Taishō
Kyoto · 大正Browse Kyoto’s cultural heritage from the Taishō period (1912 – 1926). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Shibata Family Residence Bathhouse in Keihoku, Kyoto: a 1912 bath building with plaster walls, a brick dado on the bathroom side and blue-and-white tiles inside.
Shibata Family Residence Roji Gate in Keihoku, Kyoto: a 1.9 m yakuimon gate of about 1912 with stacked beams, a forked gable and red bengara paint, before a garden.
Built in 1918 to house the Kuramaguchi Jizo, the Jozenji Temple Kannon Hall in Kyoto became a Kannon hall in 2016. Registered 2017; opened only on 22-23 August.
The Seiryuden of Shorenin, Kyoto's former Butokuden of 1913, was moved to the Higashiyama hilltop in 2014 to serve a fire-ritual hall and keeps its tall dojo.
The Chukodo of Jinkoin in Nishigamo, Kyoto, a hall of 1917, layers a gabled roof and a cusped porch in front of a pyramid-roofed core, with inventive round rafters.
Octagonal sutra hall of 1925 by Fujii Koji at Daikakuji, Kyoto, recreating a wooden hall in concrete to house the sealed Heart Sutras copied by emperors.
Entrance hall of 1923 at Daishoji, an imperial convent in Kyoto, with a large copper-roofed porch under a cusped gable, designed with arriving motor cars in mind.
Earthen wall of around 1922 along Karasuma-dori at Daishoji, an imperial convent in Kyoto: 59 metres long, tiled, with five white stripes on the street side.
James Hall of Doshisha Women's College in Kyoto, a brick hall of 1913 by Takeda Goichi paid for by Mrs W. James, has a dentilled pediment over its entrance.
A 1917 earthen-walled storehouse in Yawata, Kyoto, registered in 2012 for the riverbank view it completes. Drip tiles and clay doors reward a look from Ankobashi.
Built around 1917 for an Osaka theatre owner, this Yawata reception hall pairs a coved coffered ceiling with a raised dais. Registered 2012; now a rental stay.
Ninnaji Temple Imperial Family Gate, a slender 1914 gate between the forecourt and South Garden, with open rafters and a pierced transom. Design and how to see it.
Ninnaji Temple Shinden, rebuilt in 1914 after an 1887 fire, pairs a palace-style exterior with shoin rooms painted by Hara Zaisen. Design, gardens and visiting tips.
Ninnaji Temple Imperial Envoy Gate, a Taisho-era gate by Kameoka Suekichi modeled on the Hongwanji Karamon, is covered in phoenix and vine openwork. How to view it.
The Nogi Shrine Memorial Hall in Fushimi, Kyoto, a stone-and-thatch building of around 1916, is tied to General Nogi's Russo-Japanese War headquarters house.
The Nogi Shrine Gate and Flanking Walls in Fushimi, Kyoto, built in 1916 to Shitara Sadao's design, pair a sweeping gate of Taiwan cypress with 27 m of walls.
The Nogi Shrine Worship Hall in Fushimi, Kyoto, built in 1916 to Shitara Sadao's design, is a single open room ringed by lattice shutters and a railed veranda.
The Nogi Shrine Treasure Museum in Fushimi, Kyoto, a 1916 plastered storehouse with namako-kabe walls, holds General Nogi's letters, swords and his wife's gown.
The Nogi Shrine Main Hall in Fushimi, Kyoto, built in 1916 to Shitara Sadao's design, faces north to Emperor Meiji's tomb from a stone platform. Registered in 2025.
A small 1912 bracket-arm gate, 2.0 m wide, moved to its site in 2002. It was assembled from old timbers of several buildings and has bi-fold shippo-pattern doors.