Meiji
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An early Meiji storehouse linked by a corridor to the guest rooms of a Gotsu estate in Shimane, with rare bamboo roof sheathing laid down the slope; registered 2009.
One of three Fujita storehouses in Gotsu, Shimane: a two-story store, 11 by 6.4 meters, its exposed roof on three tiers of beams over an ox beam; registered 2009.
A Gotsu estate storehouse joined at a right angle to a timber kitchen with two six-mat rooms above, finished in plaster and boards; registered in 2009.
The smallest of three Fujita storehouses in Gotsu, Shimane: a one-story store 6.2 by 5.0 meters turning its red-tiled gable to Honmachi-dori; registered in 2009.
The largest Fujita storehouse in Gotsu, Shimane, with two tatami rooms and a south gable with a lattice and family crest facing a shrine approach; registered 2009.
A late Meiji gate and wall in Gotsu, Shimane: a 1-bay gate with a stone bridge and distinctive brackets, and a 17 m plastered wall on the Honmachi River embankment.
A mid-Meiji barn in Gotsu, Shimane, built with storehouse walls on the same stone base as the storehouse, with boarded lower walls, a family crest and red tiles.
A mid-Meiji storehouse in Gotsu, Shimane, built on a rough stone base with its ground floor treated like a lean-to, roofed in red Sekishu tiles beside the barn.
The largest of four registered storehouses at Bundoya in Tsuwano, built in late Meiji. Verdigris copper shutters play against red tile and white lime plaster.
A large 1883 farmhouse in the hills of Gotsu, Shimane: a 20 by 12 meter gabled core under red Sekishu tiles, an earth-floored work side and nine floored rooms.
An 1898 two-story earthen storehouse behind the main house in Gotsu, Shimane, with white plaster, namako tiling and a family crest, and curved beams under the ridge.
Yamamoto Family Residence Rice Storehouse, an early Meiji kura at the back of a long plot in Mori, Yasugi, with a cattle shed on its west side and plain earth walls.
Yamamoto Family Residence Main House, an 1884 town house on the old road in Mori, Yasugi, with a low attic floor, shuttered front, through passage and garden room.
Yamamoto Family Residence New Storehouse, an 1884 kura for clothing behind the main house in Mori, Yasugi, with double doors, a plaster band and dressed stone base.
Yamamoto Family Residence Front Storehouse, an early Meiji kura behind the main house in Mori, Yasugi, with a floating roof, vented stone base and hooded window.