Meiji
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An 1881 landowner's house in Kashu, Minamiawaji, home of the Tanaka Manbei line: a hip-and-gable tiled roof, a central corridor and a sukiya-style tea room wing.
The c.1887 main house of a leading farm family in Tonouchi, Amagasaki: hip-and-gable pantile roof, plastered upper walls, slatted windows, two formal front rooms.
A c.1887 roofed wall wrapping the Tanaka compound in Amagasaki for 64 meters, white plaster over charred cedar on a cut-stone base, framing the way to the east gate.
The c.1887 main gate of the Tanaka compound in Amagasaki: a gabled timber gate with a 2.1-meter opening, single-board zelkova doors and a wicket in a plastered wall.
A c.1887 two-story inner storehouse joined to the Tanaka main house in Amagasaki, on a cut-stone base, with plastered walls, a boarded base and a round-tile roof.
The Nagata Family Residence Pond Stonework in Minamiawaji is a Meiji pond of cut sandstone, 2.7 m deep, with stones shaped as a gourd and a cup. Registered in 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Furniture Storehouse in Minamiawaji is a Meiji storehouse linked to the guest wing, with two tatami rooms upstairs. Registered in 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Main House in Minamiawaji, Awaji Island, is a large Meiji farmhouse with a six-room plan, registered in 2011 as a model of design.
The Nagata Family Residence High Wall in Minamiawaji is a 4.3 m Meiji wall whose shutters came down in summer to let in the river breeze. Registered in 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Service Gate in Minamiawaji is a small Meiji gate whose stone sill is notched for cartwheels bringing in rice. Registered in 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Nagayamon Gate in Minamiawaji is a 17 m gatehouse of 1904 with a storeroom on one side and servants' rooms on the other. Registered 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Detached Zashiki in Minamiawaji is an 1888 guest wing whose veranda projects over a pond with a Western-style rail. Registered in 2011.
The Nagata Family Residence Munamon Gate and Wall in Minamiawaji is a Meiji one-bay gate with temple-style carving and a tiled earthen wall. Registered in 2011.
An early Meiji storehouse at the Nishio compound in Tambasasayama: granite base, charred-cedar wainscot, white plaster and an okiyane roof, with a neat south gable.
A late Meiji sake store beyond the channel at the Nishio compound in Tambasasayama: 12 ken long, gable-entered, with a high drip ledge and two rows of six windows.
An early Meiji farm building across the old San'in Road from the Nishio compound in Tambasasayama, combining a waterwheel house and a taller cattle and chicken shed.
The early Meiji gate and wall of the waterwheel shed lot at the Nishio compound in Tambasasayama, matching the forecourt wall across the old San'in Road.
A late Meiji earthen storehouse south of the main house at the Nishio compound in Tambasasayama, plastered to the eaves and used as a family museum when registered.
A 1907 granite arched bridge over the sacred pond of Nishinomiya Shrine, Hyogo, registered in 2013, donated by the founder of the Hakutaka brewery.
A delicate 1904 shelter at Nishinomiya Shrine, Hyogo, registered in 2025, built for a lantern and now housing the Ebisu Bell given after Hideyori's rebuilding.