Taishō

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99 total Kagawa Taishō Period 1912 – 1926
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Kikkoishi Ishii Family Residence Storehouse
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Kikkoishi Ishii Family Residence Storehouse

A small 1915 earthen storehouse on the Ishii estate in Noma, Shodoshima: charred cedar, namako plaster and white eaves on a stone base, registered as hard to copy.

Chicco Ishii Family Residence Nagaya Gate
Kagawa 大正
Chicco Ishii Family Residence Nagaya Gate

The 1915 gatehouse of the Ishii estate in Noma, Shodoshima runs 17 metres by the main house, skirt roofs giving a half-loft look, called the core of the estate.

Former Goten Water Source Office
Kagawa 大正
Former Goten Water Source Office

The 1917 office of the Goten waterworks in Takamatsu, Kagawa, L-shaped and timber-built with an arched porch gable, now in the free water museum. Registered 1997.

Kinryo North Moromi Storehouse
Kagawa 大正
Kinryo North Moromi Storehouse

Taisho-era moromi storehouse 80 metres long at the Kinryo brewery on Shodoshima, Kagawa, its long boarded and plastered north wall lining the Umaki River road.

Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse
Kagawa 大正
Kinryo Soy Sauce Storehouse

Taisho-era storehouse at the Kinryo brewery on Shodoshima, once the koji mixing and machine rooms, with a long raised roof on king-post trusses; now partly a shop.

Kinryo Fujii Family Residence Main House
Kagawa 大正
Kinryo Fujii Family Residence Main House

House of about 1918 of the Fujii family, owners of the Kinryo soy sauce brewery on Shodoshima, with a projecting porch, ten-mat reception room and counting room.

Kinryo Fujii Family Residence Storehouse
Kagawa 大正
Kinryo Fujii Family Residence Storehouse

Storehouse of 1918 of the Fujii family at the Kinryo brewery on Shodoshima, a two-storey tiled store on a trapezoidal plan with plaster relief on its window hood.

Kinryo Fujii Family Residence Wall
Kagawa 大正
Kinryo Fujii Family Residence Wall

Walls of about 1918 and 1929 round the Fujii house at the Kinryo brewery on Shodoshima, 42 metres long: an earthen wall to the south and a brick wall by the road.

JR Kotohira Station Display Room No. 1
Kagawa 大正
JR Kotohira Station Display Room No. 1

Just south of the main building and facing west, this gabled tile-roofed hall began as Passenger Shelter No.3 for group travellers, later walled in as a display space.

JR Kotohira Station Bookstore
Kagawa 大正
JR Kotohira Station Bookstore

Built in 1922 as the gateway for pilgrims to Konpira Shrine, this wooden station keeps a gabled porch, half-round windows and circular maru-kin emblems on its eaves.

JR Kotohira Station Passenger Shed No. 1
Kagawa 大正
JR Kotohira Station Passenger Shed No. 1

Facing the main building across the tracks, this 127-metre timber canopy shelters the island platform, its pinching-beam trusses once the largest such shelter in Kagawa.

JR Kotohira Station Passenger Shed No. 2
Kagawa 大正
JR Kotohira Station Passenger Shed No. 2

Running parallel to the main building, this 108-metre canopy leans its south half onto the depot roof and uses king-post trusses, paired with Shelter No.1.

JR Zentsuji Station Platform 1 Canopy
Kagawa 大正
JR Zentsuji Station Platform 1 Canopy

Timber canopy of about 1922 over Platform 1 at JR Zentsuji Station, Kagawa, its braced posts and widened span set into the station building so that both read as one.

JR Zentsuji Station Footbridge
Kagawa 大正
JR Zentsuji Station Footbridge

Steel footbridge of about 1922 at JR Zentsuji Station, Kagawa, its Pratt truss girders made of 1889 Barrow Steel rails and clad in boards to match the canopies.

JR Zentsuji Station Platform 2 Canopy
Kagawa 大正
JR Zentsuji Station Platform 2 Canopy

Timber canopy of about 1922 over Platform 2 at JR Zentsuji Station, Kagawa, with square posts at regular intervals and king-post trusses recalling early railways.

JR Zentsuji Station Building
Kagawa 大正
JR Zentsuji Station Building

Timber station building in Zentsuji, Kagawa, opened in 1889 on the Sanuki Railway and rebuilt in 1922 with a half-timbered porch; it still serves trains today.

Shioda Family Residence Main House and Detached Parlor
Kagawa 大正
Shioda Family Residence Main House and Detached Parlor

The Shioda Family Residence Main House and Detached Parlor on Shodoshima is the 1914 home of the Yamasan brewers, finished in polished black plaster. Listed 2003.

Shigemoto Fruit Store
Kagawa 大正
Shigemoto Fruit Store

A 1923 timber shop-house in Marugame's Hamamachi arcade. Its upper wall combines black lime plaster with black glazed tile, a finish seen in only two Kagawa towns.

Shimizu Shrine Hall
Kagawa 大正
Shimizu Shrine Hall

The Shimizu Shrine Hall on Teshima in Kagawa, built in 1913 beside the Karato spring, is a small cedar-boarded hall with a hip-and-gable front and stone altar.

Segawa Sake Shop Main House
Kagawa 大正
Segawa Sake Shop Main House

Plastered sake shop of 1917 on the station road in Zentsuji, Kagawa, with mushiko windows and a long tiled roof, known for Shidan-ichi sake named after General Nogi.