Meiji
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The Fujisaki Family Residence (Sekishokan) Front Gate in Tanoura, Kumamoto, is a stone gate of about 1894 with sandstone pillars and double doors 5.8 metres wide.
The Fujisaki Family Residence (Sekishokan) Rice Storehouse in Tanoura, Kumamoto, is a large Meiji-era earthen storehouse of 247 square metres, moved here in 1930.
The Fujisaki Family Residence (Sekishokan) Lower Gate in Tanoura, Kumamoto, is a service gate of about 1894 with one wide door, built for moving goods and carts.
The Fujisaki Family Residence (Sekishokan) Main House in Tanoura, Kumamoto, is an 1894 timber landowner's house of 769 square metres, prized for its fine carpentry.
The Fujisaki Family Residence (Sekishokan) Row House in Tanoura, Kumamoto, is a tiny 1894 building of 12 square metres that once lodged the estate's menservants.
The Fujisaki Family Residence (Sekishokan) Wall in Tanoura, Kumamoto, is a tiled board fence of about 1894, 161 metres long, with a plastered front of 30 metres.
The Fujisaki Family Residence (Sekishokan) Central Gate in Tanoura, Kumamoto, is a small gate of about 1894 that led to the kitchen, with lattice screens and a door.
The Fujisaki Family Residence (Sekishokan) Miso Storehouse in Tanoura, Kumamoto, is an 1894 corner storehouse where the family made its own miso and soy sauce.
The Yano Family Residence (Hontaku) Rear Gate in Nishihara, Kumamoto, is a small 1870 yakuimon gate on the north road, flanked by roofed board fences.
The Yano Family Residence (Hontaku) Front Gate in Nishihara, Kumamoto, is an 1870 yakuimon gate with heavy posts and roofed earthen walls, visible from the road.
The Yano Family Residence (Hontaku) Storehouse in Nishihara, Kumamoto, is an 1889 kura with namako tile walls, white lime plaster and tiled drip ledges.
The Yano Family Residence (Hontaku) Main House in Nishihara, Kumamoto, is an 1873 landowner's home dated by its ridge tablet, with rooms styled on samurai houses.
The Yano Family Residence (Hontaku) Middle Gate in Nishihara, Kumamoto, is a small 1870 gate in a roofed bamboo fence that led from the compound to the fields.
The Yano Family Residence (Hontaku) Barn in Nishihara, Kumamoto, is a long 1889 outbuilding, weatherboarded almost to the eaves on the side facing the road.
The Yano Family Residence (Hontaku) Miso Storehouse in Nishihara, Kumamoto, is a small 1889 kura whose street front is weatherboarded level with its fences.
Built in 1880, the Yoshioka Amida hall is a tiny 3.8-square-metre worship space enshrining Amida Nyorai behind latticed doors. One of six structures registered in 2016.
Said to have been moved from Kumamoto city, the Yoshioka Edo storehouse is a small two-storey plastered dozo, one of six family structures registered in 2016.
Built around 1885 in Kutami, Yamaga, the Yoshioka main house anchored a sericulture estate. Its hip-and-gable roof and six-room plan center a compound registered in 2016.
Built around 1883, the Yoshioka fence runs 35 metres on a split-stone base, its bracing matching the gate along the street edge in Kutami. One of six registered in 2016.
Built around 1889, the Yoshioka Meiji storehouse doubled as a stable, with a cart passage and iron tethering fittings inside. One of six structures registered in 2016.