Edo
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Thatched main hall of the ancient temple Jionji in Sagae, Yamagata, rebuilt in 1618 by the Mogami lords; its roof was restored in 2024; five hidden Buddhas within.
The oldest of five merchant storehouses in Nagai, Yamagata, this late Edo two-storey kura has tall east windows closed by heavy shutters in stepped plaster work.
The oldest of twelve registered buildings at a Yonezawa sake brewery: a late Edo storehouse whose roof sweeps down in one plane, framed on doubled tie beams.
Seifuso in Momiji Park, Yamagata City, was the shoin of Hodoji temple: a late Edo hall whose raised jodan-no-ma keeps an alcove, shelves and a garden-facing bay.
A Registered Tangible Cultural Property at Zenpoji in Yamagata, built in 1855 by northern-trade merchants, its tiered altars holding over five hundred rakan figures.
A Registered Tangible Cultural Property at Zenpoji in Yamagata, a late-Edo two-story gate holding Bishamonten and Idaten as guardians rather than the usual temple kings.
A Registered Tangible Cultural Property at Zenpoji in Yamagata, a compact four-legged gate covered in deep carvings of waves, animals, and the twelve zodiac signs.
A Registered Tangible Cultural Property at the innermost point of Zenpoji in Yamagata, its wave-shaped roof modeled on the undersea dragon palace of the sea deity.
Daisenbo Nagayamon Gate in Yuza, Yamagata: an 18.68-metre zelkova gatehouse of about 1834 on the Omonoimi Shrine approach, with chrysanthemum-crest eave tiles.
A Yamagata sake brewer's office and home from around 1695: a thatched farmhouse fronted by a two-storey office remodelled in 1932, registered for the streetscape.
A mid-18th-century earthen-walled brewhouse in Yamagata, 428 square metres on one floor, the working core of the Taruhei brewery and registered as a model of design.
An early 19th-century brewing storehouse in Yamagata whose east gable meets the street in a row of triangular roof ends; with the main house it is a local landmark.
Chikaoka Family Residence Main House in Kanayama, Yamagata: a large late Edo chumon-style farmhouse with a projecting stable wing and a snow-melting pond.
The Tsukiyama Shrine Main Hall at Fukura Kuchinomiya, Chokaisan Omonoimi Shrine: a 1711-era twin of the Main Hall whose carvings differ in detail. Registered 2012.
The Main Hall of Fukura Kuchinomiya, Chokaisan Omonoimi Shrine: a small nagare-zukuri sanctuary of about 1711 with an unusual two-tier gable, registered in 2012.
The Kagura Hall of Warabioka Kuchinomiya, Chokaisan Omonoimi Shrine: a late Edo bell tower turned dance stage, where Warabioka Ennen is performed each May 3.
The Zuishin Gate of Warabioka Kuchinomiya, Chokaisan Omonoimi Shrine: a late Edo eight-legged gate that once held Buddhist guardian kings. Registered in 2007.
A late Edo two-storey earthen storehouse at the Naganuma sake brewery in Nagai, Yamagata, joined to the family home, with stepped plaster doors. Registered 2008.
An 1838 shop and family home at the Naganuma sake brewery in Nagai, Yamagata: 20 m long, with a doma on the north and six rooms to the south. Registered in 2008.
Yoshitei Minami-dozō in Yonezawa, Yamagata, is a late Edo storehouse of 1830 to 1867. It survived the great fire of 1919, held raw silk, and was registered in 2003.