List of Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties


This is a list of Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan. As of January 24, 2026, there were 229 designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties.

Selection Criteria

Important Tangible Folk Cultural Properties are designated based on the following designation criteria:
Categories
  1. Necessities of life: clothes, accessories, eating and drinking tools, household furnishings and other residential items
  2. Manufacture, livelihood: farming implements, fishing and hunting gear, artisan tools, spinning and weaving equipment, other items related to work
  3. Traffic, transportation, communication: means of transport, boats, express messenger implements and other items related to barriers
  4. Trade, commerce: calculation and measurement tools, signs, licenses, and other shop related items
  5. Social life: gift exchange, implements for guards and judgements, boarding houses
  6. Religious faith: ritual implements, implements for Buddhist mass, votive offerings, idols, magic implements, and other items associated with shrines
  7. Knowledge of folk customs: calendars, implements for fortune telling, medical tools, and other items related to institutional education
  8. Folk entertainment, amusement, games: costumes, implements, musical instruments, masks, dolls, toys, and other items related to the stage
  9. Related to the life of people: upbringing, important celebrations in family relationships, maternity rooms
  10. Annual functions or events: implements for the Japanese New Year, seasonal festivals or the Bon Festival
Criteria
Materials from any of the above categories are then judged based on whether they exemplify:
  1. historical change
  2. a characteristic typical for the period
  3. a regional characteristic
  4. a characteristic of the level of life
  5. a functional aspect

