Meiji
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A mid-Meiji single-storey annex in Tottori where carpenters and plasterers kept the Yoshimura buildings in repair, with a head clerk's room; registered in 1998.
Small late Meiji gate between two storehouses of the Funakoshi estate in Yonago: 2.7 m wide, with a slatted transom, carved two-tier brackets and red bengara paint.
Shipping agent's main house on Yonago's Kamo River, rebuilt from 1900: a 337 m² townhouse with a suspended door, exposed roof frame and a shrine to the ship spirit.
Late Meiji storehouse built with the garden of the Funakoshi estate in Yonago: a 30 m² kura with namako-kabe tiling on its north wall and three windows.
An 1898 two-story clay-walled sake storehouse at the back of the Higashikadowaki estate in Tokorogo, with a wide south eave, from the family's Meiji brewing trade.
An 1898 single-story koji room beside the sake storehouse at the back of the Higashikadowaki estate in Tokorogo, plain boards below and plaster above.
An 1899 two-story miso storehouse on the Higashikadowaki estate in Tokorogo, on stone beside a channel, with two east doorways and a work area under its south eave.
The Maniji Main Gate in Tottori is a one-bay yakuimon rebuilt around 1889, with wave-carved panels, a three-flower pendant and shachi; registered in 2014.
The Maniji Bell Tower in Tottori is an open 1892 belfry whose chamfered posts lean inward on a stone base; with the gate it forms the temple front. Registered 2014.
An early-Meiji gate at the Mikamo estate in Tokorogo, Daisen: 3.0 m wide, braced fore and aft, with stone on the ridge and the village's only left-handed pantiles.
An early-Meiji stable north of the Mikamo main house in Tokorogo, Daisen: 7.3 m by 8.0 m, with U-shaped stalls and a mezzanine for fodder. Registered in 2009.
An early-Meiji outbuilding north of the Mikamo main house in Tokorogo, Daisen: 14 m by 8.8 m, a two-storey store to the north and an open bay under a deep eave.
An 1889 storehouse on the south edge of the Mikamo estate in Tokorogo, Daisen, with black plaster walls beside a water channel and hedge. Its size records disagree.
An early-Meiji garden gate and wall at the Mikamo estate in Tokorogo, Daisen: a 1.4 m arm-bracket gate and a 7.8 m plastered wall that split the front garden.
Built in 1873 at Itaibara hamlet in Chizu, Tottori, this three-square-metre sanctuary carries bracket sets, frog-leg struts and lion-nose carving. Registered 2006.
A two-story Meiji storehouse behind the Yatagai main house in Hoki, Tottori, clad in boards and plaster, with a crane modeled on its gable; registered in 2011.
A Meiji gatehouse on Route 181 at the Yatagai estate in Hoki, Tottori, with a bench room and a two-mat room; moved and rebuilt as the front gate in 1940-41.
A tiled gate with zelkova doors between the main house and gatehouse of the Yatagai estate in Hoki, Tottori; dated mid-Meiji, but a diary suggests a 1931 rebuild.
The lower gate of the Yonehara family in Chizu, Tottori, built in about 1906, is a set-back side gate whose glazed ridge-end tile bears the family's quince crest.
The main house of the Yonehara family in Chizu, Tottori, built in about 1906, is a large corner house with black plaster walls, lattice windows and many fine rooms.