A Storehouse with Wave-Plastered Eaves
The Kawashima Yohinten Storehouse (川島洋品店土蔵) is a storehouse with wave-plastered eaves of the late Edo period in Makabecho Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on August 21, 2002 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a two-storey plastered storehouse with a tiled roof and a building area of 37 square metres; registration number 08-0070.
A Clapboarded Gable End
The storehouse of the Kawashima Yohinten clothing shop is a late Edo store at the north-west corner of the shop's plot, on the west side of the north end of Gojinya-mae street in the centre of Makabe (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is a full two-storey gabled store, four bays by two, entered from the long side, with a tiled roof.
Its plastered walls are offset by gable ends clad entirely in battened clapboard, and its eaves are plastered in waves that follow the rafters (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it as a model of design.
What to Look For
Look for the eaves plastered in waves over the rafters and the clapboarded gable end (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 late Edo period (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Where is it?
- Behind the Kawashima clothing shop.
- What is the cladding?
- Clapboard on the gable end.
- What about the eaves?
- Plastered in waves over the rafters.
- When was the Kawashima Yohinten Storehouse registered?
- On August 21, 2002 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Kawashima Yohinten Storehouse (川島洋品店土蔵) |
|---|---|
| Location | 302 Makabecho Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2002/08/21 (Heisei 14) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Two-storey plastered storehouse, tiled roof, 37 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official information on access |
References
- Kawashima Yohinten Storehouse (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00002876
Last verified: 2026.10.27