Taishō

A 1914 single-storey earthen storehouse at the back of the Yamamoto homestead in Taishi, Osaka, with a fully tiled roof and plaster carried up into its roof framing.

A 1914 two-storey earthen storehouse in Taishi, Osaka, beside the main house on the Takenouchi Kaido; its west room is a tatami parlor, with a veranda on the south.

A two-storey earthen storehouse of 1923 at the Yamamoto homestead in Saidera, Suita, with white plaster walls, two moulding bands and vertical board cladding below.

A two-story row house of 1915 on the street side of Toyosaki Nagaya in Osaka, bent into an L with three homes and an original railed window; registered in 2008.

A small Taisho-era two-home row house in Toyosaki Nagaya, Osaka, whose high wall matches the main house and keeps the feel of the old lane; registered in 2008.

A Taisho-era main house at the core of Toyosaki Nagaya in Osaka, with irimoya and gable roof ends, an earthen passage and a shikidai entrance; registered in 2008.

A tiny Taisho-era storehouse beside the Yoshida main house in Osaka, with a torii-shaped plaster door frame and stepped kakegonuri doors; registered in 2008.

A Taisho-era row house of four homes south of the Yoshida main house in Osaka, with irimoya and gable ends and one canopy over all four doors; registered in 2008.

The largest building of the Yoshida estate in Osaka, a Taisho-era row house of four homes behind a high wall matching the main house; registered in 2008.

A Taisho-era two-home row house at the south end of Toyosaki Nagaya, Osaka, with gently curved roofs, a stepped upper wall and original scratch tiles; listed 2008.

Minutes from Osaka's Umeda towers, a 42-metre Taisho-era timber wall and gate, listed in 2008, frames one of the city's last surviving nagaya row-house lanes.

The Risai family annex in Kaizuka's old temple town, built around 1924, holds a Western room with original fireplace tiles, stained glass, and period lighting.

Built in 1917 by Takeda Goichi, the Phoenix Pavilion of Ryuan-ji stands above the Minoo River in Osaka, echoing the Byodo-in Phoenix Hall on the path to the falls.

The Wada Family Residence Detached Wing in Kishiwada, Osaka, is a Taisho-period shoin-style pavilion moved to the estate in 1930, with a kitchen and a stilted base.

Araki Family Residence Sake Storehouse in Kusu, Oita: an 18 m earthen kura of 1914 with a Western truss roof, rounded plaster around openings and tile-lined hoods.

The 1922 Araki Family Residence Main House in Mori, Kusu, Oita: deep bracketed eaves on both floors, a plastered upper story and a rooftop gable shrine to Hotei.

The Inoue Family Residence Stone Wall in Hita, Oita, is a 25-metre garden wall of around 1914, on a riverside base of rounded stones, pierced by a round window.

The Inoue Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Hita, Oita, is a 110-square-metre riverside store of 1914, rare for its plastered ceiling, near steps to the river.

The Inoue Family Residence Main House in Hita, Oita, is a 1914 timber home of 435 square metres whose tiled roof rises into a half-timbered gable by the gate.

The Inoue Family Residence Gate in Hita, Oita, is a tiled four-legged gate of around 1914, 2.8 metres wide, its main posts set forward of the ridge like a yakuimon.