Meiji
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The garden gate and wall of the Takatsu residence near Himeji, a bracket-arm gate dividing the forecourt from the reception garden. It is the newest of the five.
A mid-Meiji clothing storehouse joined to the Tajika main house in Amagasaki: 2 storeys, 6 by 4.4 metres, white plaster partly clad with charred cedar boards.
A mid-Meiji rice storehouse on the Tajika family's western street front in Amagasaki: 2 storeys, 9.6 by 3.9 metres, varying ridge and windows from its neighbours.
The Tajika family's main house in Nishikoya, Amagasaki: late Edo, remodelled around 1887, 19 by 12 metres, with a loft, black plaster walls and layered roofs.
The Tajika family's gatehouse in Nishikoya, Amagasaki, renewed around 1887: 13 metres long in black plaster, a gateway and wicket door at one end, behind a hedge.
An 1881 landowner's house in Kashu, Minamiawaji, home of the Tanaka Manbei line: a hip-and-gable tiled roof, a central corridor and a sukiya-style tea room wing.
The c.1887 main house of a leading farm family in Tonouchi, Amagasaki: hip-and-gable pantile roof, plastered upper walls, slatted windows, two formal front rooms.
A c.1887 roofed wall wrapping the Tanaka compound in Amagasaki for 64 meters, white plaster over charred cedar on a cut-stone base, framing the way to the east gate.
The c.1887 main gate of the Tanaka compound in Amagasaki: a gabled timber gate with a 2.1-meter opening, single-board zelkova doors and a wicket in a plastered wall.
A c.1887 two-story inner storehouse joined to the Tanaka main house in Amagasaki, on a cut-stone base, with plastered walls, a boarded base and a round-tile roof.
The Nagata Family Residence Pond Stonework in Minamiawaji is a Meiji pond of cut sandstone, 2.7 m deep, with stones shaped as a gourd and a cup. Registered in 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Furniture Storehouse in Minamiawaji is a Meiji storehouse linked to the guest wing, with two tatami rooms upstairs. Registered in 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Main House in Minamiawaji, Awaji Island, is a large Meiji farmhouse with a six-room plan, registered in 2011 as a model of design.
The Nagata Family Residence High Wall in Minamiawaji is a 4.3 m Meiji wall whose shutters came down in summer to let in the river breeze. Registered in 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Service Gate in Minamiawaji is a small Meiji gate whose stone sill is notched for cartwheels bringing in rice. Registered in 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Nagayamon Gate in Minamiawaji is a 17 m gatehouse of 1904 with a storeroom on one side and servants' rooms on the other. Registered 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Detached Zashiki in Minamiawaji is an 1888 guest wing whose veranda projects over a pond with a Western-style rail. Registered in 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Munamon Gate and Wall in Minamiawaji is a Meiji one-bay gate with temple-style carving and a tiled earthen wall. Registered in 2011.
An early Meiji storehouse at the Nishio compound in Tambasasayama: granite base, charred-cedar wainscot, white plaster and an okiyane roof, with a neat south gable.
A late Meiji sake store beyond the channel at the Nishio compound in Tambasasayama: 12 ken long, gable-entered, with a high drip ledge and two rows of six windows.