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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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Minobusan Kuonji Taishido Hall
Yamanashi 大正
Minobusan Kuonji Taishido Hall

The Taishido at Minobusan Kuonji is a storehouse-style hall of 1912, plastered to the eaves above a stone base and linked to the veneration of Prince Shotoku.

Yamagata Shrine Chozuya
Yamanashi 大正
Yamagata Shrine Chozuya

The smallest of four listed structures at Yamagata Shrine in Kai City, this 1921 purification pavilion covers 5.1 square metres over a natural boulder basin.

Yamagata Shrine Torii
Yamanashi 大正
Yamagata Shrine Torii

At the southern entrance of Yamagata Shrine in Kai City stands a 1923 torii of reinforced concrete, 6.8 metres high and shaped like a wooden shinmei gateway.

Yamagata Shrine Worship Hall
Yamanashi 大正
Yamagata Shrine Worship Hall

The worship hall of Yamagata Shrine in Kai City, built in 1921, sets a stone-paved floor under a ceiling whose slope differs from the copper roof above it.

Yamagata Shrine Main Hall
Yamanashi 大正
Yamagata Shrine Main Hall

Built in 1921 at the north end of Yamagata Shrine in Kai City, this small shinmei-zukuri hall rests on a white plastered podium and was registered in 2016.

Yokoyama Sake Brewery Store
Yamanashi 大正
Yokoyama Sake Brewery Store

Yokoyama Sake Brewery Store in Nanbu, Yamanashi: a shop-house of about 1916 filling a triangular plot, with imitation-stone walls and a third floor added c. 1953.

Akada Family Residence Main House
Shiga 大正
Akada Family Residence Main House

A 1910 farmhouse in Nagahama, Shiga, with a six-room plan, a lacquered reception room facing an Edo-period garden and a silkworm loft upstairs. Registered in 2025.

Akada Family Residence Detached Room
Shiga 大正
Akada Family Residence Detached Room

A 1916 guest pavilion at the Akada house in Nagahama, Shiga, with connected tatami rooms, a three-mat study, a round window and a bark-covered red pine alcove post.

Former Main Building of Vories Memorial Hospital (Tucker House)
Shiga 大正
Former Main Building of Vories Memorial Hospital (Tucker House)

Main building of 1918 of the Omi Sanatorium in Omihachiman, Shiga, funded by Mary Tucker, with half-octagonal wings and wide windows for light and air.

Enryakuji Temple Daishoin
Shiga 大正
Enryakuji Temple Daishoin

Built around 1919 as part of a Tokyo villa and moved to Mount Hiei in 1928, Takeda Goichi's shoin-style guesthouse is usually closed but opens for temple events.

Enryakuji Temple Daishoin Garden Gate
Shiga 大正
Enryakuji Temple Daishoin Garden Gate

A 2.3-metre hira-karamon in the wall behind the Daishoin, built around 1919 in Tokyo and moved to Mount Hiei in 1928 with the house. Note its flower-lattice transom.

Otori Shrine Kagura Hall
Shiga 大正
Otori Shrine Kagura Hall

East of the worship hall at Otori Shrine in Koka, Shiga, this 1919 dance stage is one bay square, with slatted panels on three sides and a pine painted inside.

Otori Shrine Office
Shiga 大正
Otori Shrine Office

Built in 1919 southwest of the shrine buildings at Otori Shrine in Koka, Shiga, this 177 square metre office has a karahafu porch and a formal alcove room within.

Otori Shrine Offering Hall
Shiga 大正
Otori Shrine Offering Hall

Facing the kagura hall across the worship hall at Otori Shrine in Koka, Shiga, this 1919 hall for preparing offerings has an earth-floored entry and hinged shutters.

Otori Shrine Norito Hall (Middle Gate)
Shiga 大正
Otori Shrine Norito Hall (Middle Gate)

Built in 1919 before the main sanctuary of Otori Shrine in Koka, Shiga, this small hall doubles as a gate, with curved gables front and back and 66 m of fences.

Otori Shrine Worship Hall
Shiga 大正
Otori Shrine Worship Hall

The 1919 worship hall at Otori Shrine in Koka, Shiga, is open on all four sides, roofed in cypress bark and crowned inside by a double-coved coffered ceiling.

Otori Shrine Mikoshi Storehouse
Shiga 大正
Otori Shrine Mikoshi Storehouse

North of the offering hall at Otori Shrine in Koka, Shiga, this 1919 earthen storehouse keeps the mikoshi, with a deep plaster cornice and small round windows.

Otori Shrine Tower Gate
Shiga 大正
Otori Shrine Tower Gate

Designed by Kyoto architect Kameoka Suekichi, this 1919 vermilion gate at Otori Shrine in Koka, Shiga, reproduces medieval curves in its columns and rafters.

Kameya Ryokan Main Building
Shiga 大正
Kameya Ryokan Main Building

Built in 1924 at the gates of Taga Taisha in Shiga, this wooden inn sets an irimoya gable over a projecting porch. Registered in 2002 for the street it helps shape.

Kawasaki Mitsuo Family Residence North Storehouse
Shiga 大正
Kawasaki Mitsuo Family Residence North Storehouse

A two-storey earthen storehouse of about 1912 on the Kawasaki estate by the old Tokaido in Tehara, Ritto; the smallest of three, it adjoins the South Storehouse.