Meiji
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Built in 1891 for a church in central Kanazawa and moved to Wakakusa-machi in 1955, this timber chapel leaves its light roof trusses open to view. Registered 2006.
Iinuma Honke Front Storehouse in Shisui, Chiba, is an early Meiji plaster storehouse of just 28 square metres, carrying a roof frame of heavy bent timber.
Iinuma Honke Meiji Storehouse in Shisui, Chiba, is a mid-Meiji brewing hall of 291 square metres, its single space carried on log posts 36 centimetres thick.
Ishigami Sake Brewery Koji Room in Choshi: an 1896 koji chamber of 30 cm Ōya stone, lined with cedar, packed with rice husks and housed inside a timber shed.
Ishigami Sake Brewery Rice Storehouse in Choshi, Chiba: a mid-Meiji earthen store for brewing rice, walled in namako tile, steel and plaster, registered in 2018.
Ishigami Sake Brewery Brewing Storehouse in Choshi: a two-storey 1902 Ōya stone hall where timber posts carry a queen post truss and moromi ferments for 3 weeks.
Ishigami Sake Brewery Storage Warehouse in Choshi: a 1902 Ōya stone hall, 18.5 m long, where sake is pressed and stored under a king post truss and Kurohae tiles.
Ishigami Sake Brewery Document Storehouse in Choshi: a 1902 two-storey earthen kura whose north gable, with two upper windows, faces the street; steel-clad in 2011.
A Meiji zashiki-gura at the Ishibashi estate, Narita, with an irimoya porch, floating roof, black plaster eave band and fan-raftered window hood. Registered 1999.
A Meiji rice storehouse north of the Ishibashi gate in Narita, twin of the South Storehouse but boarded up to the eaves, with a hinged gable window. Registered 1999.
A Meiji storehouse south of the Ishibashi gate in Narita, with two road-side windows and notched-batten clapboard on the faces toward road and gate. Registered 1999.
A tall Meiji yakuimon gate at a Narita farm estate, under a heavy tiled roof whose eave tiles spell Ishibashi. Flanked by two storehouses; registered 1999.
The Ito Family Residence Well House in Kashiwa is an early Meiji thatched shelter of just 1.8 square metres over a well and washing basin, registered in 2018.
The Ito Family Residence Retirement House in Kashiwa is an early Meiji thatched workshop with a silkworm loft, later made a retirement house; registered in 2018.
The Ito Family Residence Cowshed in Kashiwa is an early Meiji thatched byre with clay walls, a vent gap and two stalls, dated by an old survey map; registered 2018.
The Ito Family Residence Main House in Shibayama is a mid-Meiji home built by banker Ito Sukeyuki, its steep tile roof framed like local thatch; registered in 2020.
Mid-Meiji yakuimon gate of solid zelkova at a former headman's estate in Noda, Chiba, once the village office: heavy posts, carved panels. Registered 2019; private.
Mid-Meiji guest wing of a former headman's house in Noda, Chiba: hipped roof, high ceilings and an alcove pairing tokonoma and altar. Registered 2019; private.
Mid-Meiji two-storey clay-walled storehouse at a former headman's estate in Noda, Chiba, on a five-course Oya-stone base, with three tiers of beams. Registered 2019.
The Enomoto Family Residence North Storehouse in Abiko, Chiba, is an earthen kura dated 1884 by an inscription, with stepped plaster doors and an exposed roof frame.