Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Miyagi

A three-bay, two-storied gate built in 1932 by Kesen carpenter Hanawa Kikuzo, its upper half crowded with carved lions, monkeys and zodiac animals. Registered 2018.

An open belfry of 1932 by Kesen carpenters with round posts, doubled tie beams, lattice transoms, brackets and a coffered ceiling. Its Kyoto-cast bell came in 1933.

A tiny gabled water pavilion of about 1933 with a coffered ceiling, tie beam, three-block brackets and carved struts, matching the Bell Tower opposite it.

The gate of Toshinji in Shiroishi, Miyagi, built in 1887 with timbers said to come from a gate of Shiroishi Castle, has a bell chamber with a jewel-shaped opening.

The main hall of Toshinji in Shiroishi, Miyagi, built in 1831 south-east of the castle town, has a typical Jodo-school plan and openwork carvings on its porch.

Built in 1926 and designed by American architect J.H. Morgan in the Collegiate Gothic style, the Main Gate of Tohoku Gakuin University features a reinforced concrete structure with a washed-out finish imitating stone masonry. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2021, it has stood as the symbolic entrance to one of Tohoku's most prestigious private universities for nearly a century.

Completed in 1953, this five-story reinforced concrete former university library is a fine example of postwar modernist architecture, cleverly designed with tall narrow windows to appear as a three-story building. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2014, it stands on the Tsuchitoi Campus of Tohoku Gakuin University in Sendai, forming part of a historic academic ensemble with the Main Hall and Chapel.

Designed by American architect J.H. Morgan and completed in 1926, the Main Hall of Tohoku Gakuin University is a three-story reinforced concrete building in the College Gothic style, clad in locally quarried Akiu stone. A beloved campus landmark symbolizing Tohoku Gakuin's growth era, it was registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2014.

The Iwanuma Church in Miyagi, a stone chapel of 1930, has bare masonry walls, pointed-arch windows, a pyramidal tower and a ceiling raised on hammer beams.

The main house of the Oriza no Mori farmhouse inn in Kami, Miyagi, a silk farmer's house of 1890 moved from Kakuda, keeps the tall upper floor of the region's farms.

Fubokaku Grain Storehouse, an earthen store of about 1896 at Aone Onsen now a hot-spring bath: its black-plaster window frame and two recorded renovation dates.

Fubokaku Palace Building, or Aone Goten, a 1932 pavilion built for the former Date lords' kin: copper roof with chidori gables, raised main room, lattice ceiling.

Fubokaku Zashiki Storehouse, a store of about 1896 at Aone Onsen whose upper floor once lodged long-staying guests: its tilework, literary legends and access.

Fubokaku Annex, a Taisho-era timber guest wing at Aone Onsen, Miyagi: its chevron plan, identical rooms facing the garden, glazed windows and handrails, and access.

Fubokaku Archive Storehouse, an 1896 earthen store at Aone Onsen that escaped the fire of 1906: its ridge tablet, shared detached roof, plaster band and tilework.

Fubokaku Main Building, a two-storey timber guest hall of 1907 at Aone Onsen, Miyagi: its hip-and-gable carriage porch, cross-corridor plan and varied room fittings.

Fubokaku Gate, an early Showa munamon at an Aone Onsen inn: a 2.7-metre gabled gate with wing walls and a wicket door, tied to the Date lords' bath stewards.

Completed in 1941 on Tohoku University's Katahira campus, this concrete hall honours Kotaro Honda, who developed KS magnet steel. It was registered in 2021.

A two-story stone storehouse on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki. Late Meiji, its coursed sandstone, cornice and arched lintels show Western influence.

An inner gate on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki, facing the main house. A small early-Meiji munamon in the sukiya manner, behind the front gate.

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