An Important Cultural Property of Kanagawa Prefecture
Original location:
Matsukawa-machi, Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture (formerly Hacchome Post Town on the Oshu Highway)
Type of building:
Inn (for horse dealers)
Form:
Front part -Hipped roof of thatch, partly two storeys
Length (parallel to ridge): 10.6 m, Width: 6.9 m
Rear part -Half-hipped roof of thatch, single storey
Length (parallel to ridge): 10.4 m, Width: 5.2 m
Stable (under hisashi) Width: 2.0 meters
Both front and rear ranges have shingled pent roofs (hisashi)
Built:
Early 19th century
2. THE IOKA HOUSE
An Important Cultural Property of Kanagawa Prefecture
Original location:
Takabatake-chō, Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Type of building:
Merchant’s house
Form:
Gabled roof of pantiles, partly two storeys
Pent roof (hisashi) across front and along part of one side
Length (parallel to ridge):7.9 m
Width:12.7 m
Built:
Late 17th~early 18th century
3. THE SAJI HOUSE GATE
An Important Cultural Property of Kawasaki City
Original location:
Shirakabe, Higashi Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
Type of Building:
Ancillary building to a samurai house
Form:
Munekado (roofed gate), single storey with a roof of pantiles
Wall -Total length: 10.5 m with a roof of pantiles
Waiting room-Single storey with a half-hipped roof of pantiles
Length (parallel to ridge): 9.2 m
Width: 4.6 m
Built:
Early 19th century
4. THE MISAWA HOUSE
An Important Cultural Property of Kanagawa Prefecture
Original location:
Nishi-machi, Ina City, Nagano Prefecture
Type of building:
Merchant’s house (wholesale pharmacy and inn)
Form:
Partly 2 storeys, with a gabled roof of shingles weighted with stones and a hisashi at the rear
Length (parallel to ridge): 13.6 m
Width: 12.7 m
Pantiled gate in front & wall with shingle roof