Entering the Meiji era, brick-made rokakus, such as Ryounkaku (so-called Asakusa Twelve Stories), were built, but these buildings would be more appropriately called high-rise buildings.
明治維新を迎えると浅草凌雲閣（浅草十二階）など煉瓦造のものが現れるが、これはもはや「高層ビル」といっていいものであろう。