The Ito Family Residence in Kaizu
The Ito Family Residence (伊藤家住宅, Itō-ke Jūtaku) is a family property on the west side of the Ibi River in Kaizu City, Gifu Prefecture, whose main house of 1880 and storehouse of 1926 were registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties (structures) on March 7, 2008 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The two buildings carry registration numbers 21-0155 and 21-0156, and both were registered as contributing to the historic landscape of the country (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The Agency's database gives no details of the Ito Family Residence's address or owner.
Two Buildings Raised Against Floods
At the Ito Family Residence (Kaizu), the main house stands in the middle of the property facing south, with the storehouse behind it to the northwest (Agency for Cultural Affairs). A timber house under a hipped roof and a reinforced concrete store with a flat roof stand on the same property, built 46 years apart.
Kaizu City explains that the ground of the Ito Family Residence was raised with earth against floods from the Kiso Three Rivers, and that the main house stands on a further stone base built on top. Each building is described on its own page.
Visiting
The Ito Family Residence (Kaizu) is a private home. Kaizu City's cultural property map marks both buildings as closed to visitors and leaves the location off the map.
The exterior can be seen in the photographs on Kaizu City's page of registered cultural properties and on the map. Please do not try to find the Ito Family Residence or enter the grounds.
References
- Ito Family Residence Main House (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00006842
- Ito Family Residence Storehouse (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00006843
- Registered Tangible Cultural Properties (Kaizu City, Japanese)
- https://www.city.kaizu.lg.jp/kurashi/0000001197.html
- Kaizu City Cultural Property Map, front (Kaizu City, Japanese, PDF)
- https://www.city.kaizu.lg.jp/kurashi/cmsfiles/contents/0000003/3465/bunkazai_map1.pdf
- Kaizu City Cultural Property Map, back (Kaizu City, Japanese, PDF)
- https://www.city.kaizu.lg.jp/kurashi/cmsfiles/contents/0000003/3465/bunkazai_map2.pdf
- Registered Tangible Cultural Properties (Structures) (Gifu Prefecture, Japanese)
- https://www.pref.gifu.lg.jp/page/12417.html
Last verified: 2026.11.14
