Taishō
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Behind the main house stands a Taisho detached room: a six-mat guest space, a board-floored bay, and a corridor left open to the courtyard under deep eaves.
Built in 1919 at Kashihara in Nara, this two-storey plaster storehouse joins the main house by a covered corridor and is roofed on trusses. Registered in 2020.
This 1917 house at Kashihara in Nara sets nine rooms in three ranks beside an earthen-floored bay, with a tea room on a covered corridor. Registered in 2020.
The largest of seven storehouses at this Kashihara estate in Nara, the late Taisho rice store covers 115 square metres and leaves its frame visible inside.
Completed in 1926, the Nanto Bank Head Office is a Greek Revival masterpiece designed by Nagano Uheiji, a disciple of Tatsuno Kingo. Featuring distinctive sheep carvings on its Ionic columns, this Registered Tangible Cultural Property — Nara Prefecture's first — stands as a testament to Taisho-era modernization in the ancient capital.