Taishō
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The thatched main house of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, built in 1912, its working doma fronting formal rooms of fine craftsmanship, listed as hard to reproduce.
Storehouse 1 of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a tall 1912 dozo at the northwest corner, white plaster above charred cedar boarding giving it a striking street presence.
Storehouse 2 of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a small 1912 dozo joined to the larger corner store, its cornice molding marking careful work despite a modest size.
The west wall of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, an 11-meter roofed wall of 1912 set on the stone base, its height shifting with the slope to keep the top line level.
The Yamano Family Residence Main House and Wall in Nishitenma, Osaka, is a 1918 townhouse rebuilt after the Great Kita Fire, set behind a tall wall and forecourt.
The Yamano Family Residence Storehouse is a Taisho-era dozo built for household heirlooms, joined to the main house and topped with a separate round-tile okiyane.
The Yamano Family Residence Earthen Wall is a 47-metre Taisho clay wall in Katano on a cut-stone base, with a moulded top band, round-tile coping and a clay finish.
A late Taisho storehouse and gate on the north edge of the Yamamoto homestead in Saidera, Suita: a plaster-sealed white storehouse beside a hip-and-gable tiled gate.
A 1914 two-storey house fronting the Takenouchi Kaido at the gates of Eifukuji in Taishi, Osaka, with a 19 m frontage and gently curved roof; registered 2001.
A 34 m tiled timber wall of 1914 lining the Takenouchi Kaido in Taishi, Osaka, built with exposed posts, turning a corner and fitted with a bracket-roofed gate.
A 1914 single-storey earthen storehouse at the back of the Yamamoto homestead in Taishi, Osaka, with a fully tiled roof and plaster carried up into its roof framing.
A 1914 two-storey earthen storehouse in Taishi, Osaka, beside the main house on the Takenouchi Kaido; its west room is a tatami parlor, with a veranda on the south.
A two-storey earthen storehouse of 1923 at the Yamamoto homestead in Saidera, Suita, with white plaster walls, two moulding bands and vertical board cladding below.
A two-story row house of 1915 on the street side of Toyosaki Nagaya in Osaka, bent into an L with three homes and an original railed window; registered in 2008.
A small Taisho-era two-home row house in Toyosaki Nagaya, Osaka, whose high wall matches the main house and keeps the feel of the old lane; registered in 2008.
A Taisho-era main house at the core of Toyosaki Nagaya in Osaka, with irimoya and gable roof ends, an earthen passage and a shikidai entrance; registered in 2008.
A tiny Taisho-era storehouse beside the Yoshida main house in Osaka, with a torii-shaped plaster door frame and stepped kakegonuri doors; registered in 2008.
A Taisho-era row house of four homes south of the Yoshida main house in Osaka, with irimoya and gable ends and one canopy over all four doors; registered in 2008.
The largest building of the Yoshida estate in Osaka, a Taisho-era row house of four homes behind a high wall matching the main house; registered in 2008.
A Taisho-era two-home row house at the south end of Toyosaki Nagaya, Osaka, with gently curved roofs, a stepped upper wall and original scratch tiles; listed 2008.