Taishō
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Minutes from Osaka's Umeda towers, a 42-metre Taisho-era timber wall and gate, listed in 2008, frames one of the city's last surviving nagaya row-house lanes.
The Risai family annex in Kaizuka's old temple town, built around 1924, holds a Western room with original fireplace tiles, stained glass, and period lighting.
Built in 1917 by Takeda Goichi, the Phoenix Pavilion of Ryuan-ji stands above the Minoo River in Osaka, echoing the Byodo-in Phoenix Hall on the path to the falls.
The Wada Family Residence Detached Wing in Kishiwada, Osaka, is a Taisho-period shoin-style pavilion moved to the estate in 1930, with a kitchen and a stilted base.