Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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This late Meiji storehouse at Ueno in Katsuura has thick earthen walls, white plaster and a lattice-tiled base. It is 9.1 by 5.5 metres and was registered in 2008.
This late Meiji stable at Ueno in Katsuura divides its 11 metres into 3 stalls. Of the ten items registered here in 2008, it alone was listed as hard to recreate.
Built in 1907 at Ueno in Katsuura, this two-storey timber house closes the south side of the Yoshino Sake Brewery compound. Part of it still serves as the shop.
The smallest registered item at Yoshino Sake Brewery, this late Meiji shrine covers 10 square metres and carries fan rafters on its front. It was registered in 2008.
Built in 1907 behind the main house at Ueno in Katsuura, this small two-storey storehouse measures 9.1 by 6.4 metres. It was entered on the register in 2008.
The largest building at Yoshino Sake Brewery, this late Meiji hall runs 29 metres under a gabled roof with wide aisles on all four sides. It was registered in 2008.
Built about 1955 at Ueno in Katsuura, this stone gate has granite piers 60 centimetres square and 2.4 metres high, with an opening of 4.0 metres. Registered in 2008.
Ryokan Matsunoie in Katsuura, Chiba, an inn of the early Showa period, is a two-storey timber building with an open upper floor and a cusped gable porch.
The Aoyama Building of 1925 in Osaka, a five-storey concrete block built with homes below and rental rooms above, is an early mid-rise urban dwelling.
A 1950 storehouse in Chihayaakasaka, Osaka's only village, fitted with tatami rooms and a run of sliding glass doors upstairs. Registered 2007. Privately owned.
Built in 1881 in Chihayaakasaka, Osaka's only village, this farmhouse sets six slatted mushiko windows into black lime plaster. Registered 2007. Closed to visitors.
The Asano Family Residence Inui Storehouse is a late Edo storehouse in the northwest corner of the Asano estate in Yao, Osaka, with white plaster walls and tiling.
The Asano Family Residence Main House in Yao, Osaka, is a late Edo townhouse whose lattice front and mushiko-mado survive over a farmhouse plan. Registered 2004.
The Asano Family Residence Tatsumi Storehouse, built in 1935 in the southeast corner of the Asano estate in Yao, Osaka, has a round gable window under a curved hood.
The Asano Family Residence East Barn in Yao, Osaka, built around 1935, runs along the east edge of the estate; its west eave continues to the storehouse door.
The Asano Family Residence South Barn in Yao, Osaka, built around 1935, is the smallest of the five registered buildings, with earthen walls and a glazed gable.
The former main hall of Abe Oji Shrine in Osaka, built in 1908 and moved in 1968, is a small nagare-style hall whose side middle posts rise to the ridge.
This tiny hall at Abe Oji Shrine in Osaka, from the late Edo period (1751 to 1830) and once the Otokoyama Hachiman main hall, is painted red with bright details.
The lattice fence of Abe Seimei Shrine in Osaka, built in 1924, runs 25 metres around the main hall, with diamond-section slats under a small copper roof.
The worship and offering hall of Abe Seimei Shrine in Osaka, built in 1924, is a neat revivalist hall with a railed veranda and an offering hall behind.
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