Taishō
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The worship pavilion of Tarobogu Aga Shrine in Higashiomi, Shiga, built in 1924, merges with the main hall under a complex copper roofscape that crowns the precinct.
The Western-style house of the Niki family in Koka, Shiga, built in 1923, has a half-timbered upper gable and roughcast walls, standing out at a T-junction.
The small Taisho-era rice store of the Nomura family in Higashiomi, Shiga, keeps rice in a chamber with thick clay walls and a clay-covered ceiling against damp.
Built in 1919 in Higashiomi, Shiga, the Nomura main house stacks four-room plans on two floors under a gently swelling roof, with slatted mushiko-mado windows.
The 1919 storehouse of the Nomura family in Higashiomi, Shiga, joins the house through a covered entry and stands on cut granite, its door framed in relief plaster.
The Himurean Former Washing Room of around 1921 gathers the earth-floored work area, bath and lavatory behind the main house. 38 square metres, registered in 1998.
The Himurean Zashiki Reception Wing of around 1921 turns its gable to the eastern road and finishes its corridor like a wall. 80 square metres, registered in 1998.
The Himurean High Wall runs 5.8 metres along the old Kyo Kaido highway east of the main house front, timber framed with exposed posts, registered in 1998.
The Himurean West Storehouse of around 1921 holds the southern boundary with the east storehouse, 46 square metres of earthen-walled building, registered in 1998.
The Himurean Annex of around 1921 was built as retirement quarters, one room on each of two floors, 30 square metres, the smallest of the 7 items registered in 1998.
The Himurean East Storehouse of around 1921 shows its long wall to the eastern road, finished to match the reception wing. 36 square metres, registered in 1998.
The oldest of the estate's three registered buildings in Higashiomi, Shiga: a kura of about 1919, facing the road with board skirting below and corrugated iron above.
Fujii Honke's main house began as a merchant home in Hino, rebuilt at this Aisho brewery around 1960. Its stepped roofline sets formal rooms apart from the work hall.
The Fujii Honke shoin is a single-story guest wing of three linked blocks. Rebuilt here at a right angle to the main house, it reflects a Taisho merchant family's taste.
The Fujii Honke chimney rises about eleven meters between two storehouses, its square brick shaft laid in English bond, red brick set against the white plastered walls.
This small building held Fujii Honke's testing and inspection rooms, where the finished sake was judged. Its plastered west front carries an insect-cage lattice window.
The Fujii Honke brewing storehouse stands by a stone-lined channel. Inside this earthen-walled hall, steamed rice, koji, starter and Suzuka water form the staged mash.
The Fujii Honke sake storehouse is the largest of the group at some 728 square meters. Its L-shaped plan holds the kettle room and links the small inspection rooms.
The Wakabayashi Family Residence North Storehouse is a 1920 plastered kura moved to Hikone in 1928, with torii-framed gable windows beside the Western-style wing.
The Wakabayashi Family Residence Zashiki Wing is a 1924 reception wing moved to Hikone in 1928, with a full formal alcove, shelves and writing desk facing 2 gardens.