Taishō
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A ritual hall of around 1917 between the main and worship halls of Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, whose crossed roofs shape the shrine front. Registered.
The shrine office of around 1917 at the entrance to Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, a plain hip-and-gable building with a gabled porch. Registered property.
The worship hall of around 1917 at Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, open on all four sides yet dignified on its raised base. Registered property.
A screen wall of around 1917 before the worship hall of Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, a blind wall peculiar to Owari shrines. Registered property.
The 1917 main hall of Narumi Tegashi Shrine in Inuyama, Aichi, a one-bay hall with layered chidori and cusped gables and carving throughout. Registered property.
A brick book stack of around 1919 at the Iwase Bunko in Nishio, Aichi, registered in 1999, which kept the collection for eighty years with made-to-measure shelves.
A small Western-style children's library of around 1925 at the Iwase Bunko in Nishio, Aichi, registered in 1999, with half-timbered gables; now the Toy Museum.
Nomasaki, Aichi's oldest lighthouse, has stood on the Chita Peninsula since 1921. Its rare unreinforced concrete form earned cultural-property listing in 2022.
The Banjo Brewery Former Rice Milling Workshop in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a Taisho timber building of 125 square meters with a brick chimney, registered in 2007.
The Banjo Brewery Storehouse in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a Taisho household storehouse of 93 square meters, boarded below and black plastered above, registered in 2007.
The Banjo Brewery White Rice Warehouse in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a small Taisho storehouse of 46 square meters with an inspection room, registered in 2007.
The Banjo Brewery Detached Quarters in Otakacho, Nagoya, are Taisho sukiya rooms with a raised alcove copying Zangetsutei and a small tea room, from 2007.
The Banjo Brewery Bottling Workshop in Otakacho, Nagoya, is a Taisho timber building of 147 square meters with an iron sheet roof and king post trusses.
The Horibe Family Residence Detached Parlor is a Taisho-era tatami reception wing with glass shoji verandas in Inuyama, registered in 2006. Rooms and visiting hours.
The 1913 main hall of Honkoji in Okazaki, Aichi, a Shin Buddhist hall in the Higashi Honganji manner with a gold-leaf and black-lacquer sanctuary. Registered.
A 1918 clay-walled storehouse in the castle town of Inuyama, Aichi, registered in 2004. Black plaster walls, a namako-kabe dado, tiled hoods on brackets.
Built in 1921, this brick storehouse in Gamagōri, Aichi, is a rare survivor, often called Japan's only brick float storehouse, holding the Sangaigasa parade float.
On the Sakai River in Obu, Aichi, this 1916 stone sluice gate stops floodwater backing up the Myojin River. Built in artificial stone, it was registered in 2021.
Built in 1915 by Kitasato Shibasaburo, this German-Baroque timber laboratory was moved to Museum Meiji-mura in 1980 and is a Registered Tangible Cultural Property.
Built in 1917 for the Fourth Higher School in Kanazawa, this archery hall uses a Western roof truss to clear its whole frontage of columns for a line of archers.