Three Rooms behind the Shop
The Masubuchi Family Residence Main House (増渕家住宅主屋) is a main house of tatami rooms joined behind the shop of 1873 in Makabecho Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on September 19, 2003 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a single-storey timber house with a tiled roof and a building area of 55 square metres; registration number 08-0108.
One Face with the Shop
The main house of the Masubuchi family residence, of 1873, is joined to the back of the shop (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is a single-storey hipped timber house, four and a half bays by three and a half, with a tiled roof.
Inside are three tatami rooms with corridors on the south and east; a six-mat room opens onto the shop's boarded floor and the south corridor onto its earthen floor. Clad in battened clapboard, it presents one face with the shop (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.
What to Look For
Look for the clapboarded exterior that matches the shop and the rooms that open into it (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Visiting
The owner is not listed in the Agency record. No official information on public access was found. The shop, main house and nagayamon gate are introduced together on the Masubuchi Family Residence page.
Q&A
- When was it built?
- In 1873 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- Where is it?
- Behind the shop.
- What is inside?
- Three tatami rooms.
- What is the cladding?
- Clapboard like the shop.
- When was the Masubuchi Family Residence Main House registered?
- On September 19, 2003 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Masubuchi Family Residence Main House (増渕家住宅主屋) |
|---|---|
| Location | 396 Makabecho Makabe, Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2003/09/19 (Heisei 15) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Single-storey timber, tiled roof, 55 m² |
| Owner | Not listed in the Agency database |
| Public Access | No official information on access |
References
- Masubuchi Family Residence Main House (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/101/00003503
Last verified: 2026.10.28
