Meiji
Tokushima · 明治Browse Tokushima’s cultural heritage from the Meiji period (1868 – 1912). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
Hiraoka Family Residence West Wall, Kaiyo: an early Meiji L-shaped sandstone wall, 21.2 meters long, with a curved corner, facing the old samurai quarter.
An 1895 earthen storehouse in Kitajima, Tokushima, raised on high stones against Yoshino River floods, with clapboard below, lime plaster above. Listed 2016.
A Meiji-era gatehouse in Kitajima, Tokushima, with a watch room, cattle stall, raised gate roof and privy, plus a 12-metre German-wall concrete wall. Listed 2016.
Across the road from its sake storehouses, Honke Matsuura's late Meiji rice polishing house in Naruto has two raised roof vents and plaster relief reading Narutotai.
Honke Matsuura's West Sake Storehouse in Naruto is an early Meiji brewing store of 248 m², set back from the road and linked by a lean-to to its Edo neighbor.
The guardian shrine of Manpukuji in Naka, Tokushima, a one-bay shrine of 1889 on a rubble base, is simply built but an essential part of the temple precinct.
The Morimoto Family Residence Front Gate in Katsuura, Tokushima, is a late Meiji yakuimon gate with a wave-pattern ridge and a finned gegyo at the estate entrance.
The Morimoto Family Residence New Storehouse in Katsuura, Tokushima, is an earthen storehouse of 1907 whose gable carries a fish-fin gegyo charm in plaster relief.
The Morimoto Family Residence Barn in Katsuura, Tokushima, is a low 2-storey Meiji barn with gabled and hipped ends that encloses the yard before the main house.
The Morimoto Family Residence Annex in Katsuura, Tokushima, is a late Meiji guest pavilion of zelkova and Yakusugi cedar, the estate's only model of form and design.
The Yamashita Family Residence Front Gate in Tsuji, Miyoshi, is a keyaki munamon gate of about 1899, 1.5 m wide, with a carved pine transom and flanking walls.
The Yamashita Family Residence Rice Storehouse in Tsuji, Miyoshi, is an 1883 earth-walled kura whose rear door once took in goods from a canal behind it.
The Yamashita Family Residence Main House, an 1899 town house in Tsuji, Miyoshi, is known for its curved hongawara-tiled roof. Its layout, story and how to see it.
The Yamashita Family Residence Miso Storehouse in Tsuji, Miyoshi, is an early Meiji earth-walled kura of 9.9 by 4.9 m said to have held general-store stock.