Shōwa
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Built as a Kanazawa restaurant in 1937, this house was moved intact after the war and made a home, keeping its swan transoms and two shoin alcoves. Registered 2004.
Shokoji's main gate in Hakusan, a gabled four-legged gate of 1956, shows dense bracketing and a dragon carved across the opening, a work of high decorative quality.
Shokoji's Sofu-an in Hakusan, a thatched tea room built in 1935, is named after Chiyo-ni's brush name and marked by a cross-shaped roof; a registered cultural property.
Shokoji's Chiyo-ni Hall in Hakusan, built in 1935 for the poet's 150th memorial, is a tiny thatched shrine holding Yoshida Saburo's carved image of Kaga no Chiyo.
Built in 1932 in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan, this 40.0-metre dam is the longest and the lowest of eleven stepped dams, and the footing for all of them.
Built in 1933 in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan, this 25.0-metre dam keeps its masonry centre between shoulders rebuilt in concrete. It was listed in 2012.
Built in 1932 in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan, this 30.5-metre dam faces a road bridge that lets its whole front be seen square on. Listed in 2012.
Raised in 1932 on the gravel trapped by the dam below, this 33.0-metre dam in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan keeps its original form. Listed in 2012.
Built in 1933 between two larger neighbours in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan, this 24.0-metre dam has lost little of its original fabric. Listed in 2012.
Built in 1933 directly above its neighbour in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan, this 33.0-metre dam shows how the staircase was raised. It was listed in 2012.
Built in 1933 in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan, this 31.0-metre dam has been buried less than its neighbours and still shows its full wall. Listed in 2012.
High in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan, this 25.0-metre dam of 1933 survives almost exactly as it was finished, overhanging coping and all. Listed in 2012.
Raised in 1937, four years after the dam below it filled, this 28.5-metre dam in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan was listed as a heritage structure in 2012.
Built in 1933 in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan, this 26.0-metre dam has lost its coping and shoulders yet still holds its ground. It was listed in 2012.
The highest of eleven stepped dams in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan, this 32.5-metre structure of 1938 keeps the eave over its spillway. Listed in 2012.
Built in 1937 where the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan opens out, this dam was stretched to 36.0 metres against a height of only 4.5. It was listed in 2012.
The No. 1 Sedimentation Basin at Sue Water Purification Plant in Kanazawa is a 1930 concrete basin of 2,848 square metres with raked walls and a corner stair.
The No. 1 Slow Sand Filter at Sue Water Purification Plant in Kanazawa is a 1931 concrete filter of 1,375 square metres with near-vertical walls and a well.
The Collecting Well at Sue Water Purification Plant in Kanazawa is a 1930 concrete building, oval in plan with three arches and circle reliefs. Registered 2001.
The Pump Room at Sue Water Purification Plant in Kanazawa is a 1932 concrete building, once the chlorination room, framed by pilasters and beams. Registered 2001.