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58 total Tottori Taishō Period 1912 – 1926
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Higashikadowaki Family Residence Barn
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.

Yurinso Nagayamon Gate
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Yurinso Nagayamon Gate

The Yurinso Nagayamon Gate in Tottori City is a 10.4 m gatehouse of about 1923, with board doors, a wicket, side rooms, white plaster and battened boards.

Yurinso Second Storehouse
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Yurinso Second Storehouse

The Yurinso Second Storehouse in Tottori is a two-story earthen store of about 1923, first of three under one lean-to roof, once used for household equipment.

Yurinso Annex
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Yurinso Annex

The Yurinso Annex in Tottori City is a 60-square-meter pavilion of about 1923, with a hemlock room, an arch-topped katomado window and a two-mat tea room.

Yurinso Fourth Storehouse
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Yurinso Fourth Storehouse

The Yurinso Fourth Storehouse in Tottori is a two-story earthen store of about 1923 at the west end of a row of three, with red tiles and namako walls.

Yonago Senmon Daiten
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Yonago Senmon Daiten

Yonago Senmon Daiten, a concrete corner building of about 1924 in central Yonago, Tottori, was the first rental office block in the city, with a stone-look front.