戸
Hebi-No-Yu Onsen Takara-So

Janoyu Onsen Takaraso, a Registered Cultural Property in Hinohara, is Tokyo's only secluded hot-spring inn: a thatched late-Edo farmhouse with a kabuto-shaped roof.

Joshoin Temple Main Hall Inner Sanctum
Tokyo 江戸
Joshoin Temple Main Hall Inner Sanctum

The inner sanctum of Joshoin, a sub-temple of Zojoji in Shiba, Tokyo, is a fireproof prayer hall of 1769 that survived the war, with a black-lacquered ceiling.

Shinkoin Temple Front Gate
Tokyo 江戸
Shinkoin Temple Front Gate

At the foot of Tokyo Tower stands the 1743 vermilion front gate of Shinkō-in, a branch of the Tokugawa temple Zōjō-ji, registered as a Cultural Property in 2001.

Space Oguraya Shop
Tokyo 江戸
Space Oguraya Shop

A late-Edo townhouse in Yanaka, Tokyo, the two-storey Oguraya pawnshop keeps its wide plank door and eight-mat counter room. Registered as heritage in 2000.

Takahashi Family Residence Barn
Tokyo 江戸
Takahashi Family Residence Barn

The oldest building of a Nishitokyo farmstead, a late Edo stable raised to two stories before the war, keeping its original frame and open lean-to; registered 2018.

Tamura Sake Brewery Brewing Storehouse
Tokyo 江戸
Tamura Sake Brewery Brewing Storehouse

The c.1822 brewing hall of Tamura Sake Brewery in Fussa, Tokyo: three linked earthen kura, extended in 1918 and 1922, with an octagonal brick chimney in iron bands.

Tamura Sake Brewery Zogura
Tokyo 江戸
Tamura Sake Brewery Zogura

Tamura Sake Brewery Zogura in Fussa, Tokyo: an 1862 two-storey earthen store with a floating tiled roof and two doorways, its ridge set crosswise to its neighbor.

Tamura Sake Brewery Front Storehouse
Tokyo 江戸
Tamura Sake Brewery Front Storehouse

Tamura Sake Brewery's 1830 rice store in Fussa, Tokyo: a small two-storey earthen kura with a floating tiled roof, notched boarding and double earthen doors.

Murano Family Residence Grain Storehouse
Tokyo 江戸
Murano Family Residence Grain Storehouse

A late Edo grain storehouse in Higashikurume with a detached roof, four courses of Oya stone at its base, white plaster walls and stepped plaster doors facing east.

Murano Family Residence Main House
Tokyo 江戸
Murano Family Residence Main House

An 1838 thatched farmhouse in Higashikurume: 23 m long under a hip-and-gable roof, with a stable at one end and a six-room plan and reception room at the other.

Murano Family Residence Storehouse
Tokyo 江戸
Murano Family Residence Storehouse

A late Edo storehouse in Higashikurume, 5.4 m long, with white plaster walls, a family crest on the east gable and an interior of close-set posts and iron bars.

Morita Family Residence Okankindo
Tokyo 江戸
Morita Family Residence Okankindo

Morita Family Residence Okankindo is a late-Edo family Buddhist chapel in Akiruno, Tokyo: a tiny earthen hall under a pyramidal copper roof with a jewel finial.

Morita Family Residence Former Rice Storehouse
Tokyo 江戸
Morita Family Residence Former Rice Storehouse

Morita Family Residence Former Rice Storehouse, a large late-Edo earthen store in Akiruno, Tokyo, known as Hachiken, became the kaiseki restaurant Tōtōan in 1996.