Taishō

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85 total Nara Taishō Period 1912 – 1926
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Mizuhosu (Onishi Family Residence) Former Bottling House
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Mizuhosu (Onishi Family Residence) Former Bottling House

An early Taisho filling house at the centre of a Kashihara vinegar brewery in Nara, with a small attendant's room, now used to brew the sake that becomes vinegar.

Mizuhosu (Onishi Family Residence) Former Miso Storehouse
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Mizuhosu (Onishi Family Residence) Former Miso Storehouse

An early Taisho earthen store said to have held miso, on the northeast corner of a Kashihara vinegar brewery in Nara, with charred cedar skirting facing the street.

Mizuhosu (Onishi Family Residence) Rice Storehouse
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Mizuhosu (Onishi Family Residence) Rice Storehouse

A long early Taisho rice store at a Kashihara vinegar brewery in Nara, converted from a gate building on an old boundary wall, still keeping its central passage.

Mizuhosu (Onishi Family Residence) South Storehouse
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Mizuhosu (Onishi Family Residence) South Storehouse

An early Taisho pressing hall at a Kashihara vinegar brewery in Nara, with a sakabune vat for pressing mash, a thick-walled materials store and a shared interior.

Mizuhosu (Onishi Family Residence) Gatehouse and Middle Gate
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Mizuhosu (Onishi Family Residence) Gatehouse and Middle Gate

Two early Taisho gates at a Kashihara vinegar brewery in Nara: a street nagayamon with lattice window and glass doors, and an inner gate with an osa-ranma transom.

Minami Family Residence Wooden Fence
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Minami Family Residence Wooden Fence

The Minami Family Residence Wooden Fence in Gose, Nara, is a 24-meter roofed wall of 1912 on a cut-stone base, with bracketed eaves and street-side boarding.

Minami Family Residence Gatehouse and Garden Gate
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Minami Family Residence Gatehouse and Garden Gate

The Minami Family Residence Gatehouse and Garden Gate in Gose, Nara, is a 1912 nagayamon with storerooms beside the gateway and a sliding gate in a short wall.

Yamada Liquor Store (Haseji Teahouse) Teahouse Zashiki
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Yamada Liquor Store (Haseji Teahouse) Teahouse Zashiki

The Yamada Liquor Store teahouse zashiki is a Taisho sukiya-style guest wing hipped at one end and gabled at the other, open to the garden on both floors.

Yamada Liquor Store (Haseji Teahouse) Tea Room
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Yamada Liquor Store (Haseji Teahouse) Tea Room

Joined to the main house beside the gate, the Yamada Liquor Store tea room has grey plaster walls, a hipped roof and wide shoji opening onto the garden, in 8.7 sq m.

Yamada Liquor Store (Haseji Teahouse) Garden Gate
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Yamada Liquor Store (Haseji Teahouse) Garden Gate

Set back from the street wall, the Yamada Liquor Store garden gate is the Taisho entrance to Haseji Teahouse, with angled sleeve walls and a copper canopy.

Yamada Liquor Store (Haseji Teahouse) Wall
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Yamada Liquor Store (Haseji Teahouse) Wall

Running 28 meters from the main house along the Hasedera approach, the Yamada Liquor Store wall pairs vertical boards with grey plaster and frames the garden gate.

Inside Ogawa Matabei Shoten
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Inside Ogawa Matabei Shoten

Ogawa Matabei Shoten Store and Main Building
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Ogawa Matabei Shoten Store and Main Building

Ogawa Matabei Store Corridor
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Ogawa Matabei Store Corridor

Kita Family Residence
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Kita Family Residence

Kita Family Main House
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Kita Family Main House

Kita Family Residence Annex
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Kita Family Residence Annex

Townhouse on the Veranda of Kiji Temple
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Townhouse on the Veranda of Kiji Temple

Former Kawamoto Family Residence Storehouse and Barn
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Former Kawamoto Family Residence Storehouse and Barn

Former Kawamoto Family Residence Living Room
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Former Kawamoto Family Residence Living Room