Meiji

The 1892 main house of a Miyazu silk-thread merchant family, with lattices, a lift-up plank door, a raised clerestory roof and a wing wall. Registered in 2002.

A Meiji tool storehouse at the back of the Imabayashi plot in Miyazu that preserves the fan-set rafters found among the city's stores. Registered in 2002.

The Imamiya Shrine Ekijinja Main Hall in Kyoto, home of the plague god behind Imamiya, was designed by Kameoka Suekichi around 1908 with fine medieval detail.

Designed by Kameoka Suekichi around 1908, the gate, passage hall and corridors before the Ekijinja at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto bow gently and carry delicate carving.

Built in 1910 up stone steps at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, the Tsukuyomisha worship pavilion sets its sacred lattice boundary at the back, with a short fence.

Up stone steps on the west side of Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, the 1910 Tsukuyomisha Main Hall is a plain one-bay shrine with one odd touch: a canopy tie beam set low.

Facing the eastern approach of Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto, the 1881 East Gate is a heavy yakuimon 4.1 metres wide, its thick posts and four beams carrying a tiled roof.

Built with the East Gate in 1881, the 27-metre earthen walls at Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto carry five white lines of rank, close-set rafters and carved end struts.

Rebuilt in 1902 by Ito Heizaemon, the offering hall, worship pavilion and corridors of Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto frame the sanctuary with carved gables.

The Imamiya Shrine Main Hall in Kyoto was rebuilt in 1902 by Ito Heizaemon after a fire; its gabled copper roof and deep front canopy reach out gracefully.

The late Meiji earthen wall round the Imamiya Shrine Main Hall in Kyoto runs 65.4 metres, with a small north gate and five white lines said to mark top rank.

The worship hall and middle hall of Ura Shrine, the cult site of the Urashima legend in Ine, Kyoto. Built in 1884 in the warihaiden split-hall form, its facade is anchored by a cloud-and-dragon panel carved by a master of the Nakai Gonji lineage of Tanba woodcarvers. Registered as a Tangible Cultural Property in 2014.

Discover Ura Shrine's Main Hall in Ine, Kyoto — a Meiji-era thatched Shinmei-style sanctuary registered as an Important Cultural Property, standing at the legendary home of Urashima Tarō, Japan's oldest folktale.

Tucked away in central Kyoto's Shimogyo Ward, Uronza is a beautifully preserved kyo-machiya townhouse built in 1897 by the Nagaoka family of master carpenters from Fukui Prefecture as their own residence. With its first-floor degoshi lattice, second-floor mushiko-mado window, and sukiya-style parlor, it stands as a fine example of the modern Kyoto machiya. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2008 and given two additional city-level designations, Uronza now operates as a small guesthouse, offering the rare experience of staying overnight in a 120-year-old officially protected building.

Early Meiji six-chamber climbing kiln of firebrick at the Ogawa Bunsai potters' house on Gojozaka, Kyoto, 11 metres long with a brick chimney at one corner.

The Meiji-era brick climbing kiln Kawai Kanjiro took over in 1920 and named Shokei-yo: 15 m long under a timber shelter, cut from nine chambers to eight.

Building of 1906 by Takeda Goichi for the Kansai Art Academy in Okazaki, Kyoto, with a trussed lean-to roof and large north windows, an early studio building.

The Former Ueda Family Residence Inner Storehouse in Muko, Kyoto, is a small two-story kura from about 1910 with three plaster bands and a hidden floor strongroom.

The Former Ueda Family Residence Main House in Muko, Kyoto, is a 1910 farmhouse moved here in 1942, with a six-burner brick range and a refined tatami room.

The Former Ueda Family Residence Outer Storehouse in Muko, Kyoto, joins a two-story rice store and a single-story tool store under stepped roofs, built around 1910.