The Front Gate of a Weaving Company
The Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate (旧山長織物会社門) is a wooden gate of 1910 in Daishoji Banbacho, Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on March 18, 2003 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
The Agency records a timber gate with a tile roof and a frontage of 6 metres; registration number 17-0068.
An Arm-Beam Gate with Side Doors
The Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate stands southeast of the office's carriage porch, set back a little from the road (Agency for Cultural Affairs). It is an Udekimon, a gate whose gabled roof of Echizen tiles rests on beams projecting from the posts, with a single opening fitted with double doors and rear support posts behind.
On either side is a narrow wicket entrance half a bay wide, each under its own small gabled roof of Echizen tiles. The large central roof and the two lower roofs step down in a row, making up a frontage of 6 metres.
Why It Was Registered
The Agency registered the Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate as a structure contributing to the historic landscape, noting that the side entrances and their small roofs give the weaving company a tidy and formal street front.
Pairing a Japanese-style arm-beam gate with a Western-looking office was a way of presenting the company to the street, and the gate makes most sense when seen together with the office behind it.
What to Look For
From the road, the central roof and the two smaller side roofs read as a stepped group of three. Step to the side of the gate to see the arm beams projecting from the posts to carry the roof.
Walk behind the Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate to find the rear support posts braced against the main posts, and notice how the office's carriage porch is glimpsed at an angle through the opening.
Visiting
The Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate stands outdoors and can be seen from the road. Official information does not say whether it serves as the visitors' entrance.
Whether the doors and side entrances are open may vary from day to day; contact the Fukata Kyuya Mountain Culture Museum for details.
Q&A
- What type of gate is the Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate?
- An arm-beam gate with a gabled roof of Echizen tiles, double doors and rear support posts (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- How wide is the Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate?
- Its frontage is 6 metres (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- What are the small doors beside the Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate?
- Side entrances half a bay wide, each with its own small gabled roof (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- When was the Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate built?
- In 1910 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
- When was the Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate registered?
- On March 18, 2003 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).
Basic Information
| Name | Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate (旧山長織物会社門) |
|---|---|
| Location | 18-2 Daishoji Banbacho, Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture |
| Designation | Registered Tangible Cultural Property (Structure) |
| Year Designated | Registered 2003/03/18 (Heisei 15) |
| Quantity | 1 building |
| Dimensions | Timber, tile roof, frontage 6 m |
| Owner | Kaga City |
| Public Access | Outdoors; exterior visible from the road |
References
- Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate (Database of National Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs)
- https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/maindetails/101/00003228
- Former Yamacho Textile Company Gate (Cultural Heritage Online, Japanese)
- https://online.bunka.go.jp/heritages/detail/138998
Last verified: 2026.11.09
