Meiji
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An 1884 shop and dwelling of the Suenaga shipping agents at Nagahama in Ozu, Ehime, registered in 2003 for its black lime walls, namako tiling and moulded corbels.
A Registered Tangible Cultural Property in Niihama, Ehime: an 1901 Sumitomo Bank branch by Noguchi Magoichi's new office, keeping its brick vault and iron grilles.
Senba Family Residence Main House, a farmhouse of 1900 in Matsuyama, Ehime, was listed in 2025. Its zashiki pairs hemlock posts with kumiko lattice. Not open.
Senba Family Residence Garden Gate and Wall in Matsuyama, Ehime, is a one-bay yakuimon of about 1900 with shachi ridge tiles. Listed in 2025. Not open to visitors.
The Tsuzuki Liquor Store and Main House of 1887 stands on the street in Oda, Uchiko, Ehime: an earthen-walled shop-house with paired wing walls and lattice doors.
An early Meiji two-storey earthen storehouse behind a headman's house in Ozu, Ehime. Vertical boarding and a thickened plaster band shield its earth walls.
Built in 1905 and moved here in 1980, this small hip-and-gable house in Kumakogen, Ehime, is the only tiled roof among five registered buildings. Listed in 2003.
Built in 1879, the largest of five registered buildings at Kumakogen, Ehime: a four-room farmhouse of 149 square metres under a deep thatched roof. Listed in 2003.
A small hall of 1898 in Kumakogen, Ehime, three ken square under a pyramidal roof, its coffered ceiling painted with local plants. Used by pilgrims. Listed in 2003.
An 1870 granary in Kumakogen, Ehime, its plastered two-storey box roofed with thatch set clear above the walls rather than resting on them. Registered in 2003.
The Miyauchi Family Residence Retirement House of about 1912 stands behind the main house in Iyo City, Ehime. Listed in 2018 as a model of design, it is closed.
The Jizo Hall of Meisekiji in Seiyo, Ehime, built in 1909 on the middle terrace, is a three-bay hall carved with dragons, rabbits and cranes inside and out.
The Daishi Hall of Meisekiji in Seiyo, Ehime, built in 1880 beside the main hall, is a small pyramidal hall with lion beam ends and S-curved porch rafters.
The Niomon gate of Meisekiji in Seiyo, Ehime, built around 1901, is an eight-legged gate carved with clouds and crowned with mythical fish on its ridge.
The main hall of Meisekiji in Seiyo, Ehime, built around 1890 on the top terrace of a hillside temple, has a cusped gable under its roof and a carved porch.
The Mori Family Residence Onari Gate and Wall in Saijo, Ehime, is a bracket-post gate of about 1864 with a 25-metre wall along the highway. Registered in 2023.
The Yatsuzuka Family Residence Storehouse, a Meiji kura moved to Matsuyama in 1936, has black plaster walls and a four-layer door. Registered 2015; closed.
The Yamauchi Family Residence Storehouse of 1897 in Shikokuchuo, Ehime, carries a plaster dragon high on its road wall. Moved here in 1959, registered 2011.
A late-Meiji wooden clinic on a Kawanoe street corner in Shikokuchuo, Ehime. Registered in 2001, it shows hammer-beam gables and unusually fine stickwork.
Built around 1900 at Masaki in Ainan, Ehime, Warabioka Family Residence Main House covers 228 square meters and still carries its bengara-painted woodwork.