Meiji
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An 1873 nagayamon gatehouse in Ota, Gunma, with a store, a silkworm room between two gateways and a west gate kept shut, matched to the main house entrance.
An 1885 clothing storehouse on a headman's homestead in Ota, Gunma, set at right angles to the north store so the pair frame the garden behind the main house.
A mid-Meiji household shrine in the corner of the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma: a tiny zelkova nagare-zukuri shrine with a bracketed porch and railings.
The east-facing main gate of the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma: a mid-Meiji yakuimon of solid zelkova with a flat outer ceiling and a coffered inner one.
A mid-Meiji two-storey storehouse in the southwest corner of the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma, with a sheltered entrance, shuttered gables and molded eaves.
A long mid-Meiji shed on the west side of the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma, open on one side, earth-walled on three, to store timber thinned on site.
A mid-Meiji two-storey pawn storehouse on the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma, whose tatami front room under the eaves shows how pledged goods were received.
At about 44.9 meters, the longest structure on the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma: a tiled wall of plaster over boards, rebuilt after the 1910 flood.
A mid-Meiji tatami room beside the Great Gate in Fujioka, Gunma, plastered and battened outside, open-framed inside, with a barred window watching the gateway.
A mid-Meiji grain storehouse on the east side of the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma, with plaster walls, battened boards and two barred windows beside the gate.
Built in mid-Meiji when the Kawabata family grew rich on silk, this 131 m² two-storey guest pavilion in Fujioka, Gunma, is a fine modern Japanese-style building.
A two-storey early Meiji storehouse on the east front of the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma, closed and plastered outside, with an open lean-to on the inner side.
A long, low mid-Meiji storehouse on the south side of the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma, hipped at one end, gabled at the other, with a brick lining inside.
A 15.1-meter tiled boundary wall on the south side of the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma, badly damaged in the 1910 flood and rebuilt in its original form.
An early Meiji storage shed on the east side of the Kawabata estate in Fujioka, Gunma, whose long posts lift the roof framing high over a boarded floor.
The Former Aikawa Family Residence Inari Shrine in Isesaki, Gunma, is an 1882 household shrine of 5.1 square metres, built with earthen walls like a storehouse.
The Former Aikawa Family Residence Front Gate and Wall in Isesaki, Gunma, is a 1900 yakuimon gate with an openwork tiled ridge, flanked by white plaster board walls.
A Meiji two-storey brick storehouse in Maebashi, Gunma, registered in 2008, with English-bond brick and the details of a traditional earthen storehouse.
The Koonji Temple Guest Hall in Chiyoda, Gunma, is a finely built late Meiji reception room with a veranda facing its south garden, nationally registered in 1999.
An early Meiji house at the front of Goto Textile Mill in Kiryu, extended in 1925 with rooms for finishing obi fabric; plans from 1900 and 1925 trace its change.