Meiji
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Mid-Meiji retaining walls and a stone fence at the Akibagu of Hofukuji, Soja: 3.0 m walls in 3 masonry styles line a long stairway up to the shrine. Registered 2009.
Five identical stone shrines of 1892 in a row on a long stone platform behind the Akibagu sanctuary at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama. Registered in April 2009.
A minimal purification pavilion of 1894 at the Akibagu of Hofukuji, Soja: stone posts, timber arms and a gabled roof over a stone basin cut with an ogee-arched base.
The mid-Meiji worship hall and connecting hall of the Akibagu at Hofukuji, Soja: a 5-bay hall with stacked gables and a rear wing of ceremony and altar rooms.
A mid-Meiji shrine sanctuary at Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama: a single bay square, just 6.1 square meters, with bracket sets and cloud-dragon carvings. Registered 2009.
The late-Meiji two-story Main Gate of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, facing east before the Buddha Hall: a single-bay gate with bracket sets and a coffered ceiling.
A mid-Meiji study hall joined to the abbot's quarters of Hofukuji in Soja, Okayama, whose 4.5-mat room has an alcove beam of natural wood. Registered in 2009.
Built in 1893 at the northwest corner of an island family's plot in Kasaoka, Okayama, this registered storehouse carries namako tilework and a banded upper wall.
Facing the lane before the main house on Manabeshima in Kasaoka, Okayama, this early Meiji gate bends the four-legged type: shallow depth, coloured earth facade.
Salt money built this 1891 house in Kojima. Six columns carry an open upper verandah in colonial style, a rare survival among Okayama's Meiji Western buildings.
The smallest of six buildings at Yamanari Sake Brewery in Ibara, Okayama, this household store links to the parlor and is floored in tatami above. Registered 2024.
An early-Meiji dozo at Yamanari Sake Brewery in Ibara, Okayama, plastered to the eaves and pairing an open rice store with a household strongroom. Registered 2024.
On the Oda River's west bank in Ibara, Okayama, the 1882 shop and main house of Yamanari Sake Brewery shows a long plastered Meiji frontage. Registered in 2024.
The largest of six listed buildings at Yamanari Sake Brewery in Ibara, Okayama, this brewing hall is built around a sealed malt room. Registered in 2024.
The larger of two brewing halls at Yamanari Sake Brewery in Ibara, Okayama, this early-Meiji storehouse still fills its tanks each winter. Registered in 2024.
Assembled from fired Bizen stoneware at Yuga Jinja Hongu in Kurashiki, Okayama, this 1894 gate stands 4.7m tall with single-fired joints. Registered in 2024.
The stone steps and walls of Ryūjōin Temple in Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture, date to the late Edo period. Eight broad stone steps spanning 9 meters wide and a 37-meter stone wall create the distinctive elevated landscape of this hilltop temple, registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property. The walls reveal four distinct phases of masonry construction.