Meiji
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The Kujukuri Church in Sanmu is a timber church of 1887 with plastered eaves and a hip-and-gable porch, said to have been founded with help from J. C. Hepburn.
The main house of the Kondo Family Residence in Yotsukaido, Chiba, is a hipped-roof farmhouse of 1908, built after the family moved to make way for army grounds.
The storehouse of the Kondo Family Residence in Yotsukaido, Chiba, built about 1907, pairs boarded walls with white plaster and framed windows with sliding doors.
The nagayamon gate of the Kondo Family Residence in Yotsukaido, Chiba, built in 1907, is a tall nine-bay gatehouse whose builder signed the ridge-raising arrow.
The Sakamoto Sohonten Store in Sosa, Chiba, a black-plastered storehouse-style shop of 1905 on the old road, recalls the historic roadside townscape of Yokaichiba.
The Sasaya Storehouse in Nagareyama, Chiba, a two-storey earthen-walled store of 1898, has white walls banded in black and recalls the busy old street.
A two-storey storehouse of 1902 in Kanaya, built of the finest sakura-me Bōshū stone. Now the Nokogiriyama Museum of Art annex, closed Tuesdays; adults 300 yen.
A late Meiji two-storey earthen storehouse in Kamogawa that held rice for sake, with white plaster walls, a board-clad base and a deep canopy. Registered; private.
An early Meiji thatched farmhouse in Kamogawa with an earth-floored work area, five rooms and a formal entrance, typical of the Bōsō peninsula. Registered; private.
A late Meiji earthen storehouse in Kamogawa where sake was heat-treated and stored before shipping, with an inspection room on its west end. Registered; not open.
An early Meiji merchant storehouse in Omigawa, raised against floods behind 60cm plaster walls. Registered 1999, it opens free as a shellfish-purple dye museum.
The Inari shrine at the Someya residence is early Meiji. On high ground, a small nagare-zukuri shrine sits within a gabled shelter for the household deity.
The fertilizer shed at the Someya residence is a plain early-Meiji building. Its earthen floor is split in two for making and storing fertilizer for the fields.
The front storehouse at the Someya residence dates to 1893 and began as a rice granary. Its plastered walls and namako base recall a farming family that also traded.
Teradaen Old Store in Nagareyama, Chiba, a storehouse-style shop of 1889 near the Edo River, keeps its black-plastered walls and a broad shop floor at the front.
The Tobe Goemon Family Residence Main House in Noda, Chiba, is a hipped-roof wharf agent's home of around 1893 with a 1929 Western wing, moved whole in 1949.
The Tomoe Bridge in Tateyama, Chiba, built in 1906 on bedrock over the Tomoe River, is a stone arch bridge of the Meiji era, rare in the Kanto region.
Toyonotsuru Sake Brewery Factory in Otaki, Chiba, is an 1875 shed of 417 square metres: two gabled ranges under a lean-to, roof trusses left open. Registered 2011.
Toyonotsuru Sake Brewery Sake Storehouse in Otaki, Chiba, is an 1875 store of 213 square metres, its ground floor one room on close-set posts. Registered in 2011.
Toyonotsuru Sake Brewery Main House in Otaki, Chiba, is an 1874 tsushi-nikai machiya with deep degeta eaves and shutters, registered in 1999. Access notes.