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A small 1924 ridge gate on the west side of the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita, 2 metres wide, with two stone steps outside and brick walls running off each side.
A 1924 slag brick chimney wedged between two buildings on the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita. It served the bathhouse of the living quarters and tapers upward.
The only one of 15 structures on this Nakatsu estate registered as a model of design. Built in 1924, its 190 square metre plan carries three stepped roofs.
A 1924 brick boundary wall enclosing the north west corner of the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita, on a rusticated granite foundation under a stone coping.
This 1924 reception building on the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu turns an L in plan, with gable faces south and east. Its shoin rooms use figured timber.
A 1924 brick water tower on the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita. Slag brick a single leaf thick carries a tank near the top, capped by a small copper roof.
Built in 1924 and registered in 2001, this 211 square metre house is the largest structure on the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita, with lower eaves all round.
A 1924 brick store of 175 square metres in the north west corner of the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, roofed with king post trusses and lit by barred high windows.
A 1924 ridge gate of one bay on the east side of the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita. Built of good zelkova, 3.0 metres wide, with brick walls each side.
Built in 1924, this 51 square metre gatehouse on the east side of the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita combines a wide passage with a Western style office.
A 1924 storehouse of 37 square metres beside the inner parlor at Nakatsu, Oita. Heavy iron double doors and a flat cement render were chosen to keep fire out.
An 1924 brick and timber storehouse at Nakatsu, Oita with a strongroom below, a Western parlour above and a semi basement. It once carried a lookout turret.
At 117 metres this 1924 brick wall is the longest registered structure on the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita, wrapping three sides of the property.
A 1924 outbuilding of 32 square metres on the north side of the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita, built in slag brick laid in English bond under a metal roof.
An octagonal 14-square-meter well house at Beppu's Asami plant with a domed roof and curved pediment. Dated 1917; the city calls it a second well house of 1927.
A 985-square-meter concrete reservoir at Beppu's Asami water plant, edged with a stone coping. Dated 1917 by the Agency; the city credits its 1920s expansion.
A 13-square-meter concrete maintenance hut of 1926 on the north side of the Asami reservoir in Beppu, framed by pilasters on square bases with unusual capitals.
A 13-square-meter concrete maintenance hut of 1926 on the south side of the Asami reservoir in Beppu, with pebbled araidashi walls and arched side windows.
A store for pledged goods built about 1916 at the Hoashi estate in Hetsugi, Oita: seven bays of white plaster over a namako dado and stone base. Registered 2006.
A roofed Taisho-period timber garden wall, 51 metres long, at the Hoashi estate in Hetsugi, Oita, with stone base, deep eaves, a gate and a shrine. Registered 2006.