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明治

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Goyashiki (Former Inoue Family Residence) West Earthen Wall
Kagawa 明治
Goyashiki (Former Inoue Family Residence) West Earthen Wall

The Goyashiki West Earthen Wall in Takamatsu is an early Meiji wall, 1.8 m high and 18 m long, left in rough clay on a rubble base, closing the southwest.

Goyashiki (Former Inoue Family Residence) East Storehouse
Kagawa 明治
Goyashiki (Former Inoue Family Residence) East Storehouse

The Goyashiki East Storehouse in Takamatsu is an early Meiji corner kura whose roof is hip-and-gable at one end and gabled at the other, with a former sitting room.

Goyashiki (Former Inoue Family Residence) East Earthen Wall
Kagawa 明治
Goyashiki (Former Inoue Family Residence) East Earthen Wall

The Goyashiki East Earthen Wall in Takamatsu is an early Meiji wall, 1.8 m high and about 72 m long, of white plaster on a random-rubble base of local andesite.

Goyashiki (Former Inoue Family Residence) Former Bathhouse
Kagawa 明治
Goyashiki (Former Inoue Family Residence) Former Bathhouse

The Goyashiki Former Bathhouse in Takamatsu is an early Meiji guest bath wing with cedar-bark walls and a tiled roof joining the main house, now a tatami guest room.

Konpira Udon Sando Shop (former Sakuraya Ryokan)
Kagawa 明治
Konpira Udon Sando Shop (former Sakuraya Ryokan)

Former inn of the early Meiji period on the eastern approach to Kotohiragu, Kagawa, now an udon shop, keeping a balustrade carved with flowers on its upper floor.

Kotohira Shrine Treasure Museum
Kagawa 明治
Kotohira Shrine Treasure Museum

Kotohira Shrine's Treasure Museum, a 1905 granite building by Kuru Masamichi with a tiled roof, karahafu porch and arched windows; registered in 1996. Hours, fees.

Sakai Soy Sauce Industry Soy Sauce Storehouse
Kagawa 明治
Sakai Soy Sauce Industry Soy Sauce Storehouse

Meiji earthen soy sauce storehouse of Sakai Soy Sauce at Noma on Shodoshima, Kagawa, two gabled blocks facing the old shore works store across the road.

Main Building of the Sakashita Tsutomu Family Residence
Kagawa 明治
Main Building of the Sakashita Tsutomu Family Residence

Built in 1908 at Umaki on Shodoshima, this registered farmhouse keeps old hongawara tiling on its south eaves and plastered eave soffits on the west side.

Storehouse and Stone Wall of the Sakashita Tsutomu Family
Kagawa 明治
Storehouse and Stone Wall of the Sakashita Tsutomu Family

This 1908 storehouse at Umaki on Shodoshima sets its west wall on a stone wall some twenty metres long, with modelled plasterwork around the south gable window.

Sakashita Tsutomu Family Residence Barn
Kagawa 明治
Sakashita Tsutomu Family Residence Barn

The 1908 barn at Umaki on Shodoshima meets the main house at its north gable and shelters two sides under pent canopies, closing the work yard on its third side.

Saya Bridge
Kagawa 明治
Saya Bridge

The Saya Bridge, a roofed wooden arched bridge of 1869 in Kotohira with no piers in the river; registered in 1998 and used only for Kotohira Shrine's rites.

Sarureo Shrine Heiden (Offering Hall)
Kagawa 明治
Sarureo Shrine Heiden (Offering Hall)

Late Meiji offering hall of Sarureo Shrine in Marugame, Kagawa, a one-bay hall with a cypress-bark roof and doors front and back, facing the burial mound behind.

Sansho Shrine Heihaiden
Kagawa 明治
Sansho Shrine Heihaiden

Worship and offering hall of 1897 at Sansho Shrine on Honjima, Kagawa, with layered gables and fine carving, a late work of the island's famed Shiwaku carpenters.

JR Tadotsu Factory Workplace No. 15
Kagawa 明治
JR Tadotsu Factory Workplace No. 15

The oldest building in the JR Tadotsu Works, this timber hall dates to 1888. A king-post truss spans its 42.7-meter ridge without interior columns beneath a slate roof.

Shigeta Family Rice Storehouse
Kagawa 明治
Shigeta Family Rice Storehouse

This 1877 earthen-walled rice store at the Shigeta home in Mannō, Kagawa, holds three rooms for grain, barn and tools, with a stone tank at one end kept against fire.

Shigeta Family House Tool Storehouse and Setsugakure
Kagawa 明治
Shigeta Family House Tool Storehouse and Setsugakure

At the Shigeta residence in Mannō, Kagawa, an 1877 earthen-walled tool store and a 1914 timber privy stand as one registered building at the compound's northwest corner.

Shigeta Family Residence Earthen Wall and Stone Retaining
Kagawa 明治
Shigeta Family Residence Earthen Wall and Stone Retaining

Built in 1877 at the Shigeta residence in Mannō, Kagawa, a diagonal stone wall carries a roofed earthen wall, with a watercourse circling its base like a moated dwelling.

Shigeta Family Residence Intersection Corridor
Kagawa 明治
Shigeta Family Residence Intersection Corridor

Built in 1877 at the Shigeta residence in Mannō, Kagawa, this narrow covered corridor links house to gatehouse and splits the south yard into a work area and a garden.

Shigeta Family Residence Nagayamon Gate
Kagawa 明治
Shigeta Family Residence Nagayamon Gate

Built in 1877 at Yamawaki in Mannō, Kagawa, this gatehouse of the Shigeta farming family holds an eight-mat room and a two-tone wall of tiled base and black plaster.

Shikokumura Ishifune Arch Bridge
Kagawa 明治
Shikokumura Ishifune Arch Bridge

An 1901 single-span stone arch moved from a Konpira pilgrimage road to the Shikoku Mura open-air museum in Takamatsu, its keystone carved with a lion and a carp.