Ancient Structures: Edo Japan
Ancient Structures: Edo Japan adds Japanese structures from the Edo period, from 1603 to 1868, to worlds generated with the mod.
What it does
Built as a structure pack for the Dawn of Time project, the mod places handcrafted buildings inspired by Japan's Edo era into new terrain. Several lone structures sit alongside larger builds, and the set follows the team's goal of enriching survival play, worldbuilding and atmosphere. Some structures hold hidden loot or other surprises for players who explore.
The pack blends samurai and cowboy imagery in a way the authors describe as historically accurate in its architecture. Its armor pieces carry animated models, and the blocks come from the Dawn of Time ecosystem, which also showcases the architectural potential of those blocks. Dawn of Time: Beyond Vanilla is optional and extends the experience with other structure mods from the same team. The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, with builds for 1.20.1 and 1.21.1.
Key features
Edo period structures
Handcrafted buildings are modeled on architecture from the Edo period, placed in newly generated terrain.
Hidden loot
Some structures contain hidden loot and other surprises that reward exploration.
Animated armor models
Armor pieces use animated models from the Armor of the Ages dependency within the generated structures.
Single-culture packs
Additional packs focused on a single culture are planned to expand the datapack with more architecture.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 7
Optional 1
Use cases
Survival worlds
Players can find structures during exploration, adding landmarks and loot sites to a survival world.
Who it’s for: Players and server owners who want Japanese architecture generated in a world, and builders who want the Dawn of Time block set in a structure context.
Questions
Does Ancient Structures: Edo Japan need Fabric API?
Does the server need the mod?
Which game versions have files?
In the catalog
Ancient Structures: Edo Japan is one of 8,515 World generation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,027 World generation mods for Fabric. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
More from Dawn of Time Project
Similar mods
What the author says
This mod adds various lone structures inspired from the Edo Period (1603 AD to 1868 AD). Which means you can have your samurai meet a cowboy and it be historically accurate. These additional builds follow the core goals of Ancient Structure by enriching survival gameplay, worldbuilding, atmosphere, and challenges…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ancient-structures-edo-japan
- Owner
- Dawn of Time Project
- Published
- 2025-11-04
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15