Meiji
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Built in 1880, the Yoshioka Amida hall is a tiny 3.8-square-metre worship space enshrining Amida Nyorai behind latticed doors. One of six structures registered in 2016.
Said to have been moved from Kumamoto city, the Yoshioka Edo storehouse is a small two-storey plastered dozo, one of six family structures registered in 2016.
Built around 1885 in Kutami, Yamaga, the Yoshioka main house anchored a sericulture estate. Its hip-and-gable roof and six-room plan center a compound registered in 2016.
Built around 1883, the Yoshioka fence runs 35 metres on a split-stone base, its bracing matching the gate along the street edge in Kutami. One of six registered in 2016.
Built around 1889, the Yoshioka Meiji storehouse doubled as a stable, with a cart passage and iron tethering fittings inside. One of six structures registered in 2016.
Built around 1883, the Yoshioka gate is a variant yakuimon about 2.3 metres wide, its braced doors matching the adjoining fence. One of six structures registered in 2016.
Registered in 2013, this 1888 house is the oldest building at Yoshino Ryokan in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, and its four living rooms and Buddhist altar room still survive.
A long mid-Meiji house of the Yoshimura brewing family in Kawashiri, Kumamoto, with family rooms to the east and a northwest guest suite with carved transoms.
A white-plastered 1908 storehouse in the northwest corner of the Yoshimura compound in Kawashiri, Kumamoto, linked to the main house by a corridor across the garden.
The oldest building of the Yoshimura compound in Kawashiri, Kumamoto: an 1869 black-plastered storehouse whose roof rests on two ridge-line posts and a jimune beam.
The mid-Meiji west gate and south wall of the Yoshimura compound in Kawashiri, Kumamoto: a copper-edged gate with lattice doors and a wall faced in boards and bark.
The mid-Meiji east gate and east wall of the Yoshimura compound in Kawashiri, Kumamoto: a small bracket-arm gate with lattice doors and a 13-meter board fence.
A 1909 three-storey timber inn at Hinagu Onsen, Yatsushiro, with eaves and glass doors on every floor of its street front and a 1914 wing; registered in 2009.