Shōwa
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Built about 1930 at the east of this Aizuwakamatsu merchant compound, the detached wing looks onto the garden through a glazed veranda and changes finish by floor.
An early Showa plank-walled granary in the corner of the Heishi estate, Fukushima City: posts 45 cm apart, four compartments, and doors made by removing a post.
A 1945 tea house on the Matsumoto estate in Iwaki, Fukushima: an eight-mat reception room, a six-mat tea room with a sunken hearth and a pantry, named Ichitarō-an.
A 1945 hip-roofed study joined to the tea house on the Matsumoto estate in Iwaki, Fukushima: a ten-mat Western room with built-in shelves, by a Hachiōji carpenter.
A two-storey shop storehouse of about 1928 in Kitakata, Fukushima, with a shop below and three upper windows behind thick earthen doors under a small winged canopy.
Built about 1935, this three-storey timber wing at a Higashiyama Onsen inn holds rooms in the sukiya manner alongside a Western-style conference room.
A two-storey storehouse of 1928 at the southeast corner of an estate in Narukawa, Fukushima City, with a detached roof, sealed eaves and stepped shutters.
An early Showa reception wing behind the main house in Narukawa, Fukushima City: two eight-mat rooms with an openwork transom, opening fully onto the rear garden.
An early Showa outhouse beside the main house in Narukawa, Fukushima City: three stalls with a round window, a storeroom and plastered walls, thought to serve staff.
An early Showa tool store and woodshed on the east side of an estate in Narukawa, Fukushima City, made to look like one long namako-walled store from the street.
An early Showa garden gate and fence inside an estate in Narukawa, Fukushima City: a log-built udekimon 1.6 m wide and 28 m of board and cedar-bark screens.
An early Showa miso storehouse on the street front of an estate in Narukawa, Fukushima City, joined to single-storey rooms and a small gate by one namako wall.
An early Showa gate and 40 m wall on the south edge of an estate in Narukawa, Fukushima City: a bracketed gate with angled wings and boards below white plaster.
The Wakaki Shoten Store is a 1931 Western-style shop in Kitakata by Honma Kahei, with a flat roof, tiled walls and octagonal windows. Free entry in opening hours.