Designated cultural properties

Necessities of life

NameCriteriaRemarksLocation
Collection of implements of daily life of the Ainu people1.1, 1.2, 2.3Collection of 750 articles originating from a horse-riding ground and donations including 197 items related to necessities of life, 174 to manufacture, 9 to transportation, 362 to religion and 8 musical instruments
Implements of daily life of the Ainu people from Nibutani, Hokkaidō, and surroundings1.1, 1.2, 2.3Collection of implements used by the Ainu people around Nibutani in their daily life. Total of 1,121 items including 82 articles of clothing, 263 related to manufacture and livelihood, 47 to traffic and communication, 98 to social life, 376 to religion, 13 to the knowledge of folk customs, 22 to entertainment and games, 42 to the lifetime of a person
Southern Tsugaru quilted clothes1.1, 2.3786 quilted articles of clothes from southern Tsugaru area with design based on the diamond shape, including 175 long, 174 short, 76 sleeveless, 374 tatsuke working trousers, and 37 maedare
Collection of southern quilted work clothes1.1, 1.2, 2.364 articles of quilted work clothes from southern Aomori Prefecture including 31 items of long and short type, 6 sleeveless items, 22 yamabakama, and 5 maedare
Items for use during snowy periods from Sawauchi, Iwate1.1, 1.2, 2.31,792 items including 297 articles related to clothing, 170 to eating habits, 192 to manners of housing, 704 to manufacture and livelihood, 75 to traffic and communication, 272 to transportation, 63 to entertainment and games, 19 to religion
Collection of masks for work1.1, 1.2, 2.3Collection of 59 items from Tōhoku used for covering the face during manual labour including: 20 head cloths, 35 kerchiefs, 3 furoshiki and 1 other article
Collection of Kurimono and related tools from Shōnai and surrounding areas1.1, 2.3, 2.5Items of daily use such as mortars, bowls and containers characteristic of life in mountain villages and carved by hand from wood. Total of 229 articles including 122 wooden bowls, 25 mortars, 19 salt containers, 15 "soro," 48 other items, and 21 tools.
Shōnai collection of work clothes1.1, 1.2, 2.3Work clothes from the Shōnai region made of various materials such as hemp and cotton. Total of 126 articles including 68 pieces of long/short clothing, 49 no-sleeve pieces, and 9 work hakama.
Shōnai collection of wooden drinking vessels1.1, 2.3Sake casks, decanter and cups from Yamagata Prefecture, many of which are lacquered and were congratulary gifts or used in celebrations or on outings. Total of 77 articles including 38 casket-shaped sake vessels, 17 variegated sake vessels, 10 sake bottles/lipped bowls, and 12 sake cups.
Collection of Daihō-ji pottery1.1, 2.3Everyday pottery produced in Tsuruoka from the Edo period to the mid-Meiji period. 234 articles in total including 101 sake bottles, 50 items for blanching food and 83 other items.
Implements of life and private house from upper Fujiwara 1.1, 1.2One minka house from a mountain community and 2,797 items including articles related to manufacture, daily existence, religion, others.
Implements of life from the Hamura private house 1.1, 1.2, 2.3One minka house and 1,209 items including articles related to clothing, eating habits, manner of housing, agriculture, fishing, sericulture, spinning and weaving, various professions, trade, religion, folk knowledge, and 22 others. The house was established in 1847 and was the main residence of the Shimoda family. It was donated in 1979 to Hamura city., hip-and-gable, grass thatched roof.
Collection of mountain hakama 1.1, 2.1, 2.3Collection of 119 pieces of mountain hakama and other work clothes including 42 tachitsuke pants, 50 monpe women's work pants, 14 trousers of karusan style and 13 others.
Kiyose, Tokyo1.1, 2.2, 2.3Collection of 469 uchiori, articles of clothing for home use made by farmer women from scrap material. The articles date from the early Meiji period to the Shōwa period and include haori, hanten, chanchanko, , koshimaki, obi, tabi, gloves, furoshiki and bags. Also included in the designation are collected raw materials and tools.
Items for use during snowy periods from Tōkamachi1.1, 1.2, 2.33,868 items including 569 articles related to clothing, 655 to eating habits, 575 to manners of housing, 1,285 to manufacture and livelihood, 97 to traffic and communication, 171 to transportation, 19 for social life, 25 related to knowledge of folk customs, 226 to entertainment and games, 246 related to etiquette.
Items for use during snowy periods from the Tōhoku region1.1, 1.2, 2.3Various objects for use during the winter period in Tōhoku: headgear, straw raincoats, gloves, sow hakama, snow shoes, footwear, leather-soled sandals, gliding implements, tools for snow removal, and hunting equipment. 243 plus 3 items including 119 accessories, 65 articles related to communication, 15 related to transport, 21 to snow removal, 17 articles of hunting equipment and 6 other articles.
Items for use during snowy periods from the foot of Mount Haku1.1, 1.2, 2.32,236 items for use in the winter period including articles related to transportation, communication, amusement and games.
Implements of life from Shiramine1.1, 1.2, 2.31,331 items from Shiramine mountain village including: articles related to slash-and-burn agriculture, sericulture, handwork, transport and trade, clothing, eating habits, manner of housing, religion.
Shiramine minka and implements of life1.1, 1.2, 2.3Minka style private house from Shiramine mountain village., hip-and-gable, grass thatched roof.
Lamps used around Shinano and woodblock prints1.1, 2.1, 2.3Collection of firing equipment, "fat pine", oil and petroleum lamps used around Shinano. 907 plus 56 items including: 26 koematsu lamps, 248 oil lamps, 206 candle lamps, 12 臭生水 lamps, 193 petroleum lamps, 96 firing tools, 31 items related to production of spills and 105 other articles.
Collection of Someya ware pottery1.1, 2.2, 2.366 items of Someya ware including: 46 jars and earthenware pots, 12 bowls and 8 other articles used for storing water, salt or as mortar.
Items for use during snowy periods from Miyagawa and surroundings1.1, 1.2, 2.32800 items including: 339 articles of clothing, 497 related to eating habits, 495 to manner of housing, 1025 to occupation, 78 to traffic and communication, 259 to transportation, 12 to social life, 74 to entertainment and 21 related to religion.
Articles for daily life and manufacture from the Yamaki site1.1.,1.2, 2.2Agricultural tools and implements for daily life such as wooden bowls or eathenware vessels excavated in 1950 from the Yamaki site.
Collection of hyōsoku oil lamps1.1178 items including 88 ordinary hyōsoku oil lamps, 30 hanging lamps, 50 other lamps and 10 accessory articles.
Collection of Tanba ware pottery1.1, 2.1, 2.3150 pieces of Tanba pottery including: 66 hu, 14 bowls, 52 sake bottles, 6 mizusashi water jars, 3 mizugame water jars, 3 flower vases, and 6 other items.
Minka 1.1Gasshō-zukuri style vernecular house from the second half of the 18th century transferred to the museum due to the construction of a dam. with thatched roof.
Items for use during snowy periods from Okuiishi and environment1.1, 2.3150 articles for use in snow: 19 for snow removal, 114 accessories, 12 for transport, 5 for hunting.
Footwear collection1.1, 2.1, 2.3Nationwide collection of 2,266 items of traditional footwear such as hanao, zōri, geta or waraji.
Implements of life from Tarutoko and Yawata mountain villages and a private house1.1, 1.2, 2.3Collection unearthed around 1960 from Tarutoko and Yawata villages which were submerged due to the construction of a dam at Lake Hijiri. Total of 479 items: related to necessities of life 247, related to production 185, others 47. Also included is one house from the beginning of the Edo period in Tarutoko built in chūmon-zukuri style.

