Meiji
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A single-storey farmhouse of about 1911 in Ishigaki under a hipped red-tiled roof, with four front rooms, back rooms and a big kitchen, built of island timber.
Moved from Izena Island, this late-Meiji house keeps the rare separated-building (bunmunē) form, its kitchen a wing of its own. Now an indigo studio.
One of Okinawa World's largest relocated houses, this late-Meiji home survived the 1945 battle, shell scars on its pillars. Now a bingata workshop.
Built at Shuri from timber of a demolished Naha mansion, this late-Meiji house has an unusual plan with no back rooms. Now a papermaking studio.
A fūru is an old Okinawan privy-and-pigsty. Built of cut Ryukyu limestone, this rare survivor records a rural custom that local hygiene law ended around 1917.
A coral-limestone wall built in 1909 rings the Kamiyama Residence on Kuroshima, running 87.4 meters of dry-laid stone shaped with care at its gate and corners.
A dug well from 1909 at the southwest corner of the Kamiyama Residence on Kuroshima runs about 4.2 meters deep, with a curb cut from local coral limestone.
Built in 1902 and moved to a Nago high school campus in 1965, this 9.4 sq m porch with a curved karahafu gable and Ryukyuan red tiles is a rare Meiji survivor.
Built around 1905 on Izena Island, the Former Nashiro Family Residence Stone Wall is a 116 m coral stone enclosure, just over 1.5 m high, with rounded corners.
Built in 1905 on Izena Island, the Former Nashiro Family Residence Main House has plastered red tiles, a deep amahaji veranda and a nibanza split into two rooms.
A c. 1891 boundary wall of Ryukyu limestone blocks in Makabe, Itoman, 30 m long and 1.7 m high, capped with cut stone and backed by a hedge; registered in 2005.
A c. 1891 dug well in Makabe, Itoman: a round stone shaft about 1.1 m across and 8.6 m deep, cut stone on the drawing side, rubble behind, flanked by two posts.
A red-tiled house of c. 1891 in Makabe, Itoman, with an amahaji on two sides, eight-mat front rooms and a veranda over 1.8 m wide; registered in 2005, now an eatery.
A c. 1891 pigsty-cum-toilet in Makabe, Itoman: two roofless Ryukyu limestone pens, 4.1 by 3.1 m and 1.1 m high, built of irregular stones; registered in 2005.
The Kubura Family Residence Stone Wall on Yonaguni is a late-Meiji coral limestone wall, 39 m long and 1.3 m high, with big stones at its corner, registered in 2007.
The Kubura Family Residence Main House on Yonaguni is a mid-Meiji timber home said to come from Ishigaki, moved in 1940, with four rooms under a hipped tile roof.
Chatan Town Uchinaa-ya Main House is an 1890 Okinawan farmhouse under a hipped red-tile roof, moved here in 2005, with amahaji eaves and rooms open to visitors.
Chatan Town Uchinaa-ya Furu is an early Meiji pigsty and toilet of Ryukyu limestone, with two arched chambers behind two stone pens, moved to the homestead in 2006.
Large stone water basin (ichitarai) of the early Meiji period at the Togei house on Yonaguni Island, carved from sandstone and used to hold water against fire.
Early Meiji well at the Togei house on Yonaguni Island, cut 13 metres into Ryukyu limestone, with a washing area and small stone basin used for crops and tools.