A Clapboard Clinic under a Japanese Roof
The Onishi Internal Medicine Clinic Consulting Building (大西内科医院診療棟) is a pseudo-Western clinic under a hip-and-gable roof of the early Taisho period in Kinseicho Shimobun, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on April 24, 2001 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey timber building with a tiled roof and a building area of 113 square metres; registration number 38-0015.
Western Walls under a Traditional Roof
The consulting building of the Onishi clinic is a single-storey clapboard clinic of the early Taisho period, standing in the north of its site and facing roughly south (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Its walls are Western, but the roof is a traditional hip-and-gable of pantiles, and the entrance porch is a traditional carriage porch with a hip-and-gable roof (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Details such as the blind fanlight on the east front facing the road give it a distinctive pseudo-Western character.
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it as a model of design.
What to Look For
Look for the hip-and-gable carriage porch and the blind fanlight on the east front (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The owner is not listed in the Agency record. No official information on public access was found.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In the early Taisho period.
- What is the exterior like?
- Clapboard walls under a Japanese roof.
- What is the entrance like?
- A traditional carriage porch.
- What is pseudo-Western about it?
- A blind fanlight on the east front.
- When was the Onishi Internal Medicine Clinic Consulting Building registered?
- On April 24, 2001 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Onishi Internal Medicine Clinic Consulting Building (大西内科医院診療棟) |
|---|---|
| Location | 1423 Kinseicho Shimobun, Shikokuchuo City, Ehime Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2001/04/24 (Heisei 13) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single-storey timber, tiled roof, 113 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official information on access |
References
- Onishi Internal Medicine Clinic Consulting Building (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00002184
Last verified: 2026.10.26