Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Tochigi

The Inari River Tenth Sabo Dam in Nikko was built in 1923 at the mouth of a narrow gorge and enlarged in the Showa era, kept working through repeated rebuilding.

The Inari River Second Sabo Dam in Nikko (1920) is the oldest registered Inari dam, built of mortared stone after the First Dam washed away, with a rounded notch.

The Inari River Fourth Sabo Dam in Nikko (1921) is the lowest registered Inari dam at 3.6 m, framing a stepped view of the Second and Third Dams upstream.

The Inari River Sixth Sabo Dam in Nikko (1922) sits on andesite bedrock 2.8 km above the Daiya River and was built to ease the gradient from 9.9 to 5.4 percent.

An early Meiji yakuimon gate in Ashikaga, 2.9 meters wide, with thick crossbeams, a wicket door each side and plastered walls. Registered 2003; seen from the road.

An early Meiji timber barn in the corner of an Ashikaga estate, with a trapezoid lean-to cut to fit the lot and three walls in weatherboarding. Registered 2003.

An early Meiji two-storey house of 317 square meters, Ashikaga, with a formal entrance at one end and a weaving floor at the other. Registered 2003; now a playroom.

An early Meiji storehouse on the stone wall along the east edge of an Ashikaga estate, white-plastered, with a deep eave over its garden-side door. Registered 2003.

A late Edo range in Ashikaga joining a storage shed, a grain store and a miso store under one gabled roof, its east face boarded. Registered 2003; now a library.

The smallest of the seven Okawa buildings in Ashikaga: a white early Meiji storehouse entered from its gable end and linked to the Main Storehouse. Registered 2003.

A two-storey pawn storehouse built in 1851 in Ashikaga, dated by a paper notice found inside, with plaster walls black at the base and white above. Registered 2003.

The Ota Family Residence Inarisha Shrine in Sano is a 0.5 m² household shrine of around 1881 with diamond-lattice walls and ridge tiles bearing the family crest.

The Ota Family Residence Front Gate and Stone Wall in Sano is an early Showa granite gateway in a 3.9 m dressed-stone wall, its lintel topped by two carved lions.

The Ota Family Residence Middle Storehouse in Sano joins a plastered storehouse of around 1875 to a sukiya-style timber wing with servants' rooms and a bath.

The Ota Family Residence West Storehouse in Sano is a plastered storehouse of around 1875 with clay doors facing inward and one tatami room among four rooms inside.

The Ota Family Residence Hachimansha Shrine in Sano is a household shrine of around 1881, only 0.2 m², with a curved-gable porch, packed brackets and fine carving.

The Ota Family Residence Shop Storehouse and Main House in Sano is an earthen-walled shop of around 1875 with plastered eaves and a high ridge, and the house behind.

The Ota Family Residence South Storehouse in Sano is a late Edo storehouse, the oldest on the estate, with a doubled plaster band under the eaves and a notable roof.

Oya Kobikan in Kanuma, Tochigi, a late Meiji photographer's studio on a shrine approach, has a skylit upstairs studio and a gable bearing the character for beauty.

The Ogawa Family Residence Front Gate in Oyama, Tochigi, is a gate of about 1912 with a granite frame, quoins, a carved gable and a cornice, set in a 10-meter wall.

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