Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan

An 1846 reception wing beside the Kusaka main house in Awaga, Asago: three eight-mat rooms facing the garden, a formal step, verandas and a sukiya canopy.

A c.1927 suburban house on the Hibarigaoka slope in Takarazuka: a steep Western-tiled gable, a glazed conservatory and a mixed interior of the early Showa era.

The 1799 main house of the Kusaka landowners in Awaga, Asago: 20 metres wide, nine rooms in three rows, and a bold roof frame open above the earth floor.

The 1939 living wing at the east end of the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago, with alcove rooms and verandaed windows set high on a stone wall facing the street.

A late Edo kitchen wing on the Kusaka main house in Awaga, Asago, 10 by 7.5 metres, refitted in the Taisho era with a central work table and a tiled bath.

A mid-Meiji charcoal shed by the front gate of the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago: 3.9 by 3.7 metres, its thick clay walls pairing with the stable opposite.

A late Taisho storehouse in the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago, 6.9 by 5.9 metres, once an archive for the forestry office, with plasterwork over the door.

A late Meiji storehouse in the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago, 7.9 by 5.9 metres, on a cut-stone base with board-lined rooms and three torii-framed windows.

An early Showa middle gate on the path to the Kusaka house in Hibarigaoka, Takarazuka: 2.1-metre concrete posts faced in checkerboard stone and topped with lamps.

A late Taisho garden gate between the Kusaka main house and guest bathhouse in Awaga, Asago, 1.2 metres wide, raised above its corridors, with a black stone floor.

A late Edo earthen wall 88 metres long and up to 2.3 metres high round the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago, on fieldstone footings with a tiled coping.

A Showa 20s side gate at the Kusaka house in Hibarigaoka, Takarazuka: 1.2-metre concrete posts faced in crazy-paving stone with iron doors, part of the street scene.

Late Edo storage sheds on the street edge of the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago, open to the garden and walled in plaster on stone to the road, with a gate midway.

Kusaka Ryokan in Ikuno, Asago, Hyogo, an inn of 1910 by JR Ikuno Station with a wing added in 1921, has sukiya-style rooms and windows shaped like cranes and clouds.

Kuniumi no Yakata in Minamiawaji, Hyogo, the Mihara District office of 1884, moved in 2007, has clapboard walls with quoins and a porch with a pediment.

Kuroda Seiuemon Shoten Inner Storehouse, Miki: a small 1927 storehouse at the corner of the street front, with a copper door canopy and an iron-shuttered window.

Kuroda Seiuemon Shoten Reception Wing, Miki: a late Meiji guest wing set at an angle to the main house, two eight-mat rooms with an alcove. Registered in 2019.

Kuroda Seiuemon Shoten Southwest Corner Storehouse, Miki: a large early Meiji store with a trapezoid plan, a namako tile base and an earth-floored workshop.

Kuroda Seiuemon Shoten Outer Wall, Miki: a c.1927 wall 3.3 m high closing the gap between shop and storehouse, black plaster outside and a covered passage behind.

Kuroda Seiuemon Shoten Shop and Main House, Miki: a late Edo hardware shop with three-tier eaves and a giant saw as its sign, registered in 2019 and still trading.

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