Taishō
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A Taisho-era working shed on the Fujii estate in Higashiosaka, roofed with round poles over a packed earth floor: the plain end of a carefully graded residence.
A small early Taisho gatehouse in Hirakata, Osaka, with a wicket-door gateway, a tool barn and black plaster walls over weatherboards. Registered in 2019.
Miki Gakki in Osaka, a concrete music shop of 1924 said to follow a German model, stresses its height with vertical lines of tile, a fine Taisho commercial building.
The terminal of the Mizuma Railway in Kaizuka, Osaka, built in concrete in 1926, has a pagoda-like centre and round end bays; it is now Mizuma-Kannon Station.
Minase Shrine Treasure House in Shimamoto, Osaka, is a two-story Taisho-era plastered storehouse with stone steps and a sheltered door, registered in 2016.
Minase Shrine Chozusha in Shimamoto, Osaka, is a Taisho-era water pavilion of 5.5 square meters with a coffered ceiling and a plum-blossom gable pendant.
A two-story earthen storehouse of about 1921 on the corner of the Minami estate in Hannan, Osaka, once a rice store for sake brewing. Registered 2005; street view.
The stone retaining wall of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a 19-meter dry-laid wall of rounded fieldstones that curves along a steep road and rises to about five meters.
The kitchen wing of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, its smallest registered building at about 12 square meters, with a well and sink on a fully stone-paved floor.
The north and east walls of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a roofed boundary wall of about 25 meters from 1912, with black plaster, red posts and accent ridge tiles.
The thatched main house of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, built in 1912, its working doma fronting formal rooms of fine craftsmanship, listed as hard to reproduce.
Storehouse 1 of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a tall 1912 dozo at the northwest corner, white plaster above charred cedar boarding giving it a striking street presence.
Storehouse 2 of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, a small 1912 dozo joined to the larger corner store, its cornice molding marking careful work despite a modest size.
The west wall of the Mezan Atsushi Residence, an 11-meter roofed wall of 1912 set on the stone base, its height shifting with the slope to keep the top line level.
The Yamano Family Residence Main House and Wall in Nishitenma, Osaka, is a 1918 townhouse rebuilt after the Great Kita Fire, set behind a tall wall and forecourt.
The Yamano Family Residence Storehouse is a Taisho-era dozo built for household heirlooms, joined to the main house and topped with a separate round-tile okiyane.
The Yamano Family Residence Earthen Wall is a 47-metre Taisho clay wall in Katano on a cut-stone base, with a moulded top band, round-tile coping and a clay finish.
A late Taisho storehouse and gate on the north edge of the Yamamoto homestead in Saidera, Suita: a plaster-sealed white storehouse beside a hip-and-gable tiled gate.
A 1914 two-storey house fronting the Takenouchi Kaido at the gates of Eifukuji in Taishi, Osaka, with a 19 m frontage and gently curved roof; registered 2001.
A 34 m tiled timber wall of 1914 lining the Takenouchi Kaido in Taishi, Osaka, built with exposed posts, turning a corner and fitted with a bracket-roofed gate.