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Browse Japan’s cultural heritage from the Taishō period (1912 – 1926). Filter by prefecture, type, and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.

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Tachikawa Inari Shrine Main Hall
Tottori 大正
Tachikawa Inari Shrine Main Hall

Tachikawa Inari Shrine Main Hall in Tottori City is a tall, plain gabled sanctuary of 1921 with a railed veranda and inoko-sasu gables, registered in 2014.

Nagata Shrine Shinsenjo (Temporary Hall)
Tottori 大正
Nagata Shrine Shinsenjo (Temporary Hall)

Nagata Shrine Shinsenjo of 1915, moved here in 1924, is laid out like a small house for preparing offerings and serves as a temporary hall during main hall repairs.

Nagata Shrine Middle Gate
Tottori 大正
Nagata Shrine Middle Gate

Built new in 1924, the Nagata Shrine Middle Gate links main hall and heihaiden; its round posts, frog-leg strut and swelling roof reflect Meiji-era standard designs.

Higashikadowaki Family Residence Storehouse
Tottori 大正
Higashikadowaki Family Residence Storehouse

A 1918 two-story storehouse at the corner of the Higashikadowaki estate in Tokorogo, with double doors, a plaster eave band, Sekishu tiles and board-clad walls.

Higashikadowaki Family Residence Dressing Room
Tottori 大正
Higashikadowaki Family Residence Dressing Room

A small c.1918 outbuilding on the Higashikadowaki estate in Tokorogo with a dressing room, bath and toilet; with a garden wall it divides forecourt from garden.

Higashikadowaki Family Residence Barn
Tottori 大正
Higashikadowaki Family Residence Barn

The smallest of the nine Higashikadowaki structures in Tokorogo: a c.1918 earthen-floored barn that, with the storehouse and gatehouse, forms the south front.

Higashikadowaki Family Residence West Earthen Wall
Tottori 大正
Higashikadowaki Family Residence West Earthen Wall

A 29 m Taisho earthen wall on the Higashikadowaki estate in Tokorogo, Daisen, that follows a water channel and lifts its roof over a built-in washing place.

Higashikadowaki Family Residence Gate Row House
Tottori 大正
Higashikadowaki Family Residence Gate Row House

A Taisho gatehouse on the Higashikadowaki estate in Tokorogo: a 3 m gate at one end, a reception room with its own porch at the other, said to hold a bank office.

Marui Family Residence Main House
Tottori 大正
Marui Family Residence Main House

A 1916 red-tiled townhouse in Kurayoshi, Tottori, with its ridge offset between its two halves and sukiya-style rooms. Interior closed; facade seen from street.

Marui Family Residence Tea House
Tottori 大正
Marui Family Residence Tea House

Built in 1916 for a Kurayoshi tea family, this red-walled grass-hut tea room has a four-and-a-half-mat room, a mizuya and a copper-roofed lean-to. Not open.

Marui Family Residence Storehouse
Tottori 大正
Marui Family Residence Storehouse

A 1916 earthen storehouse at a Kurayoshi tea family's estate that held tea utensils and scrolls; plaster front, boarded back, part of the Tamagawa scene. Closed.

Marui Family Residence Detached Wing
Tottori 大正
Marui Family Residence Detached Wing

A 1917 two-storey reception wing on a stone base beside Kurayoshi's Tamagawa canal; its two reception rooms face opposite ways, the upper with a writing bay. Closed.

Marui Family Residence Wall
Tottori 大正
Marui Family Residence Wall

A 13-meter wall of about 1916 in Kurayoshi: charred-cedar base, red plaster above, diamond windows and a wicket door. Its street face is visible from the road.

Marui Family Residence Waiting Arbor, Wall and Sleeve Fence
Tottori 大正
Marui Family Residence Waiting Arbor, Wall and Sleeve Fence

A 1.9 m2 waiting arbor of about 1916 in a Kurayoshi garden: sleeve fence and privy under one roof of cedar bark on bark-covered rafters, plus an 11 m wall. Closed.

Yagi Family Main Building
Tottori 大正
Yagi Family Main Building

Built in 1913 at Yokota in Kurayoshi, Tottori, this 276-square-metre house pairs a six-room farmhouse plan with a winding stair and truss roof. Interior closed.

Yurinso Stone Wall
Tottori 大正
Yurinso Stone Wall

The Yurinso Stone Wall in Tottori, from about 1923, is a 45 m retaining wall of large tuff blocks in three level courses, with Edo-cut margins and a planted top.

Yurinso Third Storehouse
Tottori 大正
Yurinso Third Storehouse

The Yurinso Third Storehouse in Tottori is a two-story earthen clothing store of about 1923, the middle of three, with a small window cut into its namako tilework.

Yurinso Partition Gate and Wall
Tottori 大正
Yurinso Partition Gate and Wall

The Yurinso Partition Gate and Wall in Tottori, from about 1923, is a 1.7 m yakuimon and an 8.1 m plastered wall that divide the forecourt from the main garden.

Yurinso Main House
Tottori 大正
Yurinso Main House

The Yurinso Main House in Tottori City is a 380-square-meter house of about 1923, with red tiles, namako walls and garden-facing rooms now used for dining.

Yurinso Earthen Wall
Tottori 大正
Yurinso Earthen Wall

The Yurinso Earthen Wall in Tottori, from about 1923, runs 20 m either side of the gatehouse, with bracketed eaves and white plaster set between exposed posts.