Taishō

大正

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
Showing 1,181 – 1,200 of 3,054
Zorokuen Gate 2 (Kitamae Ship Owner's Residence, Former Sakaya Choichiro Family Residence)
Ishikawa 大正
Zorokuen Gate 2 (Kitamae Ship Owner's Residence, Former Sakaya Choichiro Family Residence)

Built in the Taisho era in front of the main house at Zorokuen in Kaga, this gate is two capped posts with 6.9 metres of openwork and waist-high walling.

Kuretake Bunko Main House
Ishikawa 大正
Kuretake Bunko Main House

The Kuretake Bunko Main House in Hakusan, Ishikawa, is a 1928 retreat built by Kumada Gentaro, with plastered walls and a corner room with a white birch alcove post.

Kuretake Bunko Stacks and Reading Room
Ishikawa 大正
Kuretake Bunko Stacks and Reading Room

The Kuretake Bunko Stacks and Reading Room in Hakusan, Ishikawa, joins a c.1915 earthen book vault and a 1928 reading wing, with 14,000 books and a zelkova study.

Gotokuan Annex
Ishikawa 大正
Gotokuan Annex

The Gotokuan Annex in Daishoji, Kaga City, is a single six-mat room of 1919 with a crafted alcove, shelves and ceiling, facing a north garden. Registered 2005.

Saigawa Bridge
Ishikawa 大正
Saigawa Bridge

The Saigawa Bridge in Kanazawa, built in 1924 as a broad bridge for the planned tramways, is a steel curved-chord Warren truss 62 metres long on National Route 157.

Shibue Family Main Building
Ishikawa 大正
Shibue Family Main Building

This 1921 townhouse east of the Asano River doubles the brackets under its deep eave and turns its upstairs sitting room toward Mount Utatsu. Registered in 2004.

Shokoji Temple North Storehouse
Ishikawa 大正
Shokoji Temple North Storehouse

Shokoji's north storehouse in Hakusan, built in 1914, is the earliest of the temple's Taisho buildings, a small earthen dozo with black-plaster base and stone facing.

Shokoji Temple Guest Hall
Ishikawa 大正
Shokoji Temple Guest Hall

Shokoji's guest hall in Hakusan, built in 1918, is the temple's most ornate building, with a cusped entrance gable, gold-papered walls and mother-of-pearl transoms.

Shokoji Temple Priests' Quarters
Ishikawa 大正
Shokoji Temple Priests' Quarters

Shokoji's kuri in Hakusan, a two-storey priests' quarters of 1918, shows a decorated west gable of struts and boat brackets over weatherboarding, cited as a modern kuri.

Shokoji Temple Room
Ishikawa 大正
Shokoji Temple Room

Shokoji's zashiki wing in Hakusan, a two-storey timber building of 1918, holds formal rooms with alcoves over two floors and served as living and reception space.

Shokoji Temple Tea House
Ishikawa 大正
Shokoji Temple Tea House

Shokoji's tea house in Hakusan, built in 1918, gathers named rooms such as Ryoryo-an under one roof, a refined Taisho tea complex with a compact log-and-bamboo tea room.

Shokoji Temple South Storehouse
Ishikawa 大正
Shokoji Temple South Storehouse

Shokoji's south storehouse in Hakusan, an earthen dozo of 1918, frames its street-side windows in a torii-like outline to compose the townscape; a registered property.

Jinnosuke Valley No. 2 Check Dam
Ishikawa 大正
Jinnosuke Valley No. 2 Check Dam

Dry-laid without mortar at 2,100 metres in the Jinnosuke Valley on Mount Hakusan, this check dam of 1915 is the oldest of the thirteen here. It was listed in 2012.

Sojiji Temple Soin Zenetsuro Corridor
Ishikawa 大正
Sojiji Temple Soin Zenetsuro Corridor

Sojiji Temple Soin Zenetsuro Corridor, a 33 m Taisho-era walkway before the Daisodo in Wajima, collapsed in the 2024 quake; its timbers await rebuilding in 2032.

Nishi Kenban Office
Ishikawa 大正
Nishi Kenban Office

The Nishi Kenban Office of 1922 in Kanazawa, a geisha office and rehearsal hall south of the Saigawa Bridge, pairs a clapboarded Western wing with a Japanese hall.

Nishida Kitaro's Study Kosseikutsu
Ishikawa 大正
Nishida Kitaro's Study Kosseikutsu

Kosseikutsu in Kahoku, Ishikawa, the Western-style study of philosopher Nishida Kitaro built in 1923 and moved here in 1974, is a fine Taisho "culture house" room.

Hashimoto Sake Brewery Former Rice Mill
Ishikawa 大正
Hashimoto Sake Brewery Former Rice Mill

Built in 1921 at a Kaga sake brewer’s compound, this rice mill joins two clay stores of different widths under one roof. Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Hashimoto Sake Brewery Refined Sake Storehouse
Ishikawa 大正
Hashimoto Sake Brewery Refined Sake Storehouse

Built in 1925 at a Kaga sake brewer’s compound, this broad store has six ground-floor posts carrying its upper floor. Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Hashimoto Sake Brewery Cold Storage Room
Ishikawa 大正
Hashimoto Sake Brewery Cold Storage Room

A Taisho-era timber-framed stone store at a Kaga sake brewer’s compound, moved here in 1956, with one post under its ridge. Registered Tangible Cultural Property.

Harukiya Clothing Store (former clothing department of Harukiya Shoten)
Ishikawa 大正
Harukiya Clothing Store (former clothing department of Harukiya Shoten)

The Harukiya Clothing Store, located on the historic Ipponsugi-dori in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture, is a two-story wooden Western-style building constructed in 1921 as the Western clothing department of a traditional kimono merchant. Featuring a mortar-plastered façade with semi-circular arched windows and classical cornices, it was registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2014. This elegant Taisho-era commercial building reflects the modernization of the port town of Nanao on the Noto Peninsula.