Shōwa
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A copper-roofed passage of about 1940 at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa, linking three halls, with an earth floor and open rafters. Registered in 2010, 56 square metres.
A hall of just 6.6 square metres at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa, built in 1940 with a curved gable, coffered ceiling and a stone Jizo inside. Registered in 2010.
A hall of 1940 at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa with a copper pyramidal roof and a cypress bark pent roof around it, lifted over the centre bay. Registered in 2010.
A tiled boundary wall of 1936 at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa, 61 metres long, stepping up beside the gate and marked with five rank lines. Registered in 2010.
A stone girder bridge of 1936 over the moat at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa, 6.5 metres long, with eight oversized finials on each side. Registered in 2010.
A four-legged gate of 1936 facing the moat at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa, copper-roofed with curved gables and a coffered ceiling overhead. Registered in 2010.
A stone girder bridge of 1942 at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa, 6.8 metres long, listed in 2010 as a model of its form, the only one of the 19 so judged.
A guardhouse of 1936 beside the gate at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa, 9.3 square metres, with lattice windows opening only towards the approach. Registered in 2010.
The central hall of 1936 at Zentsuji Tanjoin in Kagawa, 554 square metres, with two crossing gabled roofs and the ticket desk for the dark passage inside.
An early-Showa greenhouse in Mitoyo, Kagawa, built of clay and tile rather than glass, where a village mayor grew aoi plants and kept songbirds. Registered in 2021.
A two-storey Showa reception wing with a Western annex, built by a village mayor in Mitoyo, Kagawa, and registered in 2021. It now runs as the Kachoen guesthouse.
An early-Showa garden gate in Mitoyo, Kagawa, with woven ajiro doors and bamboo fences on blue stone, in the spirit of a tea garden. Registered in 2021.
An early-Showa garden gate dividing the courtyard of the Tottori compound in Mitoyo, Kagawa, with paired rafters and slatted earthen side walls. Registered in 2021.
A small early-Showa bath wing built for honoured guests in Mitoyo, Kagawa, with a wood-fired iron tub, tiled walls and a vented ceiling. Registered in 2021.
The 1930 front gate and 9.6-metre fence of the Nagasaki Family Residence in Hiketa, Kagawa: clapboard, lime plaster, bamboo lattice and a line of ichimonji tiles.
The 1930 reception wing of the Nagasaki Family Residence in Hiketa, Kagawa: two eight-mat rooms, a hip-and-gable porch and finely made transoms, built for guests.
The Nagasaki Family Residence Guest Lavatory in Hiketa, Kagawa: a 1930 toilet and bath for guests, joined to the reception wing, with an alcove in its dressing room.
The Nagasaki Family Residence Main House in Hiketa, Kagawa, built in 1930: timber lattice below, lime plaster to the eaves above, fine trowel work at each window.
The 1930 earthen wall of the Nagasaki Family Residence in Hiketa, Kagawa: 18 metres of mortar on a dressed stone base along a side lane, a foil to the front fence.
The granite torii of Nogi Shrine in Zentsuji, Kagawa, built in 1937, is a shinmei type of straight members, its tie beam held within the pillars to match the hall.