Taishō

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86 total Gunma Taishō Period 1912 – 1926
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Morihide Textiles Former Dormitory No. 2
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Morihide Textiles Former Dormitory No. 2

A c.1924 weavers' dormitory at the Morihide works in Kiryu, moved on rollers in 1981 and refitted with a slanted lean-to as the Orimono Sankokan Yukari reception.

Morihide Textiles Former Site Office (Warp Warping Room)
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Morihide Textiles Former Site Office (Warp Warping Room)

A c.1924 office beside the Morihide factory in Kiryu, later used for warping, with a truss roof, glazed doors and a former boiler lean-to. Registered 2006.

Morihide Textiles Former Warping Shed
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Morihide Textiles Former Warping Shed

A c.1924 warping shed at the Morihide works in Kiryu, with gabled ends, a sawtooth middle and gable boards cut in a sawtooth edge; now the museum exhibition hall.

Morihide Textiles Former Storehouse
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Morihide Textiles Former Storehouse

A c.1924 two-story storehouse at the Morihide works in Kiryu with symmetrical windows, said to have held raw silk; now the Orikura gallery of the Yukari museum.

Morihide Textiles Former Twisting Mill
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Morihide Textiles Former Twisting Mill

A c.1924 yarn-twisting room at the Morihide works in Kiryu, with wooden lattice windows, weatherboarded walls and plaster inside; now the museum study room.

Morihide Textiles Former Shed (Hatcho Twisting Mill)
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Morihide Textiles Former Shed (Hatcho Twisting Mill)

A c.1924 shed at the Morihide works in Kiryu, built to store Jacquard pattern cards: two narrow ranges about 3 m deep joined at a bend, with a concrete east wall.

Morihide Textiles Factory
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Morihide Textiles Factory

A c.1924 timber weaving shed in the southeast corner of the Morihide works in Kiryu, with a three-bay sawtooth roof and original south mortar wall. Registered 2006.

Yokotekan Main Building West Wing
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Yokotekan Main Building West Wing

Four timber storeys raised in stages from 1921, the West Wing of Yokotekan keeps fourteen guest rooms of choice timber and fine transom work, no two of them alike.

Yokotekan Main Building East Wing
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Yokotekan Main Building East Wing

Built in 1920, the year fire cleared the site, the East Wing of Yokotekan ranges glass windows and rafter-lined eaves in horizontal bands above Ikaho's stone steps.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Edogawa Bridge
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Edogawa Bridge

Small steel bridge of 1912 on the Watarase Keikoku Railway in Kiryu, Gunma, one of the largest standard I-beam spans of its era, near the Kojise Gorge.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Ogurogawa Bridge
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Ogurogawa Bridge

Steel bridge of 1912 on the Watarase Keikoku Railway at the Oguro and Watarase confluence in Gunma, 54 metres long, with three girders sized to its midstream piers.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Kamikanbai Station Building and Platform
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Kamikanbai Station Building and Platform

Kamikanbai Station on the Watarase Keikoku Railway in Midori, Gunma: a timber country station of 1912 with office, waiting room and a rare wooden ticket barrier.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Godo Station Hazardous Goods Store
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Godo Station Hazardous Goods Store

Tiny brick store of 1912 for lamp oil on the platform at Godo Station on the Watarase Keikoku Railway in Midori, Gunma, one of only three such stores on the line.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Godo Station Up Platform
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Godo Station Up Platform

Curving stone platform of 1912 at Godo Station on the Watarase Keikoku Railway in Midori, Gunma, 107 metres long, with split-stone and cobble walls in original form.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Godo Station Building and Down Platform
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Godo Station Building and Down Platform

Godo Station on the Watarase Keikoku Railway in Midori, Gunma: a largely intact 1912 standard station with a points lever house and the line's longest platform.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Konakagawa Bridge
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Konakagawa Bridge

Steel bridge of 1912 on the Watarase Keikoku Railway in Midori, Gunma, 40 metres long, with Dorman Long girders on a spindle-shaped granite pier by Route 122.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Shiroori Bridge
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Shiroori Bridge

Steel girder bridge of 1912 on the Watarase Keikoku Railway in Kiryu, Gunma, 20 metres long, with an old road bridge and Route 122 stacked above it in three tiers.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Shiroori Tunnel
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Shiroori Tunnel

Straight brick tunnel of 1912 on the Watarase Keikoku Railway in Kiryu, Gunma, 82 metres long, hand-dug to a section close to Japan's first railway tunnel standard.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Sori Station Down Platform and Waiting Shelter
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Sori Station Down Platform and Waiting Shelter

Down platform of 1912 at Sori Station on the Watarase Keikoku Railway in Midori, Gunma, 99 metres long, with a glazed timber shelter of 1927 and hydrangeas in July.

Watarase Keikoku Railway Sori Station Up Platform and Waiting Shelter
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Watarase Keikoku Railway Sori Station Up Platform and Waiting Shelter

Up platform of 1912 at Sori Station on the Watarase Keikoku Railway in Midori, Gunma, 79 metres long and ramped at each end, with a gabled timber shelter of 1929.