Meiji
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A mid-Meiji merchant house on the corner where the approach to Ryozen-ji, temple one of the Shikoku pilgrimage, meets the old Muya Kaido road in Naruto, Tokushima.
Built in 1896 on Ikeda's old tobacco street in Miyoshi City, this timber townhouse carries a projecting fire wall and sea-cucumber tiling. Registered 2016.
The oldest building at Hojuin, this 1903 earthen storehouse in Komatsushima measures 11 by 4.8 metres and anchors the northwest corner with the white west wall.
Built in 1904 in Komatsushima, Tokushima, this two-storey home has a round-tiled gable roof, pan-tiled eaves, a veranda-edged reception room and 12-mat room above.
The 1877 shop and main house of the Shimao family in Ikawa, Miyoshi, Tokushima, registered in 2017, a long townhouse facing the street.
A four-storey timber pavilion of about 1877 in Ikawa, Miyoshi, Tokushima, registered in 2017, with cusped windows and a top-floor games room.
A 1901 hall on the eastern side of the Tairyuji precinct in Anan, Tokushima, rebuilt after the fire of 1894. The daily fire rite is still performed here.
A 1903 two-storey gate partway up the stone steps at Tairyuji in Anan, Tokushima. It carries a temple bell above and has no doors below. Registered in 2013.
An 1877 hall facing east in the Tairyuji precinct in Anan, Tokushima. Built to worship the Founder's Image Hall behind it, and densely carved. Registered in 2013.
An 1895 building at Tairyuji in Anan, Tokushima, joining an abbot's hall and a kitchen wing. At 944 square metres it is the largest of the nine registered buildings.
An 1878 hall west of the Daishi Hall in the Tairyuji precinct in Anan, Tokushima. At 16 square metres it is the smallest of the temple's nine registered buildings.
The Takahashi Family Residence Indigo Fermenting House in Tokushima is an early Meiji two-storey nedoko where indigo was fermented into dye; registered in 1999.
The Takahashi Family Residence Front Gate in Tokushima is a samurai-style yakuimon gate of 1887 to 1896, set back from the boundary; registered in 1999, private.
The Takahashi Family Residence Storehouse in Tokushima is an early Meiji indigo storehouse with a stone base and boarded lower walls, registered in 1999.
The Takahashi Family Residence West Barn in Tokushima is an early Meiji indigo building with a tall stone base and few small windows, registered in 1999.
The Takahashi Family Residence Neribei Wall in Tokushima runs 39.1 meters from the gate, built of small green schist stones under plaster; registered in 1999.
The Tatsukawa Family Residence Inner Storehouse is a small 1903 clay-walled store behind the main house, with a hongawara roof and namako tiles facing the courtyard.
The Tatsukawa Family Residence Storehouse is a mid-Meiji clay-walled store in Tsuji, 7.9 m square, with deep canopies and latticed windows under small tile hoods.
Built around 1903 for Tsuji's shredded-tobacco makers, the Tatsukawa Family Residence Main House has a low upper floor, a sode-udatsu wall and fine timber rooms.
An 1897 hall in Tsurugi Town, Tokushima, marking station 28 of the Habashikoku pilgrimage. Open on all four sides, it was registered in 2017 with nine others.