Traffic, transportation, communication

NameCriteriaRemarksLocation
Ainu dugout canoe 1.3, 1.2Dugout boat made of a single Manchurian Ash tree and used by the Ainu for transportation and fishing in rivers and lakes. Length ca..
Collection of mudamahagi type fishing boats from Tsugaru Strait and surrounding areas1.3, 2.3Collection of 67 wooden fishing boats used around Tsugaru Strait. Included are 43 mudamahagi type boats which are of a semi-dugout style with two flat planks on the bottom; 22 shimahagi type boats; and two dugout canoes.
Dugout boat from Tomari1.3, 1.2Dugout boat used for fishing along the coast. Built around 1923–1924 in Tomari, Rokkasho. Northernmost dugout boat on Honshu. Length, maximum width, depth.
Dugout boat from Ōfunato1.3, 1.2Dugout boat used for fishing in Ōfunato Bay. Length, maximum width.
Dugout boat from Sawauchi1.3Typical river dugout boat built from a single Japanese cedar tree and used on Waga River either as a ferry boat or for the transport of stones in the context of levee protection works. Length, maximum width, depth.
Box-shaped dugout boat from Ōnuma 1.3, 1.2Small box-shaped dugout boat with flat bottom used for fishing and collection of junsai on the artificial Ōnuma swamp. Length, maximum width, depth.
Dugout canoe of Oga1.3, 1.2Dugout canoe used in the sea around Oga Peninsula for collecting seaweed and shellfish. Built in 1951 from a 300-year-old Japanese cedar tree. Length, maximum width.
Dugout canoe of Lake Tazawa1.3, 1.2A dugout boat made from a single trunk of a Japanese cedar tree and used for transportation and fishing of black kokanee on Lake Tazawa. Built around 1897. Dimensions: length, maximum width.
Collection of Bandori from Shōnai 1.3, 2.3Collection of 116 bandori mostly used in the Shōnai region, the northern coastal part of present-day Yamagata Prefecture, when transporting agricultural or forestry goods on the back of porters. Included are 47 round bandori, 32 winged bandori, 10 rectangular bandori, 6 and 21 other bandori.
Dobune with scull, oars and water scoop1.3, 1.2Dobune boat from 1901 in near original state. Length, maximum width, depth. Included in the designated property is the scull, four oars and a scoop for removing water from the boat.
Collection of transport implements used by porters along the Himekawa 1.3, 1.4, 2.3706 items used by porters for carrying salt and marine products along the Salt Road including back carriers, carrying implements and articles used for transport by cows.
Dobune of Noto Peninsula1.2, 2.33 dobune boats with 41 pieces of ship fittings or rigging, representing the crossover from dugout canoe to large plank boats in the development of Japanese wooden ship building. Lengths up to, widths, board thickness.
Collection of Hida 1.3, 2.3Collection of 23 Meiji period sledges for the transport of goods such as lumber, building stones, wood and charcoal in wintertime, with adaptions to various snow qualities and terrains.
Collection of back carrying equipment1.3, 2.3Nationwide collection of 62 articles of traditional luggage for the transport of goods with various shapes and made using various production techniques: 5 backpack ropes, 6 pack cushions, 16 carrying frames, 25 basket-backpacks, 35 bags.
3, 2Dugout boat made from pulpwood used for red clam fishing on lake Nakaumi.
3, 2One of two extant Tomodo, boats used for traditional Kanagi-style fishing, and for the transport of seaweed and fertilizer in the rough open sea of Oki. Made of cedar wood; dimensions: length, maximum width.
Esaki dugout canoe3Dugout canoe made with metal tools out of one momi fir tree and used on the open sea. Dimensions: length, maximum width, wood thickness. This boat had been buried at the beach of Esaki, Tamagawa-chō, Abu District, at a depth of.
Iya Valley3Vine bridge across the Iya River in the remote Iya Valley of Shikoku. The first such bridges are said to have been constructed by Kōbō Daishi, founder of Shingon Buddhism, and in a map of Awa Province from 1665 a large number of vine bridges are recorded. In old times these bridges were the only means of transport in the area and they had to be rebuilt three times per year. Dimensions of this remaining bridge: length, width, height above water surface.
Collection of carrying implements from Western Japan1.3, 2.1, 2.3Collection of 310 articles used for carrying goods on the back in Western Japan

