Taishō

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Browse Kumamoto’s cultural heritage from the Taishō period (1912 – 1926). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.

48 total Kumamoto Taishō Period 1912 – 1926
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Myodoji Temple Main Hall
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Myodoji Temple Main Hall

A temple main hall of 1926 in Yunomae, Kumamoto, Western throughout: mansard roof, pointed-arch windows, trussed roof. Said to be the head priest's son's design.

Uki City International Exchange Village Important Materials
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Uki City International Exchange Village Important Materials

Built in 1920 as the record store of the Misumi court, this 45-square-metre brick building above Misumi West Port joined Japan's cultural property register in 2007.

Uki City International Exchange Village Traditional Crafts
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Uki City International Exchange Village Traditional Crafts

This single-storey timber wing of 1920 held the waiting rooms of the Misumi court, linked to the courtroom block by a covered passage, and was registered in 2007.

Uki City International Exchange Village Law Hall (former Misumi Summary Court Main Building)
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Uki City International Exchange Village Law Hall (former Misumi Summary Court Main Building)

The 1920 main building of the former Misumi Summary Court stands on a hill above the UNESCO-listed Misumi West Port. A rare surviving example of a regional courthouse built in pure Japanese style by the Ministry of Justice's works section, it is now open free to the public as the House of Law.

Kumagawa Railway Iguchigawa Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Iguchigawa Bridge

A 30-metre steel railway bridge of 1923 in Asagiri, built with one span and later given a second whose flanges were welded for heavier loads: two eras side by side.

Kumagawa Railway Iwashimizu Arch Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Iwashimizu Arch Bridge

A 1923 concrete arch in Hitoyoshi carrying a stream 43 metres through the railway embankment, its portal a five-centred arch to design No. 1007, and dry-stone walls.

Kumagawa Railway Uchikado Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Uchikado Bridge

The shortest registered bridge on the line, a 3.4-metre span of 1924 in Nishiki on an 8-foot I-beam to design No. 875, rolled by the Lanarkshire Steel Company.

Kumagawa Railway Omizo Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Omizo Bridge

A 4.8-metre steel bridge of 1923 near Hitoyoshi Onsen Station, rails set between two girders on longitudinal timbers, a detail of the earliest standard designs.

Kumagawa Railway Gakeshita Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Gakeshita Bridge

A two-span steel bridge of 1924 in Asagiri, 5.4 metres long, its 6-foot I-beams made by Japan's government steelworks, a foil to the British steel at Uchikado.

Kumagawa Railway First Kobashiragawa Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway First Kobashiragawa Bridge

A four-span steel bridge of 1923 over the Kobashira River in Nishiki, 42 metres long, its 30-foot deck girders set on round piers of finely laid concrete block.

Kumagawa Railway Daiogawa Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Daiogawa Bridge

A 7.3-metre steel railway bridge of 1923 in Hitoyoshi: a 20-foot plate girder to standard design No. 540, with crimped stiffeners, on abutments of concrete block.

Kumagawa Railway Second Kakui Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Second Kakui Bridge

A two-span concrete bridge of 1923 in Nishiki, 4.3 metres long, apparently derived from a box-culvert design, with a cutwater on its pier and stone wing walls.

Kumagawa Railway Second Kobashiragawa Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Second Kobashiragawa Bridge

A six-span steel bridge of 1923 in Nishiki, 62 metres long, with 30-foot deck plate girders on oval concrete-block piers, 150 metres from its round-piered twin.

Kumagawa Railway Takahashigawa Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Takahashigawa Bridge

A 4.7-metre steel bridge of 1924 near Yunomae on a 12-foot I-beam made by the Carnegie company, almost perfectly symmetrical and 500 metres short of the terminus.

Kumagawa Railway Hyakutaro Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Hyakutaro Bridge

A 14-metre steel bridge of 1924 in Taragi on one 40-foot girder, its two main girders staggered to cross an irrigation channel at an angle, with a fan wing wall.

Kumagawa Railway Hirahara Arch Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Hirahara Arch Bridge

A concrete railway arch of 1924 in Taragi, 3.7 metres long and 8.1 metres wide: a skewed five-centred arch to design No. 1007 with a concrete invert and stone walls.

Kumagawa Railway Miyata Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Miyata Bridge

A concrete skew bridge of 1923 in Taragi, 4.6 metres long with an 8-foot span to design No. 1305, whose stone wing walls curve to follow the irrigation channel.

Kumagawa Railway Mendagawa Bridge
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Kumagawa Railway Mendagawa Bridge

A six-span steel bridge of 1923 over the Menda River, at 75 metres the line's longest registered bridge, combining 30-foot and 40-foot girders of design No. 540.

Kumagawa Railway Yunomae Station Building
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Kumagawa Railway Yunomae Station Building

The 1924 timber terminus of the Kumagawa Railway at Yunomae, with a carriage porch, a block-signal room and an old ticket window: the line's only pre-war station.

Kumamoto City Waterworks Memorial Hall (former Hakenomiya Reservoir Pump Station)
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Kumamoto City Waterworks Memorial Hall (former Hakenomiya Reservoir Pump Station)

Completed in 1924 beside the springs of Hakenomiya in Kumamoto, this square brick pump station carries Expressionist detailing and keeps its original pump.