Meiji
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An 1897 two-story storehouse on the Nakamura estate in Amami, Kawachinagano, with plastered eaves, split pine beams and a ridge beam marked as sumo pillar timber.
An 1899 gate row house on the Nakamura estate in Amami, Kawachinagano: black plaster outside, white inside, a storeroom and a tatami suite later used for silkworms.
A Meiji-era reception wing joined to the Nakamura main house in Amami, Kawachinagano: two eight-mat rooms with a Kitayama cedar alcove post and zelkova planks.
Genshoji Temple Tower Gate in Abeno, Osaka, is an 1889 Dragon Palace gate moved here in 1923 that survived wartime air raids on the Kumano Kaido; registered 2003.
Kotani Family Residence Main Gate in Sakai is a Meiji-era gatehouse with a tiled hip-and-gable roof, lookout lattice and white plaster atop an S-shaped stone ramp.
Kotani Family Residence Earthen Wall in Sakai runs 132 meters from the road up an S-shaped stone ramp to the main gate, a Meiji-era tiled wall on a cobblestone base.
Kotani Family Residence South Gate in Sakai is a Meiji-era gatehouse of 108 square meters with a gabled tiled roof, three rooms, warrior windows and a storehouse.
Built in 1911 for a Tanimachi clothing merchant and moved to its present Osaka site in 1957, this three-story earthen storehouse was registered in December 2024.
Completed in 1903 behind a medicine merchant's house on Osaka's Doshomachi, this earthen storehouse stayed registered when its neighbours were designated in 2001.
The Konishi Choyokan Entrance Hall of about 1912 in Abeno Ward, Osaka, has a split-bamboo ceiling, a boat-bottom corridor and a diagonally laid tile floor.
Built in 1912 in Abeno Ward, Osaka, the Konishi Choyokan Palace has a 15-mat hall under a coved coffered ceiling and a tea room fitted into the basement below.
A late Meiji gate at Kongoji's Honbo in Kawachinagano, moved here when the sub-temples merged. Heavy posts and beams under a tiled gable mark the Honbo's rank.
Built in 1911 when Kongoji merged its sub-temples, this Honbo entrance in Kawachinagano pairs a tiled main block with a bark-roofed formal porch. Repaired 2020-22.
A 1911 tea room behind the Jibutsudo in Kongoji's Honbo garden, Kawachinagano. Its 4.5-mat room has varied openings and an east end built out over a slope.
A mid-Meiji building at Kongoji, Kawachinagano, joining the sub-temple Muryojuin and a pilgrims' retreat hall. Archaic beams meet modern glazing; repaired 2019-21.
A late Meiji yakuimon gate and earthen walls fronting Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. The gable bears carved clouds and twin dragons; the 12-metre walls bear two lines.
A two-storey Meiji shoin behind the main hall of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka, linked to it by a corridor. Its upper floor holds a raised room and a flame-topped window.
A sutra storehouse of around 1891 in the front garden of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Square with a pyramid roof, its plaster walls model posts, brackets and braces.
An open belfry of around 1899 on a tall cut-stone base at the front of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka, with round pillars, carved braces and ornate panels on the street.
A late Meiji yakuimon gate beside the bell tower of Saikyoji in Izumi, Osaka. Flat posts and three beams carry its tiled roof over the daily route to the shikidai.