Religious faith

NameCriteriaRemarksLocation
Marine Faith Materials Dedicated to Engaku-ji1.6106 items dedicated to Engaku-ji, including 70 boat ema and 28 topknots cut by sailors when getting on board or after shipwreck.
Items related to the folk beliefs of Nanbu Shichinohe Mirumachi Kannon Hall1.6, 2.2, 2.3359 articles dedicated to Mirumachi Kannon Hall, including: 185 ema, 14 hagoita, 113 sutra chanting tokens, 2 tokens for intoning the name of Amitābha, 2 notes regarding the presentation of copied sutras to the temple, 8 tokens of evidence of pilgrimages, 14 munefuda ridge tags and 21 other items.
Ema 1.6, 2.2, 2.3108 votive pictures.
Kuroishi 13 mounds1.6Line of 13 mounds associated with the Chiba clan. The construction of such mounds is thought to go back to the 15th or 16th century and the belief in the Thirteen Buddhas.
Ema votive plaques related to the sericulture, offered to Bishamon-dō, Fukuō-ji1.6, 2.3Collection of 23,477 ema votive plaques from the mid-Edo period onward offered to the Bishamon hall at Fukuō-ji, praying for prosperity and the safety of the sericulture.
Items related to the folk beliefs around the Iwaya Jyuhachiya Kannon1.6, 1.7, 2.3951 articles, including: 37 bamboo shintai 22 Azusa Yumi, 36 Buddhist prayer beads, 23 bamboo divination sticks or counting rods, 18 swords, 7 spiritual boxes, 205 mirrors, 72 ema, 12 temple gongs or bells, 389 prayer token, and 130 other items
Folk implements of mountain worship in the Okitama region and gyōya huts1.6, 2.33 basic gyōya huts and 830 other items used in mountain pilgrimages, including: 319 articles related to hermit life, 249 to mountain worship and 262 connected with the gyōya
Miniature pagodas and vessels for depositing ashes offered to Hachiyō-ji1.614,824 articles used in funerary rites at Hachiyō-ji, including: 14,798 wooden pagodas and 26 vessels.
Hitachi Float1.6The best preserved of four original festival floats used during the Hitachi Float Procession.
Chichibu Festival Floats1.6Six festival floats used during the Chichibu Shrine Grand Festival.
Fujizuka of Kizoru1.6 high, diameter mound representing Mount Fuji, built in 1800.
Tagoyama Fujizuka of Shiki1.6 high, diameter mound representing Mount Fuji, built in 1872 by Takasu Shōkichi, owner of a soy brewery, and Marukichikō, a school of the Fujikō sect.
Fujizuka of Shitaya-sakamoto1.6 high, diameter mound representing Mount Fuji, built in 1828 on the grounds of Ono Terusaki Shrine.
Fujizuka of Ekoda1.6 high, diameter mound representing Mount Fuji, built in 1839 on the grounds of Ekodaasama Shrine.
Fujizuka of Toshima-Nagasaki1.6 high, diameter mound representing Mount Fuji, built in 1862 on the grounds of Fuji Sengen Shrine (Toshima-ku).
Model ships offered to Kotohira Shrine1.628 models created and offered when a new kitamaebune cargo ship was built.
Model ships and boat Ema 1.62 boats from 1768 and 1850 respectively, and 85 ema wooden plaques from 1837 and after praying for safety of kitamaebune ship sailings
Marine Faith Materials of Nō Hakusan Shrine1.693 ema wooden plaques from 1752 to 1883 praying for safety of kitamaebune ship sailings; and 4 pictures of ships
Boat Ema 1.652 ema wooden plaques from 1774 to 1889 praying for safety of kitamaebune ship sailings
Offerings of Echigo-jōfu streamers1.6, 2.2, 2.324 ramie fabric banners with inscriptions dedicated to Shinto shrines
Takaoka Mikurumayama1.67 festival floats of the Takaoka Mikurumayama Festival.
Tateyama religious articles1.6, 2.31243 articles related to mountain worship of Tateyama, including: 363 items related to pilgrims' lodgings, 440 to the reception of pilgrims, 110 to costumes, 36 amulets, 20 related to missionary work, 84 related to Buddhist mass and prayers, 25 to the founding of a temple and 138 related to woodcut printing.
Materials related to childbirth and child upbringing dedicated to Shinjō-ji1.6, 1.9, 2.3966 articles offered to Shinjō-ji temple praying for easy delivery and healthy children, including 286 articles of clothing, 223 ladles, 97 items of footwear, 22 bibs, 13 items of earthenware, 58 ema, 237 paper lanterns, and 30 other articles
