Meiji

明治

Browse Japan’s cultural heritage from the Meiji period (1868 – 1912). Filter by prefecture, type, and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.

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Yoshino Sake Brewery Former Stables
Chiba 明治
Yoshino Sake Brewery Former Stables

This late Meiji stable at Ueno in Katsuura divides its 11 metres into 3 stalls. Of the ten items registered here in 2008, it alone was listed as hard to recreate.

Yoshino Sake Brewery Shop and Main House
Chiba 明治
Yoshino Sake Brewery Shop and Main House

Built in 1907 at Ueno in Katsuura, this two-storey timber house closes the south side of the Yoshino Sake Brewery compound. Part of it still serves as the shop.

Yoshino Sake Brewery Matsuo Shrine
Chiba 明治
Yoshino Sake Brewery Matsuo Shrine

The smallest registered item at Yoshino Sake Brewery, this late Meiji shrine covers 10 square metres and carries fan rafters on its front. It was registered in 2008.

Yoshino Sake Brewery South Storehouse
Chiba 明治
Yoshino Sake Brewery South Storehouse

Built in 1907 behind the main house at Ueno in Katsuura, this small two-storey storehouse measures 9.1 by 6.4 metres. It was entered on the register in 2008.

Yoshino Sake Brewery South Brewing House
Chiba 明治
Yoshino Sake Brewery South Brewing House

The largest building at Yoshino Sake Brewery, this late Meiji hall runs 29 metres under a gabled roof with wide aisles on all four sides. It was registered in 2008.

Nakayama Hokekyoji Temple Documents
Chiba 鎌倉~明治時代
Nakayama Hokekyoji Temple Documents

Newly designated in 2024, 839 documents trace one Nichiren temple across 620 years, from a monk's vow to guard his master's writings to letters from the Edo shogun's court.

Senpukan
Osaka 明治
Senpukan

The Senpukan in Osaka, built in 1871 as the government mint's reception house and designed by Thomas Waters, is a veranda-wrapped brick building open each March.

Former Osaka Mint Foundry Main Entrance
Osaka 明治
Former Osaka Mint Foundry Main Entrance

The stone portico of the Osaka Mint foundry, built in 1871 and moved in 1934 to front a memorial hall beside the Senpukan, is an Important Cultural Property.

Former Mint Dormitory
Osaka 明治時代
Former Mint Dormitory

On Osaka's Okawa River stand the remains of Japan's first modern mint, founded in 1871. Senpukan, the old main gate, a guard house and early gas lamps survive here.

Akaishi Family Residence Main Building
Osaka 明治
Akaishi Family Residence Main Building

Built in 1881 in Chihayaakasaka, Osaka's only village, this farmhouse sets six slatted mushiko windows into black lime plaster. Registered 2007. Closed to visitors.

Abe Oji Shrine Former Main Hall
Osaka 明治
Abe Oji Shrine Former Main Hall

The former main hall of Abe Oji Shrine in Osaka, built in 1908 and moved in 1968, is a small nagare-style hall whose side middle posts rise to the ridge.

Ishikawa Family Residence Raised Storehouse
Osaka 明治
Ishikawa Family Residence Raised Storehouse

A small storehouse of about 1889 in Fukae, Osaka, set on a tall dressed-stone base after flood damage in 1885, with curved sangi-zumi corners. Registered 2023.

Ishikawa Family Residence Nagayamon Gate
Osaka 明治
Ishikawa Family Residence Nagayamon Gate

A gatehouse of about 1889 in Fukae, Osaka: one tiled roof over gate and wing rooms, a heavy timber door and a lattice window facing the street. Registered 2023.

Ishikawa Family Residence Southwest Wall
Osaka 明治
Ishikawa Family Residence Southwest Wall

An earthen wall of about 1889 in Fukae, Osaka, running 41 metres along two sides of an old compound, with a moulded cornice, a pebbled base and a stone-framed door.

Ishikawa Family Residence Northeast Wall
Osaka 明治
Ishikawa Family Residence Northeast Wall

A timber wall of about 1889 in Fukae, Osaka, running 29 metres along two sides of an old compound, 2.1 metres high on the north and 1.7 on the east. Registered 2023.

Ichikawa Family Residence (Former Kameoka Family Villa) Storehouse
Osaka 明治
Ichikawa Family Residence (Former Kameoka Family Villa) Storehouse

A late-Taisho storehouse closing a lane in Tezukayama, Osaka: plaster to the eaves, an armoured window hood, iron doors with a family crest, and a flamenco studio.

Iwane Family Residence Sake Brewery
Osaka 明治
Iwane Family Residence Sake Brewery

A 476-square-meter Meiji sake brewing hall in Tondabayashi, Osaka, with a steep gable roof, a brick koji room and a red-brick chimney. Registered in 2008.

Uno Family Residence High Wall
Osaka 明治
Uno Family Residence High Wall

A Meiji-era wall on the old Kishu Kaido in Kaizuka, Osaka, linking a townhouse to its storehouse: 7.3 meters in 6 bays, with a doorway behind removable boards.

Uno Family Residence West Storehouse
Osaka 明治
Uno Family Residence West Storehouse

A Meiji-era 2-storey storehouse in Kaizuka, Osaka, where the Uno family kept its clothing. Unlike the east storehouse, its ridgepole rests on horizontal beams.

Osaka Tenmangu Shrine Kagura Hall
Osaka 明治
Osaka Tenmangu Shrine Kagura Hall

The Osaka Tenmangu Shrine Kagura Hall of 1904, linked to the worship hall by a corridor, keeps old forms: boat brackets, sparse double rafters and lattice shutters.