Taishō

The Ebiki Former Shop is a 1920s corner shop at the entrance to Toyoma, Miyagi. Its upper namako walls use an altered diagonal joint, repeated on a later corner.

Taisho-era hall sheltering an Inari shrine at the Oimatsu Nagata Brewery in Watari, one bay square, with ornate carvings said to be by Kesen carpenters.

Early Taisho Yakushi hall on Otakamori hill on Miyato Island, Matsushima, built with park works: a small pyramid-roofed hall in a revivalist style. Interior closed.

Located in the quiet mountains of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, the Former Tsukidate Elementary School Building is a two-story wooden schoolhouse built in 1922 and registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2007. With its Stick Style exterior, Western-style truss roof, and rotating transom windows, it offers a rare and atmospheric glimpse into Taishō-era educational architecture.

Built in 1926, this granite-clad gate with pen-nib capitals spans 6.3 meters; its doors were lost to wartime requisition, yet the pillars still stand.

Built in 1926 by Tsuyoshi Ogura, this Romanesque former library reading room now houses the Tohoku University Archives, open free on weekdays in Sendai.

This V-shaped 1924 building, among Sendai's first concrete works, has a cylindrical corner and Secession entrance; Gallery Historia opens free twice weekly.

Built in 1921 in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, the Former Hirano Honten Store and Main House is a two-story wooden building combining a flamboyant Western-style shopfront with a traditional hipped-roof residence. Long cherished as a landmark at the crossroads of two historic highways, it is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

The Warabe no Kura at Sairi Yashiki in Marumori, Miyagi, is the smallest storehouse on the lot, a Taisho-era earthen kura now filled with old toys and games.

A Taisho shop-house in Kesennuma's inner bay, its upper windows crowned with segmental pediments, its walls white-plastered. Registered in 2006, it still trades.

Behind a registered Kesennuma shop sits this 25-square-metre Taisho storehouse, roofed by a Western truss. Tsunami repairs reinstated its namako-kabe walls.

Tucked away in the hills of Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, the small but vivid vermilion-lacquered Koshido Hall (a Registered Tangible Cultural Property) enshrines the spirits of the Miyagino and Shinobu sisters — the heroines of the celebrated kabuki revenge play "Goban Taiheiki Shiraishi Banashi."

Completed in 1923 and nationally registered in 2024, this Taishō-era worship hall in Tome, Miyagi displays masterly carvings by Tōhoku artisan Ishii Torashō.

The Main Hall of Tsushima Shrine in Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture, is a one-bay Nagare-zukuri style structure registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2024. Rebuilt in 1919 after the great Sanuma fire, the small wooden hall is densely adorned with vibrant carvings by Ishii Toramasa, one of the foremost shrine carvers of the Tohoku region. Originally relocated in 1614 by order of Date Masamune to guard Sanuma Castle, the Main Hall faces north — a rare orientation that reflects its unique role as spiritual protector of the castle town.

Built in 1926 and designed by American architect J.H. Morgan in the Collegiate Gothic style, the Main Gate of Tohoku Gakuin University features a reinforced concrete structure with a washed-out finish imitating stone masonry. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2021, it has stood as the symbolic entrance to one of Tohoku's most prestigious private universities for nearly a century.

Designed by American architect J.H. Morgan and completed in 1926, the Main Hall of Tohoku Gakuin University is a three-story reinforced concrete building in the College Gothic style, clad in locally quarried Akiu stone. A beloved campus landmark symbolizing Tohoku Gakuin's growth era, it was registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property in 2014.

Fubokaku Annex, a Taisho-era timber guest wing at Aone Onsen, Miyagi: its chevron plan, identical rooms facing the garden, glazed windows and handrails, and access.

Built in 1923 as Isatomae Elementary School and later a night-school branch, this timber building survived the 2011 tsunami and was registered in 2017.

Moritami Sake Brewery Residence in Iwadeyama, Miyagi, is a Taishō-era family home with a Western-style north room: sash windows, a bay window and a ceiling rose.

A Taisho stable on the Yusa farmstead in Tome, Miyagi: thatched roof under sheet iron, segai eaves, white plastered walls, two stalls and a store. Registered 2006.