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==Selected List of Important Cultural Properties==
==Selected List of Important Cultural Properties==
===Ishikawa prefecture==
*[[Shima (teahouse)|Shima]] teahouse, [[Higashi Chayagai]], [[Kanazawa]] - example of [[geisha]] house / teahouse ''[[machiya]]'' architecture
===Tokyo===
===Tokyo===
*[[Kan'ei-ji]] - Eikyûin Mausoleum, ''Chokugakumon'' (imperial scroll gate), water basin (''suibansha'')
*[[Kan'ei-ji]] Eikyûin Mausoleum, ''Chokugakumon'' (imperial scroll gate), water basin (''suibansha'')
*[[Senso-ji|Sensô-ji]] ''Nitenmon'' gate - downgraded from National Treasure in 1950
*[[Senso-ji|Sensô-ji]] ''Nitenmon'' gate - downgraded from National Treasure in 1950
*[[Tokyo National Museum]]:
**''[[Azekura]]'' storehouse of [[Jurin-in|Jûrin-in]], Nara
**Gate of the [[Inshu-Ikeda Edo mansion|Inshû-Ikeda Residence]]
*[[Ueno Toshogu|Ueno Tôshôgû]]
===Kanagawa Prefecture===
*[[Kencho-ji|Kenchô-ji]] Butsuden (main Buddha hall)
*[[Sankeien]]:
**Gekkaden, formerly of [[Fushimi castle]], built [[1603]] by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]
**Pagoda - formerly of [[Tomyo-ji|Tômyô-ji]], [[Muromachi period]], oldest pagoda in the Kantô
**Rinshunkaku - summer home for [[Kishu Tokugawa|Kishū Tokugawa]] family head [[Tokugawa Yorinobu]], [[1649]], Wakayama
**Shunsôrô tearoom built by [[Oda Urakusai]]
**Former main hall of Tômyô-ji, Muromachi period, Kyoto
*[[Sogen-ji (Kanagawa)|Sôgen-ji]], Twelve Heavenly Generals ([[Kamakura period]] sculptures, representative of [[Unkei]]'s style)
*Former Yokohama Specie Bank Headquarters - example of [[Meiji period]] architecture
===Aichi Prefecture===
*[[Nagoya castle]] - the three remaining corner towers, of an original eleven, are designated Important Cultural Properties
===Shiga Prefecture===
*[[Hikone castle]] - various buildings, including Ninomaru Sawaguchitamon-yagura. Main ''tenshu'' is a National Treasure.
===Nara Prefecture===
===Nara Prefecture===
*[[Kasuga Shrine]]:
**Nanmon (South Gate), [[1179]]
**Wakamiya Shrine ''honden'' ([[1135]]) and ''hainoya'' ([[1178]])
*[[Kofuku-ji|Kôfuku-ji]] Numerous sculptures, incl. Seated [[Amida]] Nyôrai sculpture - [[Kamakura period]]
*[[Kofuku-ji|Kôfuku-ji]] Numerous sculptures, incl. Seated [[Amida]] Nyôrai sculpture - [[Kamakura period]]
===Kyoto Prefecture===
===Kyoto Prefecture===
*[[Byodo-in|Byôdô-in]] - Yôrin'an shoin, moved to the Byôdô-in from Fushimi castle in [[1601]]
*Clarke Memorial Hall at [[Doshisha University|Dôshisha University]]
*[[Daitoku-ji]] [[Shinju-an]] - various paintings, works of calligraphy, etc. including works of calligraphy by [[Daito Kokushi|Daitô Kokushi]].
*[[Daitoku-ji]] [[Shinju-an]] - various paintings, works of calligraphy, etc. including works of calligraphy by [[Daito Kokushi|Daitô Kokushi]].
*[[Ginkaku-ji]] - entire complex; includes two buildings designated as National Treasures.
*[[Ninna-ji]]:
**Kannon-dô (1640s)
**Mie-dô (c. 1624-44)
**Pagoda ([[1644]])
**Ryôkakutei
**Seated sculpture of [[Yakushi]]-nyôrai, in the Reimei-den
*[[Shimogamo Shrine]] - 53 various objects.
*[[Shimogamo Shrine]] - 53 various objects.
===Fukuoka Prefecture===
*Ichi-no-[[torii]] at [[Hakozaki Shrine]], [[1609]]
===Okinawa Prefecture===
===Okinawa Prefecture===