Taishō
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A detached building of 1916 on a hill in Gamagori, Aichi. A room stepping out to the southeast carries snow-viewing screens over Mikawa Bay. Registered in 2022.
A martial arts hall of 1917 at Meiji Mura in Inuyama, Aichi, moved there from Kanazawa in 1970. A Western roof truss clears its floor of every column.
The Former Saionji Family Okitsu Villa 'Zagyoso,' preserved at the Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, was the seaside retreat of Prince Saionji Kinmochi, Japan's last elder statesman. Designated as an Important Cultural Property in 2017, the complex includes the main house, guard station, attendants' waiting area, and gate—showcasing exquisite sukiya-style craftsmanship and the political history of modern Japan.
A 1913 county public hall and products exhibition hall in Okazaki, Aichi: among the earliest surviving county public buildings, closed since 2010 for repairs.
The 1913 Church of St. Matthew at Toyohashi is a wooden Orthodox sanctuary attributed to Kawamura Izo, Aichi's oldest, named an Important Cultural Property in 2008.
Completed in 1922, this Nagoya courthouse is Japan's oldest surviving court of appeals. Free entry to its Neo-Baroque stairwell and restored 1922 conference room.
Granite gate pillars at Okazaki High School, Aichi, early Taisho. Western classical columns meet a Japanese rough stone finish, registered in 2017 and still in use.
Reinforced-concrete gate pillars raised around 1925 for a sericulture school in Nishio, Aichi. Their Secession-style geometry won national registration in 2017.
Kariya High School's 1923 gate in Aichi, its reinforced-concrete posts scored to mimic stone in the Secession style, registered as a cultural property in 2017.
Built in 1924 at Nagoya's Zuiryo High School, Kankido is the city's oldest reinforced-concrete auditorium. Note the four roof gables and Secession-style trim.
In Nagoya stand Zuiryo High School's old gate pillars, built around 1924 in reinforced concrete for a former commercial school in a straight-lined Secession style.
The 1923 reinforced-concrete front gate of Tsushima High School in Aichi became a Registered Cultural Property in 2017, listed with twelve other school gates.
Built in 1921 for a girls' school in Handa, Aichi, these brick-tiled gateposts closed in 1961, were repaired in 1995, moved in 2008, and registered in 2017.
A 1926 guardian shrine at Eijuji in Shinshiro, Aichi, enshrining Dakiniten, merged with Inari worship, in a small hall with an inner shrine. Registered property.
The Okura Park Thatched Gate in Obu, Aichi, fronted Okura Kazuchika's Taisho villa. Moved in 1979 and still rethatched by Tono craftsmen, it was registered in 2015.
The Okura Park Rest House in Obu, Aichi, was the guest annexe of Okura Kazuchika's Taisho villa. Four tatami rooms step around a central pantry; registered in 2015.
The main house of the Otani family in Toyokawa, Aichi, built in 1916 below Mount Hongu, has a formal entrance, a central corridor and a frame of fine local timber.
The storehouse of the Otani family in Toyokawa, Aichi, of about 1916, is a plastered two-storey store with a namako-tiled front and black-plastered window frames.
The corridor of the Otani family in Toyokawa, Aichi, of about 1916, is a small gabled passage between the house and storehouse with beams under an exposed roof.
The 1917 former Okazaki Bank head office on the old Tokaido in Okazaki, Aichi, designed by Suzuki Teiji in brick and granite; now a free museum. Registered property.