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Browse Japan’s cultural heritage from the Taishō period (1912 – 1926). Filter by prefecture, type, and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.

3,054 total Taishō Period 1912 – 1926
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Former Taki District Office Rokkakudo (Hexagonal Hall)
Mie 大正
Former Taki District Office Rokkakudo (Hexagonal Hall)

Timber memorial hall of about 1915 from the Taki District Office in Taki, Mie, with an irregular hexagonal plan and a lion roof ornament; moved in 1978.

Former Toyobo Tomida Mill Raw Cotton Warehouse
Mie 大正
Former Toyobo Tomida Mill Raw Cotton Warehouse

Brick warehouse of 1917 that held raw cotton for Toyobo's largest mill in Yokkaichi, Mie, with five gabled bays in a row; now restaurants in a shopping centre.

Former Hirata Family Residence West Storehouse
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Former Hirata Family Residence West Storehouse

A long Taisho-era clay-walled storehouse in Yokkaichi, Mie, 8.5 by 3.5 ken, on a granite tortoiseshell base with a namako wall facing the house. Registered 2015.

Former Hirata Family Residence East Storehouse
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Former Hirata Family Residence East Storehouse

A small Taisho-era clay-walled storehouse in Yokkaichi, Mie: 17 square meters on 2 floors, boarded below and plastered above, on granite stonework. Registered 2015.

Former Hirata Family Residence Gateposts
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Former Hirata Family Residence Gateposts

Granite gateposts of about 1923 at a headman's estate in Yokkaichi, Mie: 4.0-meter main posts and 2.8-meter side posts with fret-carved capitals. Registered 2015.

Former Ryokan Kokonoe Main Building
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Former Ryokan Kokonoe Main Building

The Main Building of the Former Ryokan Kokonoe in Iga, Mie, adapts c.1924 townhouses, adds a partly three-story 1943 wing, and was registered in 2018.

Shimozu Family Residence Keisetsuen
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Shimozu Family Residence Keisetsuen

Kasetsuen, the 1922 detached reception wing of the Shimozu Residence in Isshinden, Tsu, has a raised alcove platform and a four-mat tea room, En'an. Listed 2014.

Shimotsu Family Residence Waiting Room
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Shimotsu Family Residence Waiting Room

The outer waiting arbour of the Shimozu Residence in Tsu, Mie, covers only 8 square metres, pairs a wall bench with a free one, and is framed in logs. Listed 2014.

Tanaka Family Residence New Storehouse
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Tanaka Family Residence New Storehouse

A 1912 storehouse behind the Tanaka main house in Hase, Matsusaka, with a refined sukiya-style room in front and a namako tile skirt kept for the south face alone.

Tanaka Family Residence West Barn
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Tanaka Family Residence West Barn

A Taisho-era barn on the Tanaka compound in Hase, Matsusaka, set back from the old highway, with a plastered front, a lattice bay and a mushiko window upstairs.

Nagatani-en Workshop 1
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Nagatani-en Workshop 1

A Taisho-era timber workshop at the Nagatani-en pottery in Iga, lit by a full row of south windows and still holding part of the machinery that powered its wheels.

Nagatani-en Workshop 2
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Nagatani-en Workshop 2

The largest registered building at the Nagatani-en pottery in Iga: an L-shaped Taisho workshop of 233 square meters whose wide roof rests on king post trusses.

Nagatani-en Hands-on Workshop
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Nagatani-en Hands-on Workshop

A 25-meter Meiji work shed on the lane at the Nagatani-en pottery in Iga, once used to store kiln firewood and test glazes, and now named for pottery classes.

Nagatani-en Taishokan
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Nagatani-en Taishokan

The late Taisho office of the Nagatani-en pottery in Iga, set on a stone wall with big windows and an arched canopy. Registered in 2011 and open as a rest space.

Nagatani-en Villa
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Nagatani-en Villa

A Taisho retirement house at the west end of the Nagatani-en pottery in Iga, with refined tatami rooms and a bay-windowed Western parlor beside the entrance.

Nagatani-en Gates and Walls
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Nagatani-en Gates and Walls

Three gates and 106 meters of earthen wall around the residence of the Nagatani-en pottery in Iga, from a formal four-legged gate to a copper-roofed inner gate.

Nakamori Family Residence
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Nakamori Family Residence

The detached wing of the Nakamori Residence in Iga, Mie, dates from early Taisho. Its alcove, shelving and writing bay show how a samurai house changed after 1868.

Furusato Pedestrian Tunnel (Former Kaino Tunnel)
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Furusato Pedestrian Tunnel (Former Kaino Tunnel)

Furusato Pedestrian Tunnel (former Kaino Tunnel) in Kihoku, Mie: a 208-metre brick tunnel of 1914 on the old Kumano Road, with gas-lamp niches. Still walkable.

Matsusaka City Cultural Properties Center (Former Kanebo Matsusaka Mill Cotton Yarn Warehouse)
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Matsusaka City Cultural Properties Center (Former Kanebo Matsusaka Mill Cotton Yarn Warehouse)

Red-brick raw cotton warehouse of 1923 in Matsusaka, Mie, about 74 metres long, now a heritage centre with a gallery that also keeps National Treasure haniwa.

Mie Local History Museum (Former Mie Village Office Archive)
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Mie Local History Museum (Former Mie Village Office Archive)

Black-plastered storehouse built in 1916 as the Mie Village office archive, moved in 1976 and now a local museum in Yokkaichi; its ridge tiles bear the name Mie.