Collection of items related to folk beliefs1.6, 2.3293 articles related to the folk religion around Matsumoto city. The collection is centered around articles used in ceremonies related to agriculture. Included are: 95 items related to Dōsojin, 9 to Yama-no-Kami, 76 to Ta-no-Kami and 113 other articles.
Takayama Festival floats1.621 floats used during the Takayama Festival.
Of these, 12 floats are associated with the Hie Shrine and 11 floats associated with the Hachiman shrine. Apart from 2 float which are of the type, all floats are three-storied floats.
Gion Matsuri yamaboko-floats1.629 floats used during the Grand Festival of Yasaka Shrine, including: 22 of the type and 7 are of the type.
Prayer Ema 1.6, 2.3124 ema wooden plaques including large size ema and plaques depicting playing children.
Items related to the folk belief of Rokuharamitsu-ji1.62,163 articles including 1,945 clay pagodas, 101 articles related to the ten thousand lantern ceremony, 60 tea bowls for the New Year Tea ceremony and 57 other items
Collection of oshirasama dolls1.6, 2.333 dolls of the oshirasama folk belief of Tōhoku, including: 6 with wrapped head, 6 of the kantō god type, 4 of the kantō goddess type, 5 kantō priests, 2 priests, 4 kantō hayagriva, 5 kantō wrapped head dolls and one kantō cylindrically shaped doll.
Kanaya 13 mounds1.6Line of 13 mounds in north–south direction along the approach to Sekigan-ji, thought to date to the Muromachi period. The construction of such mounds is thought to go back to the 15th or 16th century and the belief in the Thirteen Buddhas.
Mitsuyama models at Harima Sōsha1.6Three miniature versions of the three large mountains constructed during the Mitsuyama Festival held every 20 years.
Items related to the folk belief of Gangō-ji1.6Collection of 65,395 items offered to Gangō-ji including wooden Buddhist statues, Buddhist images on paper, gorintō and miniature stupas.
Ikoma Jūsan-tōge 13 mounds1.6Located on a ridge-line along the former border of Yamato and Kawachi provinces. The central mound at the highest point is noticeably bigger and said to be the imperial tomb of the queen of Emperor Jimmu. The construction of such mounds is thought to go back to the 15th or 16th century and the belief in the Thirteen Buddhas.
Morotabune1.3, 1.6Two boats in the shape of ancient dug-out canoes used in a race during the Morotabune rite recreating a myth from the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.
Musical instruments dedicated to Miho Shrine1.6846 instruments dedicated to Miho Shrine; all kinds of percussion, wind and string instruments such as taiko, tsuzumi, shamisen or organs; and also toy instruments
Toyomatsu religious articles1.6, 2.3881 articles from Toyomatsu village including 206 items related to religious service, 40 to prayer, 110 to Kagura dance, 30 to lantern festivals, 488 to shrine banquets, and 7 to ōtaue rice planting
Public Bathhouse at Amida-ji 1.6 single storied structure with covering roof and kawarabuki roof.
Yama-no-Kami forests on Futaoi-jima1.6Four forest stands protected as place of Yama-no-Kami
Boat ema dedicated to Susa Hōsen-ji Kōteisha 1.6, 2.249 boat related ema dedicated to Hōsen-ji and the local chinjusha, Shinto shrine on Kōyama, Kagoshima.
Items related to the folk beliefs of Konpira1.6, 2.11,725 articles including 37 boat ema, 19 harbor and the like ema, 41 model ships, 282 tairyō-bata, 129 articles related to the custom of nagashi-daru'', 375 charms issued by a shrine, 63 printing blocks, 68 other items, 13 pairs of komainu lion dogs 668 tōrō, 1 high stone lantern, Tōmyō-dō, 10 torii, 6 stone basins for purifying water at the shrine entrance, 12 pavement and boundary stones
Religious articles of Nagasaki Kakure Kirishitan2,218 articles related to hidden catholic believes in the Nagasaki-Sotomoe,Goto Islands region of Japan. The set includes medals, rosaries, holy icons and paintings, fortune telling and excorcism tools, calendars and costumes.

