Meiji
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At the summit of Karasawayama Castle ruins in Sano, Tochigi, the 1909 worship hall of Karasawayama Shrine opens on four sides beneath a graceful copper roof.
On the honmaru of Karasawayama Castle in Sano, Tochigi, stands the 1908 main hall of Karasawayama Shrine, a single-bay nagare-zukuri sanctuary of Meiji design.
The Gankaen Front Gate is a mid-Meiji bracket-arm gate 5.5 meters wide in Ashikaga, with plastered side bays and 18 meters of wall that joins the old stable.
The Gankaen Storehouse in Ashikaga is a mid-Meiji earthen storehouse of 21 square meters, the smallest at Gankaen, given a wraparound eave and made into guest rooms.
The Gankaen Club in Ashikaga is a long mid-Meiji stable joined to the Kojitei storehouse, now an earthen-floored reception room that is open to the rafters.
The Gankaen Guesthouse in Ashikaga is a mid-Meiji shoin wing moved from the main house around 1945, with a hipped tile roof and two tatami rooms and a veranda.
A middle Meiji storehouse at the Arai silk mill in Nogi, Tochigi: ground floor in English-bond brick from a local maker, upper floor in white-plastered earth.
A middle Meiji timber office at the Arai silk mill in Nogi, Tochigi: gabled east, hipped west, with an alcove room, verandas on three sides and fine transoms.
A late Meiji brick storehouse at the Arai silk mill in Nogi, Tochigi, 15 metres long, laid in English bond, with a mid-wall drip course and 3-tier eaves band.
The former barrel store of Daiichi Shuzo in Sano, Tochigi, a mid Meiji timber store in the north-east corner, has a hip-and-gabled back gate in its north lean-to.
The former granary of Daiichi Shuzo in Sano, Tochigi, a mid Meiji gatehouse on the street with a store and a grain room, gives the old family seat a dignified front.
The office of the Daiichi Shuzo brewery in Sano, Tochigi, a mid Meiji building joined to the storehouse, held a counting room, a boiler room and the brewer's rooms.
The Daini Shoten Shop in Tochigi City, a storehouse-style shop thought to date from early Meiji, faces the Reiheishi Kaido, kept low with old-style upper windows.
Raised in 1891 by a Tochigi merchant dealing in sandal straps, this earthen-walled store stands behind the family shop on the old Nikko envoys' highway.
The board fence of the Tsukada Residence runs 113 metres along the Uzuma in Tochigi. Its dark planking, tiled cap and five wicket gates form a signature riverside view.
The Tsukada Residence's main house rises on the Uzuma River in Tochigi. Built in late Meiji by timber merchants, its two floors hold sukiya-style rooms, now a museum.
The Bunko Storehouse of the Tsukada Residence in Tochigi is dated 1899 by a beam inscription. A white-plastered, two-storey earthen store, it held records and valuables.
Built in 1903 by the Uzuma River in Tochigi City, this earthen storehouse became a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2000. Five barred windows face the water.
Raised in 1909 as a cargo storehouse for a timber shipping firm, this L-shaped Tochigi warehouse uses Western king-post trusses and now displays a festival float.
An 1874 earthen storehouse of the thread wholesaler Teraoka Itoten in Sano, Tochigi, refaced around 1933 with an artificial-stone finish. Listed in 2019.