Taishō
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A c. 1919 hexagonal gazebo from the home of Hiraga Yoshimi at the Kawanishi City Local Museum, with cast-iron columns, glass transoms and a star-patterned floor.
The 1918 laboratory of chemist Hiraga Yoshimi at the Kawanishi City Local Museum, a 2-storey building linked to his English-style house by a stepped bridge.
The 1918 home of chemist Hiraga Yoshimi, modelled on the English country house with bay windows, fireplaces and chimneys, moved to the Kawanishi City Local Museum.
A late Taisho guest bathhouse in the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago, 3.6 by 3.2 metres, with fan rafters, polished-log beams, wickerwork and a large round window.
A late Taisho storehouse in the Kusaka compound in Awaga, Asago, 6.9 by 5.9 metres, once an archive for the forestry office, with plasterwork over the door.
A late Taisho garden gate between the Kusaka main house and guest bathhouse in Awaga, Asago, 1.2 metres wide, raised above its corridors, with a black stone floor.
Kuroda Seiuemon Shoten Annex, Miki: a late Taisho guest house, extended about 1927, with alcove rooms on both floors and a study with bookshelves and an oval window.
The Chamber of Kobe Golf Club on Mount Rokko began in 1924 as the Thursday Club of Osaka businessmen; its low, shallow-roofed form suits the mountain course.
Kōmyōji Main Hall in Katō City, Hyogo, was rebuilt in 1925 by the architect Takeda Goichi after an 1859 fire. Registered in 1999, it follows Kamakura forms.
The main hall of Gokurakuji at the far end of Kinosaki Onsen, Hyogo, built in 1921, adds glass doors and cusped windows to a traditional six-room plan.
A two-storey guest wing built in 1922 at the Fujii estate in Nishiwaki, Hyogo, with a different alcove of fine timber in each room, said to be by a Kyoto carpenter.
A late Taisho Western-style wing at the Fujii estate in Nishiwaki, Hyogo: a parlor with a geometric coffered ceiling, a plastered study and rough-cast outer walls.
A late Taisho bath and toilet wing at the Fujii estate in Nishiwaki, Hyogo, with a mirrored washroom door, a tiled, vented bath and a toilet with a cusped window.
Shioya Bridge in Awajishima Park, Hyogo, a riveted steel truss of 1918 moved here in 1986, is a three-span footbridge of Yawata angle steel, typical of its era.
The Nagata Family Residence Storehouse in Minamiawaji is a large late-Taisho storehouse whose east gable was cut back when the road was widened. Registered in 2011.
A 1915 tatami wing in Suma, Kobe, with an alcove, staggered shelves and a rippled cedar post. Registered with its 1907 western wing and storehouse in March 2025.
A Taisho brewing storehouse in Tatsuno of two joined earthen buildings, packed with 2-meter soy sauce vats under a roof framed with rafter beams and wagoya trusses.
Early Taisho tea house in Himeji: an eight-mat room with wide garden openings and a boat-hull ceiling, facing the main hall across a pond. Registered in 2009.
Early Taisho corridor in Himeji joining a reception hall and tea house at a right angle, 9.6 m long and raised on an arch over a garden path. Registered in 2009.
Early Taisho reception wing at Himeji's literature museum: 18- and 12-mat rooms on a raised base, railed veranda over the pond. Registered 2009; open unless rented.