Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

Hozumi Residence Main House, Onan, Shimane: a late Edo headman's house, six rooms in a grid west of the earth floor, re-roofed in Sekishu tile over four-tier beams.

Hozumi Residence Sedo-no-kura, Onan, Shimane: a late Edo storehouse behind the main house, its raised roof set over plaster carried right up to the eaves.

The former Mino District Office in Masuda, Shimane, built in 1921 with a carriage porch and projecting wings typical of Taisho offices. Registered in 1996.

The worship hall of Miho Shrine at Mihonoseki, Matsue, a 1924 hall by Ito Chuta, stands open on all sides over a stone floor, its orderly roof framing left on view.

The Okage Well of 1861 before Miho Shrine in Mihonoseki, Matsue, a stone shaft ringed by an octagon of slabs, served residents, seafarers and pilgrims alike.

A late Edo stone retaining wall fronting the Yamashita estate in Gotsu, Shimane, 45 meters long and up to 3.8 meters high, of random split stone with bonded corners.

A tiny early Showa well shed at the Yamashita estate in Gotsu, Shimane: four posts, a red-tiled gable, bamboo lath, a wooden well curb and a stone washing floor.

A large 1883 farmhouse in the hills of Gotsu, Shimane: a 20 by 12 meter gabled core under red Sekishu tiles, an earth-floored work side and nine floored rooms.

An 1898 two-story earthen storehouse behind the main house in Gotsu, Shimane, with white plaster, namako tiling and a family crest, and curved beams under the ridge.

A late Edo two-story row house on the Yamashita estate in Gotsu, Shimane, 15 meters long with exposed posts; its ground floor held a servants' room and a stable.

A 1929 two-story guest wing beside the main house in Gotsu, Shimane, with tatami reception rooms on both floors, a tokonoma, staggered shelves and a writing bay.

An early Showa garden gate and wall at the Yamashita estate in Gotsu, Shimane: a white wall 2.2 meters high and 25 meters long, and a bracketed gate 2.3 meters wide.

An 1841 earthen storehouse at the southeast corner of the Yamashita estate in Gotsu, Shimane, plastered white up to its eaves above a board-clad base.

Yamamoto Family Residence Rear Nagaya, a late Edo two-story building at the west end of a long plot in Mori, Yasugi, with an earth-floored gateway and washing place.

Yamamoto Family Residence Kamaya, a 10-square-meter late Edo hut behind the main house in Mori, Yasugi, with chestnut posts, earth-plaster walls and a board skirt.

Yamamoto Family Residence Small Storehouse, a 10-square-meter late Edo kura for tools in Mori, Yasugi, with board-guarded plaster walls and a door in the east gable.

Yamamoto Family Residence Rice Storehouse, an early Meiji kura at the back of a long plot in Mori, Yasugi, with a cattle shed on its west side and plain earth walls.

Yamamoto Family Residence Main House, an 1884 town house on the old road in Mori, Yasugi, with a low attic floor, shuttered front, through passage and garden room.

Yamamoto Family Residence New Storehouse, an 1884 kura for clothing behind the main house in Mori, Yasugi, with double doors, a plaster band and dressed stone base.

Yamamoto Family Residence Front Storehouse, an early Meiji kura behind the main house in Mori, Yasugi, with a floating roof, vented stone base and hooded window.

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