Meiji
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A 1911 stone pond in Konan, Kochi, about 1.5 metres square, fed by water led along a gatehouse and under a wall: a record of how the district used its water.
A 1911 clay storehouse in Konan, Kochi, with a detached roof, a boarded base under Tosa plaster, and rows of projecting wall tiles that shed the region's heavy rain.
A 1911 wall in Konan, Kochi, running about 6.5 metres from a gatehouse round the estate's corner, its stone base laid in tortoise-shell pattern under Tosa plaster.
A tall 1911 gatehouse fronting a homestead in Konan, Kochi, with a hip-and-gable roof, doors set to one side, and a key-fret pattern in Tosa plaster on its wall.
A 1911 outbuilding in Konan, Kochi, with a two-storey silkworm room at its north end, a barn to the south, and a framed west wall lining a channel by the storehouse.
A late Meiji storehouse on Sakawa's sake-brewery street in Kochi, registered in 2018. Its plastered walls carry three tiers of Tosa water-shedding tiles.
Built about 1892 in Tosa City, Kochi, this single-storey house became a national Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2019 and still works as a clinic.
This 1874 merchant house in Tano, Kochi, keeps the layered shopfront of a Tosa market town: a lattice screen, lean-to eaves and a lime-plastered half-storey.
In Aki's Doi Kakuchu quarter, Kochi, this two-storey earthen storehouse shows the Tosa manner: a boarded base, lime plaster, and two tiers of drip tiles. Registered 2005.
In Aki's Doi Kakuchu quarter, Kochi, this late-Meiji house was both doctor's home and clinic, its waiting and consulting rooms beside the family rooms. Registered 2005.
At the southwest corner of this Aki residence, Kochi, a nagayamon joins gate and building, with a passage at one end and four rooms alongside. Registered 2005.
Behind the main house of this Aki residence, Kochi, a small wing stands by the storehouse: an earthen floor, a raised floor, and eaves sheltering a well. Registered 2005.
Along the west edge of this Aki residence, Kochi, the wall joins a Tosa-plaster section and a neribei of river cobbles with old tiles at each end. Registered 2005.
A small two-storey clay storehouse of about 1887 in Yasuda, Kochi, with a floating roof and a gable wall on the lane crossed by two tiers of drip tiles.
A single-storey house of about 1887 in Yasuda, Kochi, whose hipped and hip-and-gable roofs overlap above Tosa-plaster walls and a dark-walled entrance porch.
A kimono shop of about 1887 on a corner in Yasuda, Kochi: sales floor below, storage mezzanine and workroom above, with a board-and-plaster gable on the side street.
A late-Meiji ishiguro wall in Nahari, Kochi: 23 m of split stone on a tortoiseshell-masonry base, 1.6 m high and tile-capped, with a curved sleeve wall at the gate.
A late-Meiji ishiguro boundary wall in Nahari, Kochi: 25 m of split stone, 1.6 m high, its ends finished in plain stone, not cut corner blocks. Registered 2000.
A small 1887 plastered storehouse beside the Noradokei clock house in Aki, Kochi, with board skirting and a hooded gable window. Registered with the house in 1996.
An 1887 two-storey house in Aki, Kochi, with a handmade pseudo-Western clock tower on its north wing. Known as Noradokei; Kochi's first registered building (1996).