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Ryukyu Mura Former Oshiro Family Residence Main House
Okinawa 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ryukyu Mura Former Oshiro Family Residence Main House

A late Edo house of 102 sq m at Ryukyu Mura in Onna, Okinawa, listed in 2007. Built in Shuri by the Yonabaru family, it has ground-level canopy eaves east and south.

Ryukyu Mura Former Shimabukuro Family Residence Main House
Okinawa 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ryukyu Mura Former Shimabukuro Family Residence Main House

An 1887 house of 145 sq m at Ryukyu Mura in Onna, Okinawa, listed in 2007. Amahaji eaves on inumaki posts wrap all four sides of the largest house in the park.

Ryukyu Mura Former Shimabukuro Family Residence Elevated Granary
Okinawa 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ryukyu Mura Former Shimabukuro Family Residence Elevated Granary

An 1887 raised granary at Ryukyu Mura in Onna, Okinawa, listed in 2007. Four posts carry a floor 2.3 m up that overhangs them, a form close to Amami granaries.

Ryukyu Mura Former Tamanaha Family Residence Main House
Okinawa 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ryukyu Mura Former Tamanaha Family Residence Main House

An 1891 house of 91 sq m at Ryukyu Mura in Onna, Okinawa, listed in 2007. The plan of an ordinary early Meiji dwelling survives here without rearrangement.

Ryukyu Mura Former Nishiishigaki Family Residence Main House
Okinawa 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ryukyu Mura Former Nishiishigaki Family Residence Main House

A late Meiji house of 61 sq m at Ryukyu Mura in Onna, Okinawa, listed in 2007. The smallest house in the park, its partitions removed to open it on every side.

Ryukyu Mura Former Higa Family Residence Main House
Okinawa 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ryukyu Mura Former Higa Family Residence Main House

An 1877 house of 79 sq m at Ryukyu Mura in Onna, Okinawa, listed in 2007. The alcove in its first formal room was built to enshrine a sacred stone, not for display.

Ryukyu Mura Former Hirata Family Residence Furu (Pigsty-Privy)
Okinawa 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Ryukyu Mura Former Hirata Family Residence Furu (Pigsty-Privy)

An 1897 stone pigsty-privy of 20 sq m at Ryukyu Mura in Onna, Okinawa, listed in 2007 as the only one of the park's seven judged not easy to recreate.

Nzatu Muraya
Okinawa 昭和中 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Nzatu Muraya

Nzatu Muraya, Misato's 1954 timber hall in Okinawa City: a rare hip-and-gable roof, amahaji eave posts, an open meeting-room plan and how to view it from the street.

Allen Memorial Hall
Iwate 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Allen Memorial Hall

House of 1941 in Kuji, Iwate, designed by the Vories office for the missionary Thomasine Allen, with a fireplace guest room, built-in kitchen fittings and a balcony.

Iwate Prefectural Public Hall
Iwate 昭和前 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Iwate Prefectural Public Hall

Reinforced-concrete public hall of 1927 in Morioka with a six-stage tower and scratch-tile walls, built with an assembly chamber and main hall; still in use.

Oikawa Family Residence (Furuken) Main House
Iwate 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Oikawa Family Residence (Furuken) Main House

Town house of 1888 in Tono, Iwate, with rooms either side of a central passage, an open-roofed living room and upstairs lattice. A typical Tono house, now an inn.

Kamiwano Bato Kannon Former Hall
Iwate 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Kamiwano Bato Kannon Former Hall

Former main hall of a horse-headed Kannon shrine in Shizukuishi, Iwate, from the Edo period and moved in 1914; full of votive pictures, it is called the Emado.

Kamiwano Bato Kannon Main Hall
Iwate 大正 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Kamiwano Bato Kannon Main Hall

Main hall of 1914 at a horse-headed Kannon shrine in Shizukuishi, Iwate, with a balustraded veranda, two-stepped brackets and deep carving around the porch.

Former Azumaya Sake Brewery Sake Storehouse
Iwate 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Azumaya Sake Brewery Sake Storehouse

The Former Azumaya Sake Brewery Sake Storehouse in Miyako is a late-Edo earthen brewhouse with a post-free hall, registered in 2019 and now used for film screenings.

Former Azumaya Sake Brewery Pawn Storehouse
Iwate 江戸 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Azumaya Sake Brewery Pawn Storehouse

The Former Azumaya Sake Brewery Pawn Storehouse in Miyako is a late-Edo plastered storehouse holding a pawn store and a strongroom side by side, registered in 2019.

Former Azumaya Sake Brewery Store and Main House
Iwate 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Azumaya Sake Brewery Store and Main House

The Former Azumaya Sake Brewery Store and Main House in Miyako is a late Meiji townhouse whose street front of lattice and one boarded bay was registered in 2019.

Former Abe Family Residence Wooden Storehouse
Iwate 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Abe Family Residence Wooden Storehouse

An early Meiji board-walled storehouse beside the front gate in Mizusawa, 3 bays by 2, whose gabled roof has its ridge pushed to the west, giving unequal slopes.

Former Abe Family Residence Front Gate
Iwate 大正 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Abe Family Residence Front Gate

A late Taisho gate 2.1 m wide opening onto Hidaka-koji in Mizusawa, with a hipped roof, eaves sealed in white lime plaster and a wicket door beside its board doors.

Former Abe Family Residence Main House
Iwate 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Abe Family Residence Main House

An early Meiji house in Mizusawa pairing a hipped entrance wing with a hip-and-gable reception wing, with a sukiya-style upstairs room and paintings by Sato Koun.

Former Abe Family Residence Storehouse
Iwate 明治 Registered Tangible Cultural Properties
Former Abe Family Residence Storehouse

A 2-storey late Meiji storehouse in Mizusawa with a floating roof, namako tile-and-plaster walls, and a family crest and kote-e plaster relief on its north gable.