Shuzui Family Residence (Former Yamada Family Residence) Stone Revetment

A Revetment of Hattori Chohichi's Artificial Stone

The Shuzui Family Residence (Former Yamada Family Residence) Stone Revetment (守隨家住宅（旧山田家住宅）石積護岸) is a stone revetment built by the artificial-stone method of the early Taisho period in Nawamachi, Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on March 6, 2024 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a stone revetment 76 metres long with a sea wall, altered in 1973 and 2022; registration number 23-0602.

Artificial Stone with Wide Joints

The stone revetment of the Shuzui family residence, formerly the Yamada residence, lies north-west of Shurakuen Park and encloses land that a businessman reclaimed on the shore of Ise Bay, running along the north, west and south of the site (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Split stones are laid with a stiff mix of slaked lime and decomposed granite packed between them, giving a distinctive look of wide joints (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is a valuable example of the artificial-stone method devised by Hattori Chohichi.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency notes it as a valuable example of Hattori Chohichi's artificial-stone method, and registered it as difficult to reproduce.

What to Look For

Look for the wide joints where the lime mix is packed between the stones (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

The owner is not given in the Agency record. No official information on public access was found.