Meiji
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Okayama's 1904 brick pump house at the Mino Water Purification Plant, with granite trim, arched windows, a timber porch and an octagonal chimney. Now a water museum.
The Mino Water Purification Plant No. 1 Intake on the Asahi River pairs a 1905 concrete intake with a 1926 one in a steep stone embankment. Registered in 2005.
The Myokyoji Asahi Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a south-facing shrine of 1909 with four-stepped brackets and boldly cut elephants, lions and clouds.
The Myokyoji Enbiki Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a plain one-bay shrine of 1888 named for a god of good relationships, one of the oldest of its kind.
The Myokyoji Gosha Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is an 1896 cypress-bark shrine five bays wide, the only one of its size among the 77 subsidiary shrines.
The Myokyoji Suehiro Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a small, sober shrine of 1879 beside the Kyooden, one of the oldest buildings on the temple's list.
The Myokyoji Seishoko Hall at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a small shrine of 1909 to the warlord Kato Kiyomasa, its eaves and veranda thick with brackets and dragons.
The Myokyoji Drum Tower and Corridor at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a late Meiji passage leading north from the guest hall to a tall pyramid-roofed drum tower.
The Myokyoji Higuruma Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a 1908 shrine rich in carving, with dragon tail rafters, a dragon beam and lion side screens.
The Myokyoji Hideyoshi Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is the oldest registered subsidiary shrine, a tiny 1870 shrine made with care and carved sparingly.
The Myokyoji Hokokaku at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a hall of 1909 whose rear juts over the road on a tall brick base with an arch, a rare mix of brick and timber.
The Myokyoji Main Hall at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a double-roofed Buddhist hall of 1882, built by a Nagoya master carpenter in Zen style for the Nichiren sect.
The Myokyoji Reioden Kyooden Hall at Saijo Inari in Okayama is an 1897 cypress-bark hall before the 1741 sanctuary, built with care by Aoyama Choshichi.
The Myokyoji Reioden Front Hall at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a long, narrow 1886 entry hall under a curving cypress-bark gable, with a stone floor and fine carving.
The Myokyoji Reioden Worship Hall at Saijo Inari in Okayama is an open-sided cypress-bark hall of 1886, three bays square, by the Nagoya carpenter Aoyama Choshichi.
The Myokyoji Rokusha Tennosha Ichitomi Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is an 1895 one-bay shrine at the north end of a row of six, quiet in design.
The Myokyoji Rokusha Tennosha Shiraito Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is an 1895 shrine, fourth in a row of six, identical in detail to two others.
The Myokyoji Rokusha Tennosha Daigenki Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a mid-Meiji shrine, third in a row of six, with a simpler gable and rafters.
The Myokyoji Rokusha Tennosha Fukusaki Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a mid-Meiji shrine at the south end of a row of six, like the Daigenki shrine.
The Myokyoji Rokusha Tennosha Fukuyoshi Tennosha Shrine at Saijo Inari in Okayama is a mid-Meiji shrine, fifth in a row of six, carved with young-leaf patterns.