Taishō
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Built in 1924 and registered in 2001, this 211 square metre house is the largest structure on the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita, with lower eaves all round.
A 1924 brick store of 175 square metres in the north west corner of the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, roofed with king post trusses and lit by barred high windows.
A 1924 ridge gate of one bay on the east side of the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita. Built of good zelkova, 3.0 metres wide, with brick walls each side.
Built in 1924, this 51 square metre gatehouse on the east side of the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita combines a wide passage with a Western style office.
A 1924 storehouse of 37 square metres beside the inner parlor at Nakatsu, Oita. Heavy iron double doors and a flat cement render were chosen to keep fire out.
An 1924 brick and timber storehouse at Nakatsu, Oita with a strongroom below, a Western parlour above and a semi basement. It once carried a lookout turret.
At 117 metres this 1924 brick wall is the longest registered structure on the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita, wrapping three sides of the property.
A 1924 outbuilding of 32 square metres on the north side of the Hisatsune estate at Nakatsu, Oita, built in slag brick laid in English bond under a metal roof.
An octagonal 14-square-meter well house at Beppu's Asami plant with a domed roof and curved pediment. Dated 1917; the city calls it a second well house of 1927.
A 985-square-meter concrete reservoir at Beppu's Asami water plant, edged with a stone coping. Dated 1917 by the Agency; the city credits its 1920s expansion.
A 13-square-meter concrete maintenance hut of 1926 on the north side of the Asami reservoir in Beppu, framed by pilasters on square bases with unusual capitals.
A 13-square-meter concrete maintenance hut of 1926 on the south side of the Asami reservoir in Beppu, with pebbled araidashi walls and arched side windows.
A store for pledged goods built about 1916 at the Hoashi estate in Hetsugi, Oita: seven bays of white plaster over a namako dado and stone base. Registered 2006.
A roofed Taisho-period timber garden wall, 51 metres long, at the Hoashi estate in Hetsugi, Oita, with stone base, deep eaves, a gate and a shrine. Registered 2006.
A Taisho-period earthen storehouse for family valuables at the Hoashi estate in Hetsugi, Oita, on a raised stone platform, each floor a single room. Registered 2006.
A 1916 reception wing at the Hoashi estate in Hetsugi, Oita, its mortar walls scored to pass for stone, with Western and tatami rooms. Registered 2006; a restaurant.
A 530-square-metre Taisho range at Usa in Oita joining the temple kitchen, a 28-mat meeting room and a wing housing envoys of subordinate temples. Listed 2016.
Built about 1915 at Usa in Oita for the Hoonko rite, this 337-square-metre hall borrows the three-part plan of a main hall's outer sanctuary. Registered in 2016.
A late-Taisho rest hall at Usa in Oita, 65 square metres, its front bay open to the approach and its coffered ceiling painted with temple crests. Registered 2016.
A stone-walled canal running along a plateau ridge in Taketa, Oita. Rebuilt from a wooden flume in the 1920s, registered in 1996, it still waters 698 hectares.