Knowledge of folk customs

NameCriteriaRemarksLocation
Watanabe Gakuen collection of miniature clothes and teaching tools7Collection of miniature clothes and tools from Tokyo Sewing Girls' School and Tokyo Girls' Vocational School, predecessors of Tokyo Kasei University, which was founded in 1881 by Watanabe Tatsugorō as. The materials include 2,290 items of clothes including kimono and western clothing; as well as 61 pieces of teaching materials donated by graduates of Watanabe Gakuen.
Hokke-ji bath, with 1766 inscription on ridge tag and water well7Bath house at a Buddhist temple where water was boiled and circulated under the floor to create a steam sauna. Tradition holds that Empress Kōmyō cared for the elderly and sick people in this building. 2×3 ken, kirizuma style, tsumairi style entrance, single-storied structure; reconstructed in 1766. Attached to the property is a munafuda ridge tag of length made of cedar wood and a water well of diameter and depth.
Yu-no-yama old hot spring spot7, 6Old hot spring spot with purportedly healing water, used for bathing since around 1750. It was popular among others with daimyō Yoshinaga of the Hiroshima Domain and around that time featured in the by the Confucian scholar Seishu Hori. Houses for bathing, a shrine to worship the hot spring god and 37 inns were built around that time. It exemplifies the institutionalization of hot spring bathing in Japan.
7Stone hut for medical steam baths. Dimensions:. Built of piled up granite. Still in use.
7Stone hut for medical steam baths. Built in 1186, this is the oldest such bath in Western Japan. Dimensions:, enough space for ca. 10 people. Built of piled up granite joined with clay.
7Two-level stone hut for medical steam baths. Fire in lower level was used to heat the stone and upper room.
7Two-level cavern for medical steam baths with an entrance high, wide, dug from a steep tuff cliff. Fire in lower level was used to heat the stone and upper room of height and size, enough space for 6–7 people. According to tradition the origins of the bath go back to the Kan'ei era.

