Meiji

明治

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Fukuda Family Residence Main Gate
Wakayama 明治
Fukuda Family Residence Main Gate

In Susami, Wakayama, the Fukuda Family Residence Main Gate is a single-bay udegimon of about 1909, standing atop a castle-like stone wall. Now registered.

Fukuda Family Residence Earthen Wall
Wakayama 明治
Fukuda Family Residence Earthen Wall

In Iwade, Wakayama, the mid-Meiji Fukuda Family Residence Earthen Wall runs about 41.5 m over precise stone footings with a washed-aggregate face. Now registered.

Fukuda Family Residence Barn
Wakayama 明治
Fukuda Family Residence Barn

In Susami, Wakayama, the Fukuda Family Residence Barn of 1878 is the estate's oldest building, a part-two-story timber structure with lean-to eaves. Now registered.

Fukuda Family Residence Detached Room
Wakayama 明治
Fukuda Family Residence Detached Room

In Susami, Wakayama, the Fukuda Family Residence Detached Room of 1903 is a six-mat guest room with a tokonoma, reached by a covered passage. Now registered.

Misoya Annex Kamizo and Detached Tatami Room
Wakayama 明治
Misoya Annex Kamizo and Detached Tatami Room

The Misoya Bekkan Upper Storehouse and Detached Guest Room in Hashimoto City, Wakayama, is a nationally registered tangible cultural property built in the mid-Meiji period. Standing on the grounds of Misoya Kimono Shop, founded in 1495, this distinctive single-structure building combines a fireproof storehouse with a formal reception room, preserving the refined merchant culture of a historic post town on the pilgrimage route to Mount Koya.

Misoya Annex Main Building
Wakayama 明治
Misoya Annex Main Building

Discover Misoya Bekkan Main House, a registered tangible cultural property in Hashimoto, Wakayama. Built in 1884 along the historic Koya-kaido pilgrimage road to Mount Koya, this elegant Meiji-era merchant townhouse preserves the atmosphere of a thriving post town.

Yamamoto Family Residential Stone Wall
Wakayama 明治
Yamamoto Family Residential Stone Wall

A roadside wall of about 1906 of greenish Wakayama blue stone laid as random rubble, over 18 metres long and about 1.8 metres high, finished with a shaped coping.

Yamamoto Residence Gate
Wakayama 明治
Yamamoto Residence Gate

A small armed-bracket gate of about 1906, barely a metre wide, leading from the living quarters to the reception garden under a gabled roof of Wakayama round tiles.

Sekishi Shingetsu Inkuri〈Shi〓 Inkkakari / Three Days After
Aichi 南宋
Sekishi Shingetsu Inkuri〈Shi〓 Inkkakari / Three Days After

The 4th Day of July (July 4th)
Aichi 南宋
The 4th Day of July (July 4th)

Calligraphy of Zen Master Butsukan (Shaku-Hi)
Aichi 南宋
Calligraphy of Zen Master Butsukan (Shaku-Hi)

Ink Painting on Paper of a Yellow Cow
Aichi 南宋
Ink Painting on Paper of a Yellow Cow

Buddhist Kanji Zen Master Sumiyoshi〈Shohouan Kojika〈/Junsuke
Ehime 南宋
Buddhist Kanji Zen Master Sumiyoshi〈Shohouan Kojika〈/Junsuke

Flying Celadon Vase
Kyoto 南宋~元
Flying Celadon Vase

Song and Sui Qifa Temple Monument
Kagawa
Song and Sui Qifa Temple Monument

Koan Puning Calligraphy〈Dharma Language/Early Koshin
Ishikawa 南宋
Koan Puning Calligraphy〈Dharma Language/Early Koshin

Wan'enji Documents (494 Documents)
Shimane 鎌倉~明治
Wan'enji Documents (494 Documents)

Koan Puning Calligraphy (Daihui Zongshu Toro Toneri
Tokyo 南宋
Koan Puning Calligraphy (Daihui Zongshu Toro Toneri

Okawa Fusai Ink Painting〈Gaien, Four Eyes〈
Tokyo 南宋
Okawa Fusai Ink Painting〈Gaien, Four Eyes〈

Celadon Vase
Tokyo 南宋
Celadon Vase