Meiji
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Fubokaku Archive Storehouse, an 1896 earthen store at Aone Onsen that escaped the fire of 1906: its ridge tablet, shared detached roof, plaster band and tilework.
Fubokaku Main Building, a two-storey timber guest hall of 1907 at Aone Onsen, Miyagi: its hip-and-gable carriage porch, cross-corridor plan and varied room fittings.
A two-story stone storehouse on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki. Late Meiji, its coursed sandstone, cornice and arched lintels show Western influence.
An inner gate on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki, facing the main house. A small early-Meiji munamon in the sukiya manner, behind the front gate.
The front gate at the SE corner of the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki. A large early-Meiji zelkova munamon with a chrysanthemum-marked gable pendant.
A long earthen-walled storehouse on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki. Built in early Meiji for sugar, its 12-meter length reflects the family's wealth.
The main house of the wealthy Matsuya merchants in Furukawa, Ōsaki. Built in early Meiji, it lodged imperial household members during Emperor Meiji's tours.
A single-story wooden bean storehouse on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki. White plaster set between close-set pillars gives it a bold vertical stripe.
A tiny household shrine on the Matsuya property in Furukawa, Ōsaki, within a protective shell. At 0.2 m² the smallest building, yet a full nagare-style shrine.
Moritami Sake Brewery Inner Room in Iwadeyama, Miyagi, is a late Meiji reception wing of two ten-mat rooms with sukiya-style rafters and an old porcelain toilet.
Moritami Sake Brewery Kamaya in Iwadeyama, Miyagi, is a gabled rice-steaming house of about 1883 whose brick firebox fed a flue to the chimney, still at work today.
Moritami Sake Brewery North Storehouse in Iwadeyama, Miyagi, is a late Meiji two-storey storehouse with plastered walls and a base faced with local Shiogama tuff.
The Brewing Storehouse of Moritami Sake Brewery in Iwadeyama, Miyagi, is a clay-walled sake hall of about 1883, 36 metres long, with a king post truss.
Built around 1883 as the brewery opened, this townhouse in Iwadeyama, Miyagi, has a plastered front, projecting lattice and low upper floor, and is still the shop.
A Meiji plank rice store on the Yusa farmstead in Tome, Miyagi, linked to the guest hall; posts 45 centimetres apart hold dropped-in boards. Registered 2006.
An 1885 two-storey plank store dated by its ridge tablet, on the Yusa farmstead in Naruko Onsen: posts every 38 centimetres, once shingle-roofed. Registered 1998.
A Meiji farmhouse in Naruko Onsen, Miyagi, keeping a four-room plan with the stable indoors, typical of this horse-breeding area, now re-roofed. Registered 1998.
An early Meiji clay storehouse on the Yusa farmstead in Tome, Miyagi: white plaster, a namako tile dado, a slate set-on roof and a triple door. Registered 2006.
A small Meiji clay-walled miso store on a raised terrace of the Yusa farmstead in Tome, Miyagi, with a set-on gabled roof and a pebble-finish dado. Registered 2006.
Ito Chuta's 1911 insurance office by Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, now the Hongwanji Dendoin: English brick with an Indian dome, hexagonal tower and Chinese balustrades.