Folk entertainment, amusement, games

NameCriteriaRemarksLocation
Ōmomo stage1.8Located on the grounds of Komagatake Shrine., kirizuma style thatched roof.
Hinoemata stage1.8Farm village stage at a local shinto shrine of Hinoemata. Built in 1897 after the destruction by fire of the previous stage in 1893.
Kamimiharada Kabuki stage1.8Kabuki stage established in 1819. with thatched roof.
Kyūfunakoshi1.8Originally built in Daiō, Mie in 1857; moved to the Nihon Minka-en park in 1973., hip-and-gable roof, sangawarabuki tiles.
Shimokuroda stage1.8Two-storied puppet theatre stage from 1840 at Suwa Shrine., sangawarabuki tiles.
Kagami stage1.8Farming village stage from 1882 on the grounds of Murakuni Shrine., kirizuma style, sangawarabuki tiles.
Lion mask collection and Hida 1.8, 1.6, 2.3Nationwide collection of 800 items related to the lion dance: 296 lion masks, 107 lion implements, implements, 62 articles related to musicians, 57 tools for the production of lion masks, 57 items related to the lion dance, 86 other articles.
Makuwa puppet theatre stage1.8Doll theatre stage at Mononobe Shrine from the early Meiji period., sangawarabuki tiles. The Makuwa Ningyō Jōruri has been designated as Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Kadowasa stage1.8Large theatre kabuki stage at Shirayama Shrine, Kadowasa., kirizuma style, eaves on four sides and zinc coated iron-plated roof.
Shimotanigami stage1.7Farming village stage with thatch-covered hip-and-gable roof, reconstructed in 1840 on the grounds of Amatsu Hikone Shrine.
Kazurahata stage 1.7Farming village stage with thatch-covered hip-and-gable roof, reconstructed in 1893.
Kamimikawa stage1.7Farming village Kabuki stage with thatch-covered hip-and-gable roof, reconstructed in 1896.
Tanokuma stage1.8Farming village Kabuki stage from 1871 on the grounds of the Hachiman Shrine. Single-storied wooden building with hip-and-gable roof and sangawarabuki tiles. Also used as the shrine's haiden.
Akasaki Shrine Outdoor Theatre1.8Outdoor performance space surrounded by horseshoe-shaped stands at Akasaki Shrine, Nagato, Yamaguchi.
Inukai stage1.8Farm-village doll theatre stage for Awa puppet plays from the early Meiji period on the grounds of Goō Shrine.
Sakashū stage1.8Puppet theatre stage from 1791 inside the Hachiman Shrine of Sakashū, Naka, Tokushima. Hira-butai type where both the stage and the audience can be seen from the.
Ikeda reviewing stand1.6, 1.7Reviewing stand made of stone walls from the late Edo period used in the shrine's autumn festival as gallery for people observing mikoshi or festival floats.
Nakayama stage1.8Stage on the grounds of Kasuga Shrine built in the late Edo period and equipped with various mechanisms such as a revolving stage, a hanamichi,, trap-door lift etc.
Hitoyama stage1.8Stage on the grounds of Rikyū Hachiman Shrine reconstructed in 1900 and equipped with various mechanisms such as a revolving stage, a hanamichi,, trap-door lift etc.
Takano stage1.8, 1.6Stage on the grounds of Mishima Shrine established in 1873 and equipped with various mechanisms such as a revolving stage, a hanamichi,, etc.
Yashiro stage1.8Farming village stage on the grounds of Yashiro Hachiman Shrine equipped with various stage mechanisms.
Puppets1.6, 1.8, 2.2Collection of 47 wooden puppets used in the pre-bunraku tradition, a puppet performance that starts with a dance followed by a series of sumo bouts, held once every 4 years on August 10–12 at Hachiman Koyō Shrine, Yoshitomi, Fukuoka Prefecture. Similar to the puppets at Koyō Shrine, Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture.
Puppets1.6, 1.8, 2.2Collection of 60 wooden puppets used in the pre-bunraku tradition, a puppet performance that starts with a dance followed by a series of sumo bouts, held once every 3 years on October 12 at Koyō Shrine, Nakatsu, Ōita Prefecture. Similar to the puppets at Hachiman Koyō Shrine, Yoshitomi, Fukuoka Prefecture.