Taishō
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Built in 1922 for Aichi's silkworm egg inspectors, this Toyota City office grafts chidori gables and daito blocks onto an early reinforced concrete frame.
A granite gate of 1922 on a Toyota City street, its posts ribbed at base and capital beneath a pantiled timber roof, registered in 2000 for its townscape.
Built in 1916 on an irregular plot, Nakasada Shoten Daigo Storehouse has a trapezoidal plan and a low koji loft. Registered in 2016, it now holds a brewing museum.
A Taisho-era villa in Mizuho Ward, Nagoya. Three wings step westward in echelon, holding a coffered reception room, stained glass and two tea rooms. Garden free.
Built in 1914 on the south edge of Nagoya University's Tsurumai campus, this granite gate and 1930 tiled wall were listed in 2007. A new ward quotes its pillars.
At the southeast corner of Nagoya University's Tsurumai campus, this late Taisho service gate carries 55 meters of glazed tile and terracotta. Listed in 2007.
On the south edge of Nagoya University's Tsurumai campus, this 1914 gate keeps two original granite posts under an arch, with a wall refaced in 1930. Listed in 2007.
The early Taisho main hall of Nanasho Shrine in Nagoya's Minami Ward, a tiny one-bay nagare-style hall with elaborate bracketing and a wave-carved strut. Registered.
A ritual hall of around 1917 between the main and worship halls of Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, whose crossed roofs shape the shrine front. Registered.
The shrine office of around 1917 at the entrance to Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, a plain hip-and-gable building with a gabled porch. Registered property.
The worship hall of around 1917 at Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, open on all four sides yet dignified on its raised base. Registered property.
A screen wall of around 1917 before the worship hall of Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, a blind wall peculiar to Owari shrines. Registered property.
The 1917 main hall of Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, a one-bay hall with layered chidori and cusped gables and carving throughout. Registered property.
A brick book stack of around 1919 at the Iwase Bunko in Nishio, Aichi, registered in 1999, which kept the collection for eighty years with made-to-measure shelves.
A small Western-style children's library of around 1925 at the Iwase Bunko in Nishio, Aichi, registered in 1999, with half-timbered gables; now the Toy Museum.
Nomasaki, Aichi's oldest lighthouse, has stood on the Chita Peninsula since 1921. Its rare unreinforced concrete form earned cultural-property listing in 2022.
The Banjo Brewery Former Rice Milling Workshop in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a Taisho timber building of 125 square meters with a brick chimney, registered in 2007.
The Banjo Brewery Storehouse in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a Taisho household storehouse of 93 square meters, boarded below and black plastered above, registered in 2007.
The Banjo Brewery White Rice Warehouse in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a small Taisho storehouse of 46 square meters with an inspection room, registered in 2007.
The Banjo Brewery Detached Quarters in Otakacho, Nagoya, are Taisho sukiya rooms with a raised alcove copying Zangetsutei and a small tea room, from 2007.