Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
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The last of the Shimizu River dams, completed in 1944 at a bend in the stream. Its spillway is shifted aside to ease the current, with Mt. Hiruzen on the horizon.
Built in 1914 as the town hall of Chizu, Tottori, Shimomachi Kominkan is a white clapboard office with a pedimented porch and iron vent grilles, registered in 2002.
Completed in 1818 and rebuilt in 1838, Joninji's main hall in Tottori keeps cherry-birch pillars, a coved coffered ceiling and a hybrid altar. Registered in 2008.
Completed in 1916, the worship and offering halls of Sugitani Shrine in Tottori enclose a single tall tatami room and were registered as cultural property in 2024.
Built in 1915 above the drained bed of Nikko Pond, the 7.3-square-metre main hall of Sugitani Shrine in Tottori was registered as a cultural property in 2024.
Completed in 1951 on the upper Hiketa River in Tottori, Somagoya Arch Dam is a stone-faced concrete sabo dam, 24 metres long and 10 metres high. Registered in 2004.
A late Meiji public bathhouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori, registered in 2010. Trading ended in 2022, yet its house-like frontage and divided bath plan survive intact.
The 1951 founder's hall of Daijuji in Yazu, Tottori, registered in 2024, linked by a corridor to the main hall and enshrining the tablets of every abbot.
The 1954 bell tower of Daijuji in Yazu, Tottori, registered in 2024, built to mark the recasting of a bell given up in wartime, with inward-leaning columns.
The 1955 Zen training hall of Daijuji in Yazu, Tottori, registered in 2024, once said to be the only specialist training hall in the Chugoku region.
The 1920 main hall of Daijuji in Yazu, Tottori, registered in 2024, a tall hip-and-gable hall of local timber with a richly carved porch, the oldest building in the precinct.
The bell tower of Daisenji on Mount Daisen, Tottori, built in 1950 beside the main hall, leans its posts inward and carries crossed brackets in a medieval manner.
The main hall of Daisenji on Mount Daisen, Tottori, rebuilt in 1951 after a fire in 1928, keeps a medieval plan under a pyramidal roof with richly designed carving.
Two late-Meiji storehouses joined by a shared forecourt behind a Tottori merchant house, registered in 2007. Their fronts carry rare circle-pattern namako tilework.
The oldest, smallest of three storehouses behind a Tottori merchant house, registered in 2007. Its rafters are sealed in plaster; its brackets carry swirl reliefs.
An early-Showa storehouse, middle of three behind a Tottori merchant house, registered in 2007. Entered from its long side, it breaks the line of gabled neighbours.
The early-Meiji living wing of the Ikeuchi cotton merchants in Tottori City, registered in 2007. Plastered eaves and small side firewalls guard it from fire.
The late-Meiji shop of the Ikeuchi cotton merchants in Tottori City, registered in 2007. A deep pine beam and full-width lintels frame its wide earthen floor.
An early-Showa side gate beside a Tottori merchant house, registered in 2007. Its roof stretches out like a plastered wall and uses the same tiles as the house.
The Tachikawa Inari Shrine Middle Gate in Tottori is a small 1921 gate on the steps below the main hall, with a gently curved roof, registered as a model of design.
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