Taishō

A large Taisho-period storehouse in Tome, Miyagi, fifteen bays long. Its roof frame imitates a Western truss, bolted and strapped together with iron straps.

The 1924 main hall of Aoba Shrine in Sendai, dedicated to Date Masamune, is a three-bay nagare-style hall pairing geometric beam ends with medieval-style struts.

The front storehouse of Ebiki in Toyoma, Tome, Miyagi, a Taisho store for goods and grain, faces Mikkamachi street beside the former shop and shapes the old street.

The former shop of Ebiki in Toyoma, Tome, Miyagi, a late Taisho building, has patterned namako walls and stands on a corner at the entrance to the old town.

Taisho-era hall sheltering an Inari shrine at the Oimatsu Nagata Brewery in Watari, one bay square, with ornate carvings said to be by Kesen carpenters.

Early Taisho Yakushi hall on Otakamori hill on Miyato Island, Matsushima, built with park works: a small pyramid-roofed hall in a revivalist style. Interior closed.

The former Tsukidate Elementary School in Kesennuma, Miyagi, a timber school of 1922, has a central porch under a large gable and Stick-style walls, a rare survivor.

Built in 1926, this granite-clad gate with pen-nib capitals spans 6.3 meters; its doors were lost to wartime requisition, yet the pillars still stand.

Built in 1926 by Tsuyoshi Ogura, this Romanesque former library reading room now houses the Tohoku University Archives, open free on weekdays in Sendai.

This V-shaped 1924 building, among Sendai's first concrete works, has a cylindrical corner and Secession entrance; Gallery Historia opens free twice weekly.

The former Hirano Honten in Kesennuma, Miyagi, a shop and house of about 1921 where two roads meet, has a Western-style front with arched windows and a parapet.

The Warabe no Kura at Sairi Yashiki in Marumori, Miyagi, is the smallest storehouse on the lot, a Taisho-era earthen kura now filled with old toys and games.

A Taisho shop-house in Kesennuma's inner bay, its upper windows crowned with segmental pediments, its walls white-plastered. Registered in 2006, it still trades.

Behind a registered Kesennuma shop sits this 25-square-metre Taisho storehouse, roofed by a Western truss. Tsunami repairs reinstated its namako-kabe walls.

Tucked away in the hills of Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, the small but vivid vermilion-lacquered Koshido Hall (a Registered Tangible Cultural Property) enshrines the spirits of the Miyagino and Shinobu sisters — the heroines of the celebrated kabuki revenge play "Goban Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi."

Completed in 1923 and nationally registered in 2024, this Taishō-era worship hall in Tome, Miyagi displays masterly carvings by Tōhoku artisan Ishii Torashō.

The Main Hall of Tsushima Shrine in Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture, is a one-bay Nagare-zukuri style structure registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2024. Rebuilt in 1919 after the great Sanuma fire, the small wooden hall is densely adorned with vibrant carvings by Ishii Toramasa, one of the foremost shrine carvers of the Tohoku region. Originally relocated in 1614 by order of Date Masamune to guard Sanuma Castle, the Main Hall faces north — a rare orientation that reflects its unique role as spiritual protector of the castle town.

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.